Wrapping up COPRA<\/em><\/a> was the main event for me this year \u2014 it remains a surreal experience<\/a> \u2014 but it was also packed to the brim with new shows, new art, and new projects.<\/p>\n After years of wanting to attend CXC, I finally had the opportunity to table at Cartoon Crossroads Columbus<\/a>, give a Talk & Teach<\/em> presentation \/ focus panel (videos forthcoming<\/a>), and drop by the Laughing Ogre<\/a>.<\/p>\n More conventions: BICS<\/a>, HeroesCon<\/a>, Rose City, Eddie P<\/a>, NYCC<\/a>, and a Q&A over at Everyone Comics<\/a> in Queens, NY.<\/p>\n The final issues of COPRA<\/em> were simultaneously released<\/a> by Copra Press and Image Comics, who also released the collected edition aka [Death of] COPRA Round 8<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Look! Hand-painted Round 8<\/em> bookplates for GOSH! Comics<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n \u2026and just released: the Fiffe Portfolio 2<\/a>!<\/p>\n More COPRA More<\/strong><\/p>\n The New York Times \u00b7 The Best Graphic Novels of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n The Beat \u00b7\u00a0Best Comics of 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Strange Brain Parts \u00b7 Copra: An Outsider Art, Superhero Comic<\/a><\/p>\n inkXscribes \u00b7 Analysis<\/a> & Discussion<\/a><\/p>\n Tradecraft Podcast \u00b7 Interview<\/a><\/p>\n I also kicked off a massive multi-part video retrospective of Keith Giffen\u2019s artistic career in comics. Page by page, under examination lights, I track his wild stylistic development throughout the years. First episode recently went live:<\/p>\n Fiffe Files: Keith Giffen Part One<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/michelfiffe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CXC.jpg\")
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