SHI: MATSURI SPECIAL EDITIONS ARE IN AND READY TO SHIP!

COMICS, PRINTS AND THE ORIGINAL COVER ARTWORK EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM!

LIMITED MATSURI AND NUMBERED EDITIONS & PRINTS SHIPPING OUT THIS WEEK!

Matsuri Can Be Found Here:

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Billy Tucci and Wes Hartman’s Exquisitely crafted cover to the Shi: Art of War Matsuri Edition!

Spring and cherry blossom season are upon us. In general, cherry blossoms represent the impermanent nature of life. Not only is the beauty of the flowers short and sweet, the trees themselves are also short-lived. But there are contradictory meanings as well. Cherry blossoms symbolize both birth and death, beauty, and violence. They are a central motif in the Japanese worship of nature, but they have also historically signified the short but colorful life of the samurai. 

“I’m glad to announce that our Shi: Art of War Matsuri Limited Editions are in.” Stated Shi-creator, Billy Tucci. “They are just gorgeous. Deborah [Crusade Comics’ Executive Director] will be bagging, boarding and packing them up to ship out. Thank you for your wonderful support.”

 Launched last Thursday, there are still have a few available at www.billytucci.com.

Matsuri is a complete redesigned and remastered edition of 1998’s Shi: The Art of War Tour Book featuring never seen artwork from Shi-creator Billy Tucci’s college days, comic book submissions to the majors, cover, character designs and much more. It’s a 32-page look into Tucci’s creative evolution from his teens to trying to work for major comic publishers and ultimately the creation of Shi.

Limited to just 99 Signed and Numbered Editions, and priced at just $25.00 each, Matsuri celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the book that launched the blank sketch cover craze that has since changed the face of comics. Limited Prints and Reduced-cost Bundle Packages are also available.

Premium Shi: Matsuri Metal Editions!

Metal Cover with number and seal
Metal Cover with number and seal

Matsui Metal Mania! Limited To Just 25 Editions!

Extremely limited to just 25 Signed and Numbered Editions, Crusade is also offering the premium Matsuri Metal Edition Produced with an actual metal cover, Matsuri Metal is amongst the most beautiful and rare Shi comics ever! Priced at just $99.00 US each, these editions are truly the “special” of Shi specials.

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi, which began with The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, 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. 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 highly decorated, 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.  His 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’ previous exclusive 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

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an American cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi, which began with The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, 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. 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 highly decorated, 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.  His 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’ previous exclusive crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

BILLY TUCCI CELEBRATES CHERRY BLOSSOM SEASON WITH SHI: MATSURI!

COMICS, PRINTS AND THE ORIGINAL COVER ARTWORK EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM!

LIMITED MATSURI AND NUMBERED EDITIONS & PRINTS ARE AT THE PRINTER AND SHIP OUT NEXT WEEK!

Matsuri Can Be Found Here

Billy Tucci and Wes Hartman’s Exquisitely crafted cover to the Shi: Art of War Matsuri Edition!

Spring and cherry blossom season are upon us. In general, cherry blossoms represent the impermanent nature of life. Not only is the beauty of the flowers short and sweet, the trees themselves are also short-lived. But there are contradictory meanings as well. Cherry blossoms symbolize both birth and death, beauty, and violence. They are a central motif in the Japanese worship of nature, but they have also historically signified the short but colorful life of the samurai. 

Matsuri is a complete redesigned and remastered edition of 1998’s Shi: The Art of War Tour Book featuring never seen artwork from Shi-creator Billy Tucci’s college days, comic book submissions to the majors, cover, character designs and much more. It’s a 32-page look into Tucci’s creative evolution from his teens to trying to work for major comic publishers and ultimately the creation of Shi.

Limited to just 99 Signed and Numbered Editions, and priced at just $25.00 each, Matsuri celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the book that launched the blank sketch cover craze that has since changed the face of comics. Limited Prints and Reduced-cost Bundle Packages are also available.

Premium Shi: Matsuri Metal Editions!

Metal Cover with number and seal
Metal Cover with number and seal

Matsui Metal Mania! Limited To Just 25 Editions!

