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.
| 1st | 8 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." | |||||
| 2nd | 6 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. |
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| 4th | 5 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.
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| 6th | 4 votes |  #1290 Ford |
 #1297 Lemos |
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| 8th | 3 votes |  #1305 Lemos |
 #1307 Shepherd |
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| 10th | 2 votes |  #1306 Shepherd |
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| 11th | 1 vote |  #1280 "Tessa" |
 #1282 Shepherd |
 #1283 Shepherd |
 #1284 Shepherd |
 #1291 Shepherd |
 #1295 Vallvé |
 #1301 Shepherd |
| 17th | no 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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