publication they use traditional print-comic dimensions. "Maiden Voyage" sees Copper building an 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 "Picnic" Copper and Fred take an aerial picnic in an airship, which Fred manages to sleep through. In "Mushroom Crossing" Copper and Fred cross a canyon, but Fred ends up falling into the canyon and finding himself with talking mushrooms, who let him back out of the canyon after yelling at him. Print compilation January 2010 saw the publication of Copper in book form, containing all of the existing pages as well Kibuishi's short stories for Flight and a step-by-step examination of Kibuishi's creation process. Reception Copper was named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by The Webcomics Examiner, Joe Zabel describing it as "one of the most impressive achievements in webcomics" despite its low number of pages. The webcomic was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic 2006. Rating Copper a 9 out of 10, Jiffy Burke of Sequential Tart stated that "each of the full-page, full-color vignettes revealed in Copper are stand-alone wonders of imagination." Burke compared its art to that of Jhonen Vasquez and Bill Watterson, and said that Copper's art is "consistently amazing and has unique personality". References External links Old website, archived through the Internet Archive 2000s webcomics 2010s webcomics Webcomics in print Web Cartoonists' Choice Award winners 2002 webcomic debuts