#183 - Frew Crew 5 Year Retrospect

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FREW CREW!!! 


Tuesday 23 February we celebrated 5 years of the Frew Crew
releasing their first comic and we discussed what they have done
throughout the years. Plus we will try and play Nostradamus on
what we think they will do in the future.


Tale of the tape


After Jim Shepherd's death in April 2013, Judith
and their son Stephen stepped in and kept the title alive.
Stephen introduced a number of initiatives, such as the Frew
website, purchased a license for the posters and brought in the
infamous Replica Series. Stephen also started the process of
improving the covers.


In 2014 Dudley Hogarth came in to replace Stephen. Then in
December 2015 Judith signed off and after almost two months of no
Frew comics, Frew issue 1745  was released on 23 February
2016. It has been often described, particularly by members of
Chronical chamber, as a Frew-naissance ever since.





The Frew Crew are:



Glenn Ford: Co-Director 


Rene White: Co-Director


Dudley Hogarth: Publisher


Sha Hua: Production Coordinator


Frank Schultz: Production Manager



Issues per Year Frew released are:


2016: 28

2017: 36

2018: 42

2019: 38

2020: 34



Key milestones of each year


2016Colour (1748), first of heaps of Spada comics
(1753), kiwi covers, 80th anniversary (1763), christmas album
colour/theme (1772), Signature Series, Supanova stall and
accompanying Supanova jam cover  (1755) and posters Pholio
series, Frew Crew badges





2017Kid Phantom, Phantom’s World stand alone,
Gaslight, Giant Size, first TPB, first themed annual (1774),
Triptych cover (1792-4) and then poster, Phantom Universe cards
and folder, Phile cards and folder (1775), sketch cover



2018Frew 70th (1820), sequel/prequel stories to
classics (Sin 1813) and Frew 70th, TPB 2, Kid Phantom Kollection





2019War annual (1830), 1850 (Matt Kyme), 1852
(colour daily and BZ on cover), Frew trading cards, Jam story
printed (1855), first graphic novel, Frew games boardgame
kickstarter, Phantom Adventures Collection and door poster



2020Kid Phantom & PW cancelled, TPB #3 out,
Comixology





2021 (so far)Frew Games boardgame released, TPB #4
out, 





We then asked a heap of questions:


What has been the THREE best things they have done

What has been the THREE worst things they have done

If Frew Crew were to end tomorrow, what would be their
lasting legacy?

Which has been your top THREE moments with Frew?

What’s been your favourite Frew product?

What’s been your favourite Frew comic/tpb?

Looking into the future. What is the next step for Frew?

If you were to join Frew, what would you do?

What's your Best Frew year?



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