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This 64 page guide is a step-by-step tour of Studio Copra, a personal in-depth account that covers everything from filling up a blank page to managing a small business: writing, penciling, inking, lettering, coloring, packaging, distributing, selling, cultivating relationships, building a catalogue, and putting artistic muscles to the test.

Copra Press has steadily worked with printers and retailers for over a decade to reach a global audience, self-publishing COPRA merch, zines, and over fifty comic books.

This first time collection of updated HOW TO editorials from Fiffe’s Patreon is packed with full-color examples, a brand new massive chapter detailing his latest challenges and strategies, plus illustrations exclusive to this edition.

CREATING COPRA is an invaluable tool for the modern cartoonist. It marries the practical with the idealistic, dissecting the creative process while demystifying the hurdles that are part of comics-making in today’s world.

This project wouldn’t exist without the immense support from the Koyama Provides Grant. Annie Koyama has been a publisher, a patron, and an all-around positive force in the world of comics and beyond, making this grant a profound honor.

PREORDER CREATING COPRA

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COPRA 10th Year Anniversary

Post author By Fiffe
Post date November 8, 2022
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Ten years ago today, COPRA No. 1 went on sale. Sold around a dozen copies that afternoon, a few more in a local convention that weekend, and I had a handful of shops willing to stock the title. Been building ever since.

A print run of 400 for a monthly 24 page full-color action comic produced and shipped from my apartment. It changed my life.

Thanks to everybody who’s been on board and backed me up every step of the way. Here’s to ten more years and beyond.

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Copra Press Returns

COPRA #38

comiXology

“Minceville, USA”

The world is not what it seems anymore – carnage and chaos, tension and treachery, a landscape literally warped beyond comprehension. Is this the paradise that the super elite channeled from beyond? COPRA is the only thing standing between angry gods and the nightmare fuel they want to douse us in.

COPRA #39

comiXology

“Loyalty in the Face of Vast Disrespect”

Larger than life forces toying with the fate of the little people with reckless abandon – sounds familiar! Will COPRA’s big plan pay off in victory OR will it send our team spiraling into further doom? One thing is for sure: our crew will look fabulous either way.

Copra Press is back with COPRA #s 38 & 39! I’ve returned to self-publishing the single COPRA issues (and to the legacy numbering, picking up right where our last release left off) while Image Comics continues to publish the collections & digital.

Those two new issues quickly sold out, but don’t let that stop you from going to my online store for possible extra copies and trades. Also, check out the COPRA FAQ for a list of Local Comic Shops that carry new issues COPRA just in case.

INTERVIEW
Is Michel Fiffe’s COPRA Leaving Image Comics?

BEST OF 2020
The Comics Beat
Comfort Food Comics
The Comics Journal

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COPRA #1

Post author By Fiffe
Post date July 26, 2019
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COPRA #1 release date: October 2, 2019

“End of Complications”
Super stoked to get back to COPRA. I made this first Image issue a 40 page, full-color bonanza that picks up moments after the last issue left off… and it’s still a great introductory story for brand new readers.

Cover Process

Speaking of the original series, those collections have been made available again Image Comics. COPRA is also available digitally via comiXology.

Official Image Comics Press Release

Color Preview
Order Code: AUG190053
comiXology

Second Printing release date: October 30, 2019
Order Code: AUG198881 Official Image Comics Press Release

MENTIONS
Comics Bookcase: Best Image Comics of 2020 (So Far)
Comic Books Are Burning In Hell: Best Comics of the Decade
The Beat: 100 Best Comics of the Decade
Den of Geek: The Best Comics of the Decade
The Beat: Best Comics of 2019
Nerdist
Panel Patter
Multiversity Comics, RFT Episode 612

INTERVIEWS
The Comics Beat Part 1 & Part 2
Newsarama
DC in the 80s
11 O’Clock Comics, Episode 622
Savage Fincast, Episode 84
The Escapist Comics Podcast Episode 221
Dynamic Forces
Emerald City Comics

REVIEWS
CBR: Reason To Get Excited
ComicBook.Com
Graphic Policy
SimpleNews
Monkey Fighting Robots
Comicon.com
Comics the Gathering
Flickering Myth
Two-Headed Nerd, Episode 546
The Comics Journal

SIGNINGS
OCT. 2 · Mysterious Time Machine, NYC, 11am – 1pm
OCT. 2 · Forbidden Planet NYC w/Special Guests, 6-8pm
OCT 3-6 · NYCC, Artist Alley, Table H-23
OCT 9 · Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, MD
OCT 26 · Ssalefish Comics, Greensboro, NC

Here’s the black & white version of the first four preview pages, a rare chance to see COPRA at this pre-color stage. Click to enlarge, especially for that Double Page Spread. BLAM!

