COPRA Press

COPRA Press is an American media company based in New York, NY.

COPRA Press

Status	Active
Founded	August 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08)
Founder	Michel Fiffe
Country of origin	United States
Key people	Michel Fiffe
Publication types	Zegas COPRA COPRA Versus Negativeland
Fiction genres	Superhero Fantasy Science fiction Action Adventure
No. of employees	1
Official website	michelfiffe.com

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]