{"id":6396,"date":"2016-01-04T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T20:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/?p=6396"},"modified":"2016-01-04T15:28:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:28:46","slug":"copra-25-variant-world-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/?p=6396","title":{"rendered":"COPRA 25 Variant &#038; World Domination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6397\" src=\"http:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/COPRA-DOUBLE-COVER-25-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"COPRA DOUBLE COVER 25\" width=\"639\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/COPRA-DOUBLE-COVER-25-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/COPRA-DOUBLE-COVER-25-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/COPRA-DOUBLE-COVER-25-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The image above is the wraparound cover for the anniversary issue,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/listing\/253645123\/copra-25-double-size-anniversary-issue?ref=shop_home_feat_2\"><em>Copra<\/em> #25<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0which has its own variant cover. Limited to 35 signed and numbered copies, these &#8220;naked&#8221; (logo-less) editions were assigned to family and friends. Each copy came with a certificate of authenticity.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6409\" src=\"http:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-Variant-certificate-594x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Copra 25 Variant certificate\" width=\"594\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-Variant-certificate-594x1024.jpg 594w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-Variant-certificate-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-Variant-certificate.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Copra&#8217;s<\/em> print run is already pretty\u00a0limited, making them collector&#8217;s items by nature (that&#8217;s more for practical reasons and less by design). I&#8217;ve\u00a0always tried to make cool extras &amp; incentives for subscribers, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/zegas.tumblr.com\/post\/120520335201\/inspired-by-the-oily-comics-model-i-offered-a\">sketches<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/zegas.tumblr.com\/post\/108446827996\/vitas-vitas-vitas\">hand pressed prints<\/a>. This time I wanted to make something ultra rare, but\u00a0I also didn&#8217;t want to make it so different from the main issue that it would&#8217;ve been frustrating for readers to not have. You never know when one of these variants will pop up, though; keep your eyes peeled!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6402\" src=\"http:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-cover-sketch-2-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Copra 25 cover sketch 2\" width=\"639\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-cover-sketch-2-1024x676.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-cover-sketch-2-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-cover-sketch-2-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Copra-25-cover-sketch-2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the preliminary sketch for the double cover (with some costume designs on the side). You can see more process type stuff over at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/CopraPressClub\/\"><strong>Copra Press Club<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing: the season of Best Of 2015 lists is over, but let&#8217;s not forget how <em>COPRA<\/em> ranked!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2015\/12\/the-best-comic-books-of-2015.html\"><em>Paste<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsbeat.com\/the-best-comics-of-2015\/\">The\u00a0Beat<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techtimes.com\/articles\/107899\/20151203\/best-comics-of-2015.htm\"><em>Tech Times<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/comics-alliance-best-of-2015-continued-excellence-in-serial-comics\/\"><em>Comics Alliance:<\/em>\u00a0Continued Excellence in Serial Comics Runner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/ca-best-of-2015-outstanding-cartoonist\/\"><em>Comics Alliance:\u00a0<\/em>Outstanding Cartoonist Nomination<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/lebonblr.tumblr.com\/post\/135798833634\/top-comics-2015\">Andr\u00e9s Rothschild<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/80pagegiants\/end-of-the-year-review\">80 Page Giants<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.factualopinion.com\/the_factual_opinion\/2015\/12\/the-best-comics-of-2015-sure-why-not.html\">Comic Books Are Burning In Hell<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/comicbook.com\/2015\/12\/15\/the-best-comics-of-2015-part-two-\/\">ComicBook.Com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image above is the wraparound cover for the anniversary issue,\u00a0Copra #25,\u00a0which has its own variant cover. Limited to 35 signed and numbered copies, these &#8220;naked&#8221; (logo-less) editions were assigned to family and friends. Each copy came with a certificate of authenticity. Copra&#8217;s print run is already pretty\u00a0limited, making them collector&#8217;s items by nature (that&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[129,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-copra","category-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6396"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6418,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6396\/revisions\/6418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}