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Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 6:06 pm 
 

Hey, at the wiki we've hit a bit of a dead end with some pictures. The credits are to Frey Graphics, and we can't find hide nor hair of those artists on the web, we've accumulated plenty of references to them and it starts to look like they'd merit some attention.

I am wondering if anyone here knew something about Frey Graphics?
  

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2024 10:09 pm 
 

Can you provide a bit more context?  What are some of the pictures and/or items that Frey Graphics is associated with?
  

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 10:37 am 
 

Of course, my bad. They are credited for cartography on the following TSR products:

The Kingdom of Ierendi (1987)
Waterdeep and the North (1987)
City System (1988)
The Five Shires (1988)
Creature Crucible: Top Ballista (1989)
The Golden Khan of Ethengar (1989)
The Republic of Darokin (1989)
The Revenge of Kang (1989)
Vale of the Mage (1989)
After Midnight (1990)
The Castle Guide (1990)
Falcon's Revenge (1990) - credited for "building fold-ups"
Flames of the Falcon (1990)
Hollow World Campaign Setting (1990)
Hollow World: Nightwail (1990)
The Sea People (1990)
Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991)

They were also credited in the Player's Handbook for Knights of Legend (1989), a DOS game that was developed by Origin Systems, non-TSR.
  

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2024 11:05 am 
 

You might want to look into Oliver Frey, a Swiss-born artist known for his work in video games, gaming magazines, and comic book illustrations during the 1980s and 1990s.  He's also associated with some more explicit art, too...  I'll leave it at that.

Frey Graphics could have been his business name, at least for TSR work.  Perhaps he had employees and/or contractors working for him, as well.
  

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2024 7:08 pm 
 

Thanks for your input! I'll report back if anything turns up. I've tried asking Bruce Heard at Dragonsfoot for now.
  
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