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Michel Fiffe. A place for the stuff I draw and the things I love + COPRA PRESS tumblr ANATOMY LESSON fan art

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Who here on tumblr is attending HeroesCon? I GOTTA KNOW

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I thought I imagined this Archie Comics ad for their superhero line revamp (never happened; next time we saw these characters was for DC's !mpact) so I was stoked to come across it.

Penciled by Jim Reddington and inked by Rich Rankin, signed. I dug up some of their stuff. They might’ve drawn the follow-up ad, too, which I had never seen (the "vocabulary" one).

Apparently there was an even earlier ad, uncredited, but it gives me Richard Howell vibes. I dunno… maybe Kurt Schaffenberger inked by Jim Mooney??

Anyway, the Archies themselves are super solid. Glad I dropped by the local Big Reuse.

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Is it an avant-garde superhero story or a hyperviolent art comic? It’s all of it. It’s COPRA. And you have one week left to pre-order the latest deluxe hardcover.

It’s coming from Image Comics so tell your shops to make room on the shelves for this massive edition. Seriously, it’s a monster… and I love it to death. You will, too.

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The final Fiffe Files episode on Keith Giffen is here! This series was a thing I had to get off my chest and share with the world. Looking at his artwork at my own pace, it’s exactly how I envisioned it: expressing ideas and proposing theories off the cuff, on camera, non-scripted, warts and all, direct, raw, super thorough. Thanks for joining me in my obsessive mission to examine a most interesting figure in comics.

(Stay tuned, there’s a follow-up episode lying in wait.)

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FIFFE FILES 5: Keith Giffen the Independent Years! From his iconic stint at Image to unearthed collaborations, we track his post-DC journey during turbulent times in comics. Not to mention super rare projects, smut, and trading cards; this one's got something for everybody.

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COPRA Master Collection 2 is coming May 20th! This deluxe hardcover collects issues 13-25, Copra Versus 1 & 2, plus tons of extras. It’s been a long time in the works, so I’m stoked to have these stories presented in this awesome format. Over 400 pages of psychedelic revenge comics, TELL YOUR STORES!

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This is the big one, the visual identity of Five Years Later examined. It’s entirely possible that this video project was an excuse for me to discuss and give context to this exact period of Keith Giffen’s career.

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The Michel Fiffe Portfolio 2 is a full-color 28 pager packed with rarities, commissions, and select pieces from my private archive of comic book art. Signed & numbered. DC-heads will love this. Marvel-heads, too! ALL THE HEADS

Get it at the Copra Press Shop!

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Little known fact: I like Keith Giffen. I like his art, I like his comics, this much is true. This brand new third video dissection is further proof of that. Here's EARLY ACCESS to it.

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FIFFE FILES: Part Two of my Keith Giffen video retrospective series. Remember his first infamous style shift and the resulting controversy? Hold tight, bubba, we're going in deep.

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FIFFE FILES: A Keith Giffen video retrospective in six parts. I did the only thing a comic book fetishist with an obsessive Giffen collection could do: I talked about it for 2+ hours. And recorded it. And made it public!

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I’m super fortunate to collaborate with John K Snyder III on this gun-toting Guthie for COPRA 50!

I first laid eyes on his work in Suicide Squad 31, a comic I bought off the 7-11 rack and read to pieces. The bold lines mixed with rich textures, the fun staging pushing the stark seriousness forward, it’s such a mesmerizing blend. As a kid, of course, I just thought it all looked cool.

I’ve since tracked as much of his other stuff as I could find. And he’s collaborated with some of the best, always exploring new avenues, putting his spin on a wide variety of stories.

We’ve been talking about me inking & coloring his pencils for years, so I’m extremely lucky to have finished this in time for the jam-packed finale. It seems fitting.

Thanks a million, John, this absolutely rules.

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COPRA 50 is coming! What a privilege this is for me, a surreal honor to arrive at the place I had my sights set on. COPRA 50 is its own thing, story-wise, a standalone epilogue that catches up with those who weren’t a part of the Death of Copra arc. In all other regards, this closes the book.

BTW -- Cover B is by Luke McDonnell (inked & colored by yours truly; unreal, I know) and Cover C is by David Lafuente!

50 hits the shelves this summer, June 18th, 32 full-color pages from @imagecomics / Copra Press.

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DEATH of COPRA 4! The wheels are burning off this revenge machine as it makes a non-stop speed run into its grand finale. Happy tears only for the story that lives up to its namesake. Plus c'mon, a @bensears variant and a Spawn cover appearance!

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Obsessed with this Almanaque Superboy 1972 cover from Brazil. Artist unknown. The background is basically clipped art from the interior stories, but that main figure looks Krigstein-inspired. Meaning: it rules. I’ve looked everywhere for a credit, no dice. WHO DREW THIS

(Also, who painted the 1967 cover as well? I'm in love but I can’t make out that signature.)

UPDATE: The artist is Monteiro Filho! Also, Mario José de Lima painted the 1967 cover.

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My exit interview is now live! TCJ continues to be the premiere institution of comics criticism, and it's been personally influential since I discovered it ages ago. You know this is huge for me.

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DEATH of COPRA 3 is coming! We’re so close to the series debut and the third issue just went live. Check out that amazing variant cover by K. Wroten featuring our favorite mistress of the mystic arts Xenia (who also goes up against Witchblade in the Classic Image variant).

Super pumped to get these in your hands. Tell your stores!