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''Copper'' is a Comic Strip by Kazu Kibuishi that has enjoyed both Webcomic and print appearances. The web comic began in April 2002 in a much larger than usual square format. Except for the first strip, the comic is in color. The large format may account in part for the slow schedule - updates occur monthly at best. The comic went on a brief hiatus at the end of 2004 but resumed in March 2005 . Each page tells a self-contained story, but there are a few recurring characters. Copper was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by The Webcomics Examiner. In May 2005 all of the 25 web strips that had been published to date were published as a series of 13" square archival prints by Nucleus, together with some other prints of Kibuishi's artwork. See External Links below. The comic theme anthology '' Flight Volume One'', edited by Kibuishi (ISBN 1582403813, 2004) contains two short ''Copper'' stories: the 18-page "Maiden Voyage", and the 4-page "Picnic". Both of these stories have also appeared on the website. In each self-contained story the Boy Copper and his talking Dog Fred journey through a detailed but economically-drawn Landscape - sometimes beautiful, sometimes bleak, sometimes surreal. Fred usually has some pithy comment to make on their circumstances, while Copper is generally more sanguine. The first three strips suggest that their adventures are Dream s. After that the question is ''usually'' left open. Copper is haunted by two mysterious who appears to be trapped inside a purple Bubble that always floats just out of Copper's reach; and a dark-haired girl with amber Sunglasses who always taunts him from a distance. This exemplifies the follies of love; hence Copper desires the unattainable, whilst rendering himself out of reach to the girl whom follows and taunts him. Fred also suffers girl trouble when to his horror he falls in Love with a female dog owned by another girl.
Kibuishi's Copper largely offers hidden and/or double meanings in each episode. One can speculate that the comparatively excessive periodicity in which Copper is updated is likely due to the author's desire for unique and individual meaning within the comics. EXTERNAL LINKS
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