Copra Round Six

Copra #32-36

by Michel Fiffe

COPRA returns in the first collection of its all-new ongoing series! Acclaimed comics auteur MICHEL FIFFE reintroduces the entire cast of mercenary misfits in a brutal standoff against cruel cyborg roommates, reanimated doomsday agents, and their own bosses. Jump into the thick of it with the world's greatest superhero revenge machine!

Collects COPRA, VOL. 2 #1-5

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

272 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 2020

About the author

Michel Fiffe is the creator of the action series COPRA, published by Bergen Street Press, and the intimately surreal Zegas, collected by Fantagraphics. He's worked with Marvel, Valiant, and BOOM! and continues to serialize COPRA when he's not writing massive essays on comics of note. Fiffe has produced Bloodstrike: Brutalists (Image Comics) and G.I. Joe: Sierra Muerte (IDW) in their entirety and has recently launched a new title, Negativeland.

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fiffe makes the switch from self-publishing to Image without losing any steam. The book does pick up right where the cliffhanger from issue #31 of the first series left off. He does include a primer of the main characters and a recap of what's happened so far in the original series to date. I think you could pick this up without reading the first five Rounds without missing a beat. However, this series is so fun and inventive I can't imagine you wouldn't want to go back and read the rest since Image has re-released the rest of the Rounds making them accessible to most people for the first time. (When Fiffe self-published the comic was only available by subscription or from a few comic book shops throughout the country.)

As far as what this series is about? Imagine if a high Frank Miller took over the Suicide Squad in the early 80's. The art is incredibly innovative and kinetic. The action sequences are amazing. Fiffe's subtle use of colors and textures is hands down among the best. This may be too out there for some. But I say give it a shot and see if it grows on you.

Received a review copy from Image and Edelweiss. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.

[Ed · Rating 5 out of 5]

The god Michel Fiffe makes a big Copra comeback after a few years of licensed work and some Copra side stories. This round finishes up some cliffhangers from the self-published era and launches the big new arc. Fun characters; wild stories and some of the most dynamic art around!

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is it weird that I started with this instead of way at the beginning? Sure it has a good way of backtracking thanks to an interlude. But I feel like it would've been better to start at the beginning. And I gotta say, from what I can find, I like what I see. The illustrations are amazing, very mesmerizing. Naturally it might be a little better with some in-depth context so I am definitely going back to read the last 5 rounds of Copra. Because this series is awesome.

[Alex E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Man am I glad to be reading Copra again. Michel Fiffe's transition to Image does nothing to slow down the momentum of the story, as we are thrown into the saga of the two Copra teams. After the events of the last volume, the team tries to recoup and take note of who is down and out, and what their next move is. This actually helps new readers as its a pause in the action to try and establish the characters and their settings.

It's been a while since I read the last volume, and I was having trouble remembering every detail of what has happened so far. Luckily Michel Fiffe includes a summary page of the major beats of the story so far, as back matter to the first issue. Which definitely helped a lot for a reader who fell off for a bit (me) and I'm sure new readers appreciated it too.

The art is simply awesome. Fiffe's energetic and bombastic art has lost none of it's vigor as he transitions from small publisher to Image. In fact, to me it seems like he steps up the art at times, as some of the splash pages explode from the page in unique and sometimes semi-psychedelic ways. Which I'm glad for because Fiffe's art is a major part of why I enjoy this book so much.

The end of this volume heralds the much talked about Ochizon saga, and I'm definitely there for the ride.

[Billy · Rating 5 out of 5]

OCHIZON is here!!!! The most massive of the Copra rounds brings to a head the Ochizon Saga. This volume collects the Image Comics run of Copra followed by Fiffe's return to self-publishing through Copra Press. It's the most new reader friendly of all the Copra rounds after Round 1, with a nice recap of the story thus far, but don't deny yourself the full experience. Start with Copra Round 1, or better yet, the gorgeous and oversized Copra Master Collection Book 1, which collects Rounds 1 and 2.

[Julien L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fiffe goes way too hard. COPRA>>>>>whatever comics are out right now.

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like that Leonardo DiCaprio meme, pointing at the screen every time I get a character reference in this book.