Extremely limited to just 25 Signed and Numbered Editions, Crusade is also offering the premium Matsuri Metal Edition Produced with an actual metal cover, Matsuri Metal is amongst the most beautiful and rare Shi comics ever! Priced at just $99.00 US each, these editions are truly the “special” of Shi specials.

Shi: Matsuri Original Cover Art For Sale!

Crusade is also offering Billy’s one-of-a-kind, Matsuri Original Cover Artwork ($1,950.00 US). Illustrated on 11″X17″ comic art board, it is simply a beautiful cover capturing the sensuous spirit of Shi and Sakura Matsuri as only Billy Tucci can.

COMICS, PRINTS AND THE ORIGINAL COVER ARTWORK EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE THROUGH WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM!

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi, which began with The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, 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. 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 highly decorated, 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.  His 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’ previous exclusive 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

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an American cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi, which began with The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, 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. 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 highly decorated, 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.  His 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’ previous exclusive crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

WE DID IT!

Dear Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead Kickstarter Backers,

THANK YOU for bringing John Broglia and my  Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead Kickstarter campaign to life! We’ve survived and thrived these past thirty days and our “little zombie book that could” is funded! 

Deborah and I want to thank all of you for your amazing support. We know that Dorm of the Dead would not be possible without you and are once again humbled by your wonderful faith in Crusade Comics. 

#TeamZS is made up of wonderful creatives who have worked (in John’s case, YEARS) incredibly hard to bring you all one terrifically terrorizing tale of friendship and fight. 

Again, I must thank my co-creator John for his devotion and brilliance in bringing Jim, Jane and the ZS lore collective to life. He, alongside, the indefatigable designer/production manager/ letterer, (and more!), Mindy Lopkin, colorists Paul Little and Sean Callahan, video/promotional/graphic designer Nile Scala, producer Brian Blevins, editors Jason Odom, J.C. Vaughn and Deborah Tucci deserve to be applauded for an incredible job well done for not only creating Dorm of the Dead but getting it to the printer before campaign’s close.

I also want to thank our wonderful guest cover artists, Irene Strychalski and Dan Mendoza for their amazing contributions! I owe you both (in Dan’s case an upcoming Zombie Tramp cover) a nod gratitude and a drink!

As I stated, Dorm of the Dead is now at the printer. We will begin fulfilling at the end of this month and then Crusade will launch our next Kickstarter Adventure in May, The Shi: Senryaku Ominbus Edition! 

Jim Okami and Jane Ishikawa’s adventures have just begun and we look forward to your reading Zombie-Sama!, Winter Ronin, and Dorm of the Dead. John is already working on 2024’s Zombie-Sama III!

J.C. Vaughn and I are also really excited for you to read the Shi: Gatecrasher Ashcan. The new graphic novel features Ana battling alongside many independent and public domain characters as she fights her way through comic book time and genres!

Thank you for unlocking the following Stretch Goals:

  • Stretch Goal: Free Zombie-Sama! Digital Edition to all backers – Unlocked!
  • Stretch Goal: Bloody Yearbook Mini Print – Unlocked!
  • Stretch Goal: Irene Strychalski Cover Trading Card: Unlocked!
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I want you to know that’s not all you’ll be getting as Dorm of the Dead is now LIVE on Indiegogo and you too will receive whatever Stretch Goals that campaign unlocks. 

Domo Arigato for backing Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead. We know you’re going to love reading it as we did making it! 

#ZSStrong,

Billy Tucci

ZOMBIE-SAMA: DORM OF THE DEAD KICKSTARTER CLOSES TOMORROW, APRIL 5, 2023!

104-PAGE GRAPHIC NOVEL IS AT THE PRINTER!

Tomorrow, Wednesday April, 5, 2023 is the final day for Billy Tucci and John Broglia’s  Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead Kickstarter campaign. “We’re down to the last hours for our “little zombie book that could” Kickstarter.” Stated Tucci. “Everyone at Crusade Comics has worked so hard and professionally to produce one of the most enjoyably horrific zombie comics I’ve ever read. It is a true honor to be a part of #TeamZ!”

Zombie-Sama: Dorm Of The Dead Kickstarter:

http://kck.st/3F9u5aU

TEEN SENSATION JIM OKAMI, THE ZOMBIE-SAMA, RETURNS!

Two years after the terrifying events of “Red Rain”, college undergrad Jim and his girