Wrapping up COPRA was the main event for me this year — it remains a surreal experience — but it was also packed to the brim with new shows, new art, and new projects.
After years of wanting to attend CXC, I finally had the opportunity to table at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, give a Talk & Teach presentation / COPRA-focused panel, and drop by local comic store the Laughing Ogre.
More conventions: BICS, HeroesCon, Rose City, Eddie P, NYCC, and a Q&A over at Everyone Comics in Queens, NY.
The final issues of COPRA were simultaneously released by Copra Press and Image Comics, who also released the collected edition aka [Death of] COPRA Round 8.
Look! Hand-painted Round 8 bookplates for GOSH! Comics…
…and just released: the Fiffe Portfolio 2!
More COPRA More
The New York Times · The Best Graphic Novels of 2025
The Beat · Best Comics of 2025
Strange Brain Parts · Copra: An Outsider Art, Superhero Comic
inkXscribes · Analysis & Discussion
Tradecraft Podcast · Interview
I also kicked off a massive multi-part video retrospective of Keith Giffen’s artistic career in comics. Page by page, under examination lights, I track his wild stylistic development throughout the years. First episode recently went live:
Fiffe Files: Keith Giffen Part One
Here’s to a New Year of more art and comics!
XOXO