Copper (comic)
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{{Infobox webcomic| <!-- Part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Webcomics]] -->
| title = Copper
| image = [[Image:copper comic.jpg|300px|Copper fishing]]
| caption = Fred is lost in thought while fishing with Copper
| author = [[Kazu Kibuishi]]
| url = http://www.boltcity.com/copper/
| status = Monthly
| began = April 2002
| ended =
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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.
In July 2006, Kibuishi put the comic on hiatus again due to work on his graphic novel, ''Amulet'', among other projects, and it returned in September 2007.
The comic theme anthology ''[[Flight (comics)|Flight]] Volume One'', edited by Kibuishi (ISBN 1-58240-381-3, 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.
[[Image:Copper 028 dive.gif|thumb|''Copper and Fred underwater.'']]
Copper is haunted by two mysterious [[girl]]s: a [[red hair|redhead]] who appears to be trapped inside a purple [[Liquid bubble|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. Fred also suffers girl trouble when to his horror he falls in [[love]] with a female dog owned by another girl.
The 18-page story ''Maiden Voyage'' sees Copper building an [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]] from parts purchased at the local Plane*Mart [[supermarket]], while Fred constantly frets that the plane might crash. In the end his fears turn out to be justified. In the 4-page ''Picnic'' Copper and Fred take an aerial [[picnic]] in an [[airship]], which Fred manages to sleep through.
==External links==
*http://www.boltcity.com/copper/
*[http://webcomicsreview.com/examiner/issue040809/copper.html Webcomics Examiner review]
[[Category:2000s webcomics]]
[[Category:Webcomics|Copper]]
[[Category:Webcomics in print]]
[[Category:Web Cartoonists' Choice Award winners]]