Media Coverage
Blogs, Online Magazines and Newspapers
Please note that some older external media links may have become inactive over time.
- “Celebrating Frew’s number 2000 & their Frew booth products” (The Chronicle Chamber, 31 May 2025)
- “The Phantom Returns to Australia in 2025” (Jermayn Parker, The Chronicle Chamber, 15 November 2024)
- “Julie Ditrich – Short Interview” (King Comics Rises, 22 September 2021)
- “Julie Ditrich in Australia Autumn/Winter 2021 Inkspot (Jermayn Parker, The Chronicle Chamber, 14 September 2021)
- “History of Female Phantom Writers” (Jermayn Parker, The Chronicle Chamber, 5 May 2021 | Updated 24 October 2021)
- “Writing the Way Through the Comic World” (Danielle Meddemmen, Uncover, University of Canberra, 16 April 2021)
- “Leppington comic book writer becomes first Australian woman to pen The Phantom” (Jess Layt, Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser, 12 April 2021)
- Phantom Creators at Oz Comic-Con POP UP Sydney (Jermayn Parker, The Chronicle Chamber, 27 February 2021)
- “Julie Ditrich: Macarthur resident to be the first Australian woman comic book writer on The Phantom” (Lauren Ferri, Macarthur Chronicle: 12 February 2021)
- “Inside the Liverpool Library – Ghost Who Walks Exhibition” (Dan Fraser, The Chronicle Chamber, 27 July 2017)
- “Australian SF Snapshot 2016 – Christopher Sequeira” (There Are Inkspots on My Page, 7 August 2016)
- “Connecting with Comics Creators: Librarians at the Inaugural Australian Comic Arts Festival in Canberra (National Library of Australia website, 19 April 2016)
- “Contributors to beyondblue Anthology Announced” (Nat Karmichael, Comicoz; GREAT Australian Comics, 6 August 2015)
- “Tails from the Mythical World of Comics” (Becs, Blondsaurus: Pop Culture Princess, 15 August 2013)
- “Julie Ditrich: Mermaids and Momentum” (Anthony N Castle, Australian Comics Journal, 30 July 2013)
- “Julie Ditrich and Mermaid Comic Books” (Carolyn Turgeon’s I Am a Mermaid Blog, 3 March 2013)
- “Wonder Woman smokes and looks sultry in Trouble Magazine” (Heidi MacDonald, The Beat: Comics Culture, 5 September 2012
Radio Interviews and Podcasts
Please note that some older external media links may have become inactive over time.
- “X-Band: Phantom Podcast #322: Psychology of Phantom fight scenes with Julie & Alex” (The Chronicle Chamber Podcast,with Jermayn Parker, 26 November 2025)
- “Books in Homes featuring Julie Ditrich” (The Halftone Effect, with Kieran Jack, Episode #112, 17 December 2024)
- “Tuesday Chinwag, featuring Julie Ditrich” (Tuesday Chinwag, with Leigh Chalker, ComX netAU, 20 February 2024)
- “X-Band: Phantom Podcast #222B – Reviewing Sydnova 2022” (The Chronicle Chamber, 22 June 2022)
- “Episode 21 – Julie Ditrich“, (Graphic Nature, Melbourne Vic Australia, 26 January 2021, 1:05 minutes)
- “Aussie Women in Aussie Comics Part 2“, (“Sci-fi and Squeam”, JOY Radio 94.9 Melbourne Vic Australia, 27 January 2014, 1:35:32 minutes)
- “Calling in All Hallows Eve with Comics!“, (Radio 89.3 / 2GLF FM Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia, 31 October 2013, 11:48 minutes)
- “Black Mermaid Productions“, (Radio 89.3 / 2GLF FM Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia, 29 October 2013, 10:32 minutes)
- “Women in Comics in Oz“, (Episode #97, “Sci-fi and Squeam”, JOY Radio 94.9 Melbourne, Vic Australia, Studio Version – 25/01/12, 51:59 minutes; Full Version – 30 January 2012, 74:26 minutes)
