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Anyone reading Dudley Hogarth 's Message From The Publisher in the FREW editions published through 2021, particularly in the latter third of the year, will have some small understanding of the difficulties faced by the relatively small Australia publisher through a second COVID affected year. Based in a city that went through over 100 days of lockdown from June to October, dealing with key staff working from home, a disrupted postal services and supply issues, FREW neverthel

Frew have recently established a great tradition of attending the Sydney Supanova comic convention, and an even better one of releasing beautiful items for Phantom phans to enjoy. This post is a wrap up of all the items that Frew have published on their Facebook page, as well as those that Glenn Ford told us about in X-Band: The Phantom Podcast #121 . The Phantom Gallery - Series 2 Trading Cards While they're not necessarily a 'Frew Publications' product as such, the rele

We all know about the beautiful and successful For Those Who Came In Late trade paperback released by Frew late last year , and are excited about the prospect of a Pirates of the Red Dragon TPB to be released as a Reward level or Stretch goal in the Kickstarter campaign for The Phantom board game in November 2018. ChronicleChamber has now discovered that Frew will also be celebrating their 70th Birthday later this year with another very unique and special TPB. As we expl

In a Facebook post t oday, Frew announced the winner of the Colouring In Competition from issue #1763, their 80th Anniversary special . It was a complex challenge, with a very detailed frame created by Shane Foley. Interestingly, his signature on the crate (bottom middle of the pic and enlarged here) seems to indicate that the image was drawn over a 20 year period! It's possible that entries were a little slow coming in to Frew, as about a week before the closing date they

Frew 1754 saw a new cover artist drawing the cover. His name is Shane Foley and the team at Chronicle Chamber interviewed him to find out about him and his long journey to become a Frew Phantom cover artist. Chronicle Chamber: Were you a Phantom phan growing up or now? Shane Foley: If a ‘phan’ is the Bandar version of a Marvel Zombie, then no. I have been very hit and miss with reading the Phantom over the years. Having said that, I adore the Phantom up to the early Sy Barry

The latest Frew we saw Shane Foley debut as a Frew cover artist, over the weekend Gary Chaloner posted his new Frew cover on Facebook and a few weeks ago it was announced that Angelo Todaro is also set to produce a cover. It is great to see more artists getting the opportunity to create Frew Covers. It also makes Frew's Signature Series more of a series worth getting with different artists signatures. Shane Foley and Gary Chaloner are both local Australian artists who a