COPRA #1 · OCT. 2nd!

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COPRA Rounds Order Forms

Print either one of these up, fill them out, and give it to your local comic book shop so they can order any of the COPRA books you’ve missed. If anything,. tell them to look in the Image Comics section of the ordering catalogue!

They’re also available on Amazon, Target, and digitally via comiXology.

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HeroesCon 2018

I’ll be at HeroesCon 2018 this June 15-17, Table AA-1102, front and center at Indie Island.

I even designed this year’s official badges, COPRA-style!

I will also be doing TWO PANELS Saturday & Sunday!

You read that right. I’ll be having a career spanning conversation with the mighty Keith Giffen!

This is the big one! Bring your checklists, your sketchbooks, and some comfortable shoes. I’ll be jabbing, sketching, and showcasing rare original comic pages. Bust your map out and look for the COPRA sign — I’ll see you there!

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BLOODSTRIKE: BRUTALISTS · Out in June

Post author By Fiffe
Post date March 22, 2018
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Bloodstrike: Brutalists is now in the Previews catalogue!

The first 2 issues have a JUNE release – the 3rd issue drops in July – so tell your Local Comics Shops to order tons of copies!

Issue #0 (Part One) ORDER CODE: APR180490
Issue #23 (Part Two) ORDER CODE: APR180494

Issue #24 (Part Three) ORDER CODE: MAY 180105

While you’re at the store, ask for your copy of COPRA Round 5, out April 4th! ORDER CODE: FEB181164

You can also order it directly from Bergen Street Press.

Don’t forget about ZEGAS, now available directly from Fantagraphics!

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COPRA Round Five

COPRA Round Five is coming! This Bergen Street Press collection features issues 26 – 31 and should be available April 4th! Order it directly from Bergen Street Press!

Tell your stores! Order Code: FEB181164

Here’s the official page for the Diamond Distributors/Previews listing.

Print and fill out the form below to give to your LCS!

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ZEGAS · COPRA · SPX

The ZEGAS collection, published by Fantagraphics, debuts at SPX this weekend, Sept 16 & 17.

I’ll be signing advance copies at the Fantagraphics table (W56-61) Sat 4 PM & Sun 3 PM.

SPX banner art by Sloane Leong.

ZEGAS will be officially available in stores late November.

Your Local Comic Shop can order it from the Diamond/Previews catalogue, New order code: SEP171622

I’ll mostly be tabling also be at the Bergen Street Press table (W79) with Chuck Forsman & Melissa Mendes all weekend!

Additionally, ~~Copra #31 is officially available, ORDER HERE!~~

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C O P R A #30 + Summer Conventions

Post author By Fiffe
Post date May 30, 2017
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It had to happen. THIRTY ISSUES. It’s not every day a comic hits that number. Enter: COPRA versus COPRA in this milestone 30th issue! The classic team rumbles with Team X and things go down in Miami the only way they can: sleazy, chaotic, brutal. Why are you reading this instead of buying it?!

But hey, you’re here already. Let me tell you about some conventions I’ll be attending in June.

CAKE in Chicago, IL · June 10-11

and

HEROES CON in Charlotte, NC · June 16-18

Additionally, Mark Peters gave COPRA a great write-up over at Salon. It’s a streamlined, reader-friendly summation, so pass it along to any friend or enemy who hasn’t yet jumped on board.

Additionally Part Two: CBR’s Chris Neill evaluates COPRA through the lens of Watchmen while briefly breaking down the history of comic book analogues.

Back to COPRA 30. Get it in print. Get it digitally. Either way, get it. Here’s a preview.