Michel Fiffe
COPRA #4 release date: January 1, 2020
Order Code: AUG199059
comiXology
“EXPLAIN THE EXPLAIN”
As the COPRA leader negotiates her life with a disgruntled agent, the team itself maps out their most important mission to date: save the planet from total annihilation. Plus: a major secret origin revealed. This calm before the storm has been building since the very first issue!
REVIEWS
ComicBook.com
Comics the Gathering
COPRA #3 release date: December 4, 2019
Order Code: OCT190189
comiXology
“TICKING TEETH”
In this final showdown between COPRA and their cybernetic opponents, it’s out with the old, fallen comrades, and in with the new recruit. Will our team’s past nightmares come back to haunt them? And why does a desperate government cult care? You would, too, if your séance sparked an apocalypse.
REVIEWS
A.V. Club
ComicBook.com
11 O’Clock Comics Ep. 644
COPRA #2 release date: November 6, 2019
Order Code: SEP190175
comiXology
“ESCAPE FROM A.R.M.”
The COPRA epic continues! With one half of the crew stranded beyond reach and the other half trying to survive the nightmare trap they woke up in, who’s gonna welcome our new cast member? First appearance, check. Best jumping-on point ever, check. Rising body count depicted with tender love and care, check check check.
REVIEWS
Comics the Gathering
You Don’t Read Comics
ComicBook.com
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!
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.
Copra Press is proud to announce that Image Comics will be releasing the first 5 COPRA collections. They will all be available May 1st, so let your local comic shop know that they’re all easily available via Diamond Distributors. Tell your friends, spread the word!
Initial reports came from Newsarama and The Comics Beat.
Official Image Comics Press Release.
… and right back atcha’, Tucker.
New comics from Copra Press! Check out all the details in their respective pages:
GIANT-SIZE COPRA VERSUS• 600 copies of a numbered bumper edition for last year’s Copra subscribers.
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NEGATIVELAND • 300 copies of a signed & numbered mini-comic for Patreon supporters.
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Although the print versions are exclusive, the stories can still be read by all:
Copra Versus #3: ASESINOS • “Tabula Raza”
Copra Versus #4: AGES OF OCHIZON • “The Long Conduct”
Copra Versus #5: VITAS CREW • “Dot Management”
Steve Ditko would’ve been 91 today.
There are a number of great articles on Steve Ditko that I’ve been meaning to archive in some useful way. What better time than now.
· The Avenging Page (In Excelsis Ditko) by Joe McCulloch (My personal favorite essay on Ditko by one of comics’ best writers.)
· Steve Ditko Doesn’t Stop by Joe McCulloch (Excellent overview of Ditko’s later career in small publishing.)
· Steve Ditko’s Cartooning: Abstraction/Word vs. Picture/Motion by Ken Parille (An examination of some of Ditko’s unique and oft-overlooked artistic traits.)
· Comic Art As Fine Art from The Great American Novel (Thorough “compare/contrast” between Ditko’s Fantastic Four and John Byrne’s.)
Showcases On Specific Works
The Creeper
Ghostly Tales
Stalker
ROM 1
ROM 2
Recently, I was asked a few questions in regards to Steve Ditko over at ComicBook.com and The Double Page Spread Podcast.
Anyone who knows me even in passing knows the impact Steve Ditko made in my life. It’s been four months since he died, and it’s still an odd thing to process.
I hope Steve Ditko was content in the end. He certainly worked hard for it.
DITKO FOREVER
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!
