Best Frew Cover 2001


The winner of a limited edition print of The Phantom and Mandrake by Fred Fredericks, courtesy of 99.94 Editions, is Phillip Luppino.

The Best Frew Phantom Cover 2001 is #1289 by Antonio Lemos.

Voting for the Best Frew Phantom Cover 2001 was quite close with the winner attracting only 8 votes from a total of 53 entries. Glenn Ford and Antonio Lemos were the most popular of Frew's cover artists, although 4 of Jim Shepherd's cover adaptations rated in the top 10.

1st8 votes
#1289
Lemos
Antonio Lemos' rendition of The Phantom with classic arms-crossed pose, emerging from the smoke of a burning sailing ship, succinctly visualised the origins of the First Phantom. As one voter commented "this cover is everything we love about The Phantom."

2nd6 votes
#1288
Ford

#1310
Ford
Glenn Ford continues to be a favourite cover artist for Frew readers. His first ever painted cover (#1310) was voted equal second, alongside one of his computer-generated specialities (#1288). Several voters expressed a desire for Frew to invest in more painted covers. Glenn's only other cover in 2001 was placed equal 6th, as further proof of his popularity.

4th5 votes
#1302
Shepherd

#1304
Shepherd
No official credit was given for these two covers, but they were based on enlarged panels from the stories contained in these comics, with extra touches probably by Jim Shepherd. The cover of #1302 came from Sy Barry's art on p.44, while #1304 came from Romano Felmang's art on p.10.

6th4 votes
#1290
Ford

#1297
Lemos

8th3 votes
#1305
Lemos

#1307
Shepherd

10th2 votes
#1306
Shepherd

11th1 vote
#1280
"Tessa"

#1282
Shepherd

#1283
Shepherd

#1284
Shepherd

#1291
Shepherd

#1295
Vallvé

#1301
Shepherd

17thno votes
#1281
"Tessa"

#1285
Shepherd

#1286
Shepherd

#1287
Lemos

#1292
Shepherd

#1293
Shepherd

#1294
Shepherd
  
#1296
Shepherd

#1298
Lemos

#1299
Shepherd

#1300
Shepherd

#1303
Shepherd

#1308
Shepherd

#1309
Shepherd



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Bryan Shedden / guran@deepwoods.org
Last updated 3 February 2002