COPRA Press
| Status | Active |
|---|---|
| Founded | August 2011 |
| Founder | Michel Fiffe |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Key people | Michel Fiffe |
| Publication types |
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| Fiction genres | |
| No. of employees | 1 |
| Official website | michelfiffe.com |
COPRA Press is an American media company based in New York, NY.
Publication history
COPRA is a self-published comic book that is written, drawn, inked, colored, lettered, edited, packed, and shipped by creator Michel Fiffe. COPRA made its internet debut on Fiffe's Etsy store on November 8, 2012. COPRA #1 made its public debut on November 10, 2012 at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival.[1] In May 2019, COPRA Press left Bergen Street Press and began publishing with Image Comics.[2][3]
Awards
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | COPRA Round Five, COPRA Versus, Negativeland | The Comics Journal: The Best Comics of 2018[4] | Nominated |
| 2017 | Zegas | The Beat's Best Comics of 2017[5] | Nominated |
| 2017 | Zegas | The Hundreds Best of 2017: Graphic novels[6] | Nominated |
| 2017 | COPRA | ComicBook.com's 10 Best Indie Comics of 2017[7] | Nominated |
| 2017 | COPRA | ComicBook.com 2017 Golden Issue Awards: Best comic series[8] | Nominated |
| 2016 | COPRA | Comicsverse: Best Indie Comics of 2016[9] | Nominated |
| 2016 | COPRA | Paste: The 25 Best Comic Books of 2016[10] | Nominated |
| 2015 | COPRA | ComicBook.com's Best Comics of 2015[11] | Nominated |
| 2015 | COPRA | The Beat's Best Comics of 2015[12] | Nominated |
| 2015 | COPRA | ComicsAlliance Best of 2015: Continued excellence in serial comics[13] | Nominated |
| 2015 | COPRA | Paste: The Best Comic Books of 2015[14] | Nominated |
| 2015 | COPRA | Tech Times: The Best Comics of 2015 As Chosen by the Artists[15] | Nominated |
| 2014 | COPRA | ComicBook.com's Best Comics of 2014[16] | Nominated |
| 2014 | Michel Fiffe | The Newest Rant: 2014 In Review — Best writer-artist[17] | Won |
| 2014 | COPRA | Comicosity: Best of 2014: Matt Santori's pick for best graphic novel[18] | Won |
| 2014 | COPRA | Journeys in Darkness and Light: Best Graphic Novels Published in 2014[19] | Nominated |
| 2014 | COPRA | The A.V. Club: The Best Comics of 2014: Ongoing and special series[20] | Won |
| 2014 | Michel Fiffe | ComicsAlliance Reader Choice Awards: Best writer/artist[21] | Won |
| 2013 | COPRA | Comics Bulletin: Top 10 Ongoing Series of 2013[22] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | Brainleak Station 12: Best of 2013[23] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | Broken Frontier Awards 2013: Best ongoing series[24] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | CBR's Top 100 Comics of 2013[25] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | CBR: The Ten Best Comics of 2013[26] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | ComicsAlliance: The Best Comic Books of 2013: Best comics about squads on suicide missions[27] | Won |
| 2013 | COPRA | Graphic Novel Universe: Best Graphic Novels of 2013[28] | Nominated |
| 2013 | COPRA | Best of 5773[29] | Nominated |
| 2012 | COPRA | The Comics Journal: The 19 Best Comics of 2012[30] | Nominated |
| 2012 | COPRA | Hellboy Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012: Best comics about squads on suicide missions[31] | Won |
| 2012 | COPRA | CBR: The 10 Best Comics of 2012[32] | Nominated |
| 2011 | Zegas | Best of 5771[33] | Nominated |
Further reading
Zegas reviews
- Sequart Organization “Review of Michel Fiffe’s Zegas” by Tom Shapira[34]
- Multiversity Comics “Zegas” by Nick Couture[35]
- The Comics Journal “Reviews: Zegas” by Greg Hunter[36]
- Foggy at Best “Comic-splaining” by Austin Lanari[37]
- Ryan C.’s Four Color Apocalypse “Weekly Reading Round-Up : 12/03/2017 – 12/09/2017” by Ryan C.[38]
- The A.V. Club “Michel Fiffe’s Zegas highlights the many dimensions of comic-book storytelling” by Oliver Sava[39]
- Comicosity “Kirbyology!: Heirs to Weirdness (and Badassness), Michel Fiffe and Benjamin Marra” by Mark Peters[40]
- The Frog Queen “Comic Book Review: Zegas by Michel Fiffe (Fantagraphics Books)” by Oliver Sava[41]
- The A.V. Club “Birthdays are bullshit in this exclusive preview of Michel Fiffe’s Zegas” by Oliver Sava[42]
- AIPT! “‘Zegas’ review: Adventures in the banal” by Chris Coplan[43]
- Vulture “8 Comics to Read (and One Comics Movie to Watch) in November” by Abraham Riesman[44]
- Paste “Everything Else We Loved (and Hated) about Comics in 2017” by Hillary Brown, Sean Edgar, and Steve Foxe[45]
- Bleeding Cool “Stumptown Swag: New Indie and Underground Titles” by Rich Johnston[46]
- Warren Peace Sings the Blues! “Zegas: Excellence expands” by Matthew J. Brady[47]
- Comix Cube “Michel Fiffe – Zegas” by Auth[48]
- Warren Peace Sings the Blues! “Zegas and Lose: Some comics are worth the effort to seek out” by Matthew J. Brady[49]
- The Comics Journal “Reviews: Zegas #1” by Auth[50]
- Pop Dose “Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 73” by David Allen Jones[51]
Interviews
- Smash Pages “Q&A: Michel Fiffe on ‘Zegas’” by Tim O’Shea[52]
References
Footnotes
Citations
