October 31, 2022

All Hollow’s Eve marks the final hours for Crusade Comics’ most successful original graphic novel to date, Billy Tucci’s Shi: Sakura which closes for good on Indiegogo Halloween Monday, October 31, 2022.

“It comes with great satisfaction and relief to close the Sakura campaign. Stated Tucci. “Everyone on #TeamShi has worked incredibly hard from the book’s inception to the current fulfillment. Mailing out thousands of books to our customers really is the most rewarding part of crowdfunding and we hope they enjoy Sakura as much as we did creating it.”

Utilizing both Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding platforms, Sakura’s #NoFanLeftBehind total returns have now topped $250K. Fulfillment continues while Tucci and crew prepare to launch his next crowdfunding campaign, Tucci and John Broglia’s Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

Also in its last days … Crusade’s first ever Halloween Edition – SHI: Kaidan!  Available exclusively at www.billytucci.com

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN SHI EXCLUSIVES FOR BALTIMORE COMIC CON!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Iconfor Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

You can find Billy Tucci on Twitter, Facebook @billytucci and Instagram @billy_tucci

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 28, 2022

Bayport, NY

After an incredible months long campaign that raised Crusade Comics’ most successful original graphic novel to date, Billy Tucci’s Shi: Sakura Indiegogo is closing for good Monday, October 31, 2022.

“Deborah (Tucci, Crusade’s Executive Director) and I are humbled by the amazing support our backers have shown over these past few months. Stated Tucci. “Sakura is by far our biggest OGN to date. We are all so very proud of the final product and are having a blast with fulfillment.”

Utilizing both Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding platforms, Sakura’s #NoFanLeftBehind total returns have now topped $250K. Fulfillment continues while Tucci and crew prepare to launch his next crowdfunding campaign, the Shi: Senryaku Omnibus in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN SHI EXCLUSIVES FOR BALTIMORE COMIC CON!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Iconfor Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

You can find Billy Tucci on Twitter, Facebook @billytucci and Instagram @billy_tucci

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 27, 2022

Bayport, NY

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

SHI: SAKURA CLOSES OCTOBER 31^ST 2022!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

SHI: SAKURA CLOSES ON 10/31/22 AS FULFILLMENT CONTINUES

The 72-page Shi: Sakura graphic novel Indiegogo Campaign (https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/) closes for good on Halloween! Crusade has thus far shipped over 1,500 rewards and continues fulfillment while readying its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Iconfor Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

You can find Billy Tucci on Twitter, Facebook @billytucci and Instagram @billy_tucci

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

• Marv Wolfman

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

October 11, 2022

SHI: SAKURA FULFILLMENT HAS BEGUN!

Crusade Comics has begun fulfillment on Shi: Sakura graphic novels, prints, stretch goals etc. for shipment.  

From New York to Nagasaki, this action-packed, 72-page, full-color, psychological samurai thriller reunites Shi-creator Billy Tucci and writer Steven Peros with artist Gardenio Lima, and colorist Brian Miller.

Upon learning that she is full-blooded Japanese, Ana Ishikawa has unlocked a danger that she’s not prepared for… her birth mother’s wrath that comes in the form of an automaton-like killer, bent on destroying all that she loves.

At the same time, her teenage daughter, Hotaru, having survived the trauma in Shi: Haikyo, is empowered by the experience and succumbs to an inner violent streak with savage repercussions. 

The final chapter to the Return of the Warrior trilogy sets the final fiery stage for a samurai showdown of epic proportions at New York’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden that will change Crusade Comics canon forever!

Crusade Comics will also be offering other Shi-related items including original art, prints, shirts, commissions, and special editions, including the ashcan to Crusade’s next great adventure, John Broglia and Billy Tucci’s long-awaited sequel to Zombie-Sama. Zombie-Sama 2: Dorm of the Dead!

The Sakura campaign will be closed for good next week as Crusade focuses on fulfillment and readies its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

NYCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

 

The world’s largest comic con filled Manhattan’s Jacob Javits’ Center with over 275,000 fans, professionals, and celebrities. Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company offered two very special exclusives for NYCC, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Special Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print.

The exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to only 199 editions. For those unable to attend NYCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25thAnniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi and the perfect Halloween companion. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Iconfor Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

You can find Billy Tucci on Twitter, Facebook @billytucci and Instagram @billy_tucci

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 3, 2022

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES NEW YORK COMIC-CON SHI EXCLUSIVES!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

NYCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

New York Comic Con is once again set to take over the Big Apple as it hosts 275,000 artists, exhibitors and fans at Manhattan’s Javits Convention Center. To celebrate the nation’s largest comic book convention, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for NYCC, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Special Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to only 199 editions. For those unable to attend NYCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi and the perfect Halloween companion. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

SHI: SAKURA FULFILLMENT HAS BEGUN!

Crusade has been busy packing the 72-page Shi: Sakura graphic novel for shipment.

The Sakura campaign will be closed for good next week as Crusade focuses on fulfillment and readies its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

Shi: Sakura Variant Cover By Comics’ Superstar Kenneth Rocafort

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. The graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster, winning the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.  Billy’s critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Iconfor Dynamite Comics. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

You can find Billy Tucci on Twitter, Facebook @billytucci and Instagram @billy_tucci

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.