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (9 November 2012). "Bonus BCGF debut: COPRA by Michel Fiffe". Comics Beat. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ^ Pinion, Kyle (6 March 2019). "COPRA now firmly at Image, will be releasing new single issues through the publisher". Comics Beat. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ Pinion, Kyle (21 February 2019). "COPRA heads to Image in May with new printings of Rounds 1 through 5". Comics Beat. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ The Editors (4 January 2019). "The Best Comics of 2018". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Beat staff (27 December 2017). "The Beat's Best Comics of 2017". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Wong, Alex (27 December 2017). "Best of 2017: Graphic novels". The Hundreds. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Magnett, Chase (1 January 2018). "The 10 Best Indie Comics of 2017". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Lovett, Jamie (21 December 2017). "The 2017 ComicBook.com Golden Issue Awards Nominations for Comics". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Grubman, Jake (6 January 2017). "Best Indie Comics of 2016: Reflections on the Year". Comicsverse. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Paste Comics Crew (5 December 2016). "The 25 Best Comic Books of 2016". Paste. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ Magnett, Chase (31 December 2015). "Best Comics of 2015". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ Beat staff (28 December 2015). "The Beat's Best Comics of 2015". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Comics alliance staff (23 December 2015). "ComicsAlliance Best of 2015: Continued excellence in serial comics". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ The Ordinal Paste Comics Team (9 December 2015). "The Best Comic Books of 2015". Paste. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Heater, Brian (3 December 2015). "The Best Comics Of 2015 As Chosen By The Artists". Tech Times. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Magnett, Chase (6 September 2017). "The Best Comics of 2014: Part Two". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Bitterbaum, David Charles (31 December 2014). "2014 In Review--Best Writer-Artist". The Newest Rant. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Comicosity staff (27 December 2014). "Best of 2014: Best Graphic Novel". Comicosity. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Wolverton, Andy (26 December 2014). "Best Graphic Novels Published in 2014". Journeys in Darkness and Light. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Sava, Oliver (9 December 2014). "The Best Comics of 2014: Ongoing and special series". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ ComicsAlliance staff (11 February 2014). "ComicsAlliance Readser Choice Awards: The Winners". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Comic Bulletin Staff (7 January 2014). "Top 10 Ongoing Series of 2013". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Crabtree, Mark (6 January 2014). "8/13 COPRA". Brainleak Station 12. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Hautain, Frederik (30 December 2013). "Broken Frontier Awards 2013: The Winners, 'Saga' Snags Three". Broken Frontier. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ CBR Staff (30 December 2013). "CBR's Top 100 Comics of 2013, #50 - 26". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Callahan, Timothy (23 December 2013). "The Ten Best Comics of 2013". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ ComicsAlliance Staff (11 December 2013). "The Best Comic Books of 2013, Part Three". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ Wolverton, Andy (21 December 2013). "Best Graphic Novels of 2013: Part 3 of 3". Graphic Novel Universe. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Newelt, Jeff (12 September 2013). "Best of 5773: Comics". HeeB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Stone, Tucker (5 January 2013). "The 19 Best Comics of 2012". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ "The Hellboy Memorial Awards: ComicsAlliance's Best Comics of 2012, Part 4". ComicsAlliance. Open Publishing. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Callahan, Timothy (31 December 2012). "The Ten Best Comics of 2012". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- ^ Newelt, Jeff (6 October 2011). "Best of 5771: Comics". HeeB. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Shapira, Tom (21 February 2018). "Review of Michel Fiffe's Zegas". Sequart Organization. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Couture, Nick (6 February 2018). "Reviews: Zegas". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Hunter, Greg (8 January 2018). "Reviews: Zegas". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Lanari, Austin (18 December 2017). "Comic-splaining". Foggy at Best. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ C., Ryan (10 December 2017). "Weekly Reading Round-Up : 12/03/2017 – 12/09/2017". Ryan C.’s Four Color Apocalypse. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Sava, Oliver (1 December 2017). "Michel Fiffe's Zegas highlights the many dimensions of comic-book storytelling". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Peters, Mark (1 December 2017). "KIRBYOLOGY!: Heirs to Weirdness (and Badassness), Michel Fiffe and Benjamin Marra". Comicosity. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ The Frog Queen (29 November 2017). "COMIC BOOK REVIEW: ZEGAS by Michel Fiffe (Fantagraphics Books)". YouTube. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Sava, Oliver (29 November 2017). "Birthdays are bullshit in this exclusive preview of Michel Fiffe's Zegas". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Coplan, Chris (14 November 2017). "'Zegas' review: Adventures in the banal". AIPT!. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Riesman, Abraham (1 November 2017). "8 Comics to Read (and One Comics Movie to Watch) in November". Vulture. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Brown, Hillary; Edgar, Sean; Foxe, Steve (28 December 2012). "Everything Else We Loved (and Hated) about Comics in 2017". Paste. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Johnston, Rich (1 May 2012). "Stumptown Swag: New Indie and Underground Titles". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Brady, Matthew J. (30 April 2012). "Zegas: Excellence expands". Warren Peace Sings the Blues!. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Nichols, L. (27 September 2011). "Michel Fiffe – Zegas". Comix Cube. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Brady, Matthew J. (31 August 2011). "Zegas and Lose: Some comics are worth the effort to seek out". Warren Peace Sings the Blues!. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Seneca, Matt (25 August 2011). "Reviews: Zegas #1". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Jones, David Allen (21 September 2011). "Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 73". Pop Dose. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ O’Shea, Tim (13 October 2017). "Smash Pages Q&A: Michel Fiffe on 'Zegas'". Smash Pages. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
Bibliography
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). Zegas, no. 1 (August 2011). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). Zegas, no. 2 (April 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). Deathzone! (May 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Raging Wrath" COPRA, no. 1 (November 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Raging Wrath" COPRA, no. 1 (November 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Kiss the Ring on My Fist" COPRA, no. 2 (December 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Kiss the Ring on My Fist" COPRA, no. 2 (December 2012). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Soft Solution" COPRA, no. 3 (January 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "A Sight for Sore Eyes" COPRA, no. 4 (February 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "King Egg" COPRA, no. 5 (March 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA Compendium (March 2013). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-0-1.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Collapse Towards Light" COPRA, no. 6 (April 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). Zegas, no. 0 (April 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Personal Files" COPRA, no. 7 (Early Summer 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Otros Mundos" COPRA, no. 8 (Midsummer 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA Compendium Two (July 2013). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-1-8.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Pink Frost" COPRA, no. 9 (Late Summer 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Best Before" COPRA, no. 10 (September 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "The Shape of Division" COPRA, no. 11 (October 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Locus Solus" COPRA, no. 12 (November 2013). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA Compendium Three (November 2013). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-2-5.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Lloyd" COPRA, no. 13 (April 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Wir" COPRA, no. 14 (May 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Gracie" COPRA, no. 15 (June 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Guthie" COPRA, no. 16 (July 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Rax" COPRA, no. 17 (August 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round One (September 2014). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-3-2.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Xenia" COPRA, no. 18 (October 2014). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round One (Isotope edition) (October 2014). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Kill List" COPRA, no. 19 (January 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round Two (January 2015). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-4-9.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Midnight Mumblers" COPRA, no. 20 (February 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "No Blue in Bone" COPRA, no. 21 (April 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Skeleton Crew" COPRA, no. 22 (June 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "The Beast in Us" COPRA, no. 23 (August 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Stone House" COPRA, no. 24 (September 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA Compendio Uno (September 2015). Valencia, Spain: Inefable Tebeos, ISBN 978-84928909-7-2.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round Three (September 2015). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-5-6.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Special Secret Stage" COPRA, no. 25 (December 2015). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Vogellius Vortex" COPRA, no. 26 (April 2016). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Dy Dy in 'Agents'" COPRA Versus, no. 1 (June 2016). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Consider Yourselves Doomed" COPRA, no. 27 (August 2016). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round Four (August 2016). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-7-0.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Proposed Strategy With Dignity" COPRA, no. 28 (October 2016). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "'`UNIQ--templatestyles-000000F0-QINU`'A.R.M. in 'New Network'" COPRA Versus, no. 2 (December 2016). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Your Mouth is a Graveyard of Embarrassments" COPRA, no. 29 (March 2017). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "The Great Biscayne Concern" COPRA, no. 30 (May 2017). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "Deli, Inc." COPRA, no. 31 (August 2017). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). Zegas (December 2017). Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1683960652.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). Negativeland (January 2018). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.
- Fiffe, Michel (w, a). COPRA: Round Five (April 2018). Brooklyn, New York: Bergen Street Press, ISBN 978-09895066-9-4.
- Michel Fiffe (w, a). "'`UNIQ--templatestyles-000000FD-QINU`'COPRA Versus #3: Asesinos in 'Tabula Raza', COPRA Versus #4: Ages of Ochizon in 'The Long Conduct', COPRA Versus #5: Vitas Crew in 'Dot Management'" Giant-Size COPRA Versus (December 2018). Brooklyn, New York: COPRA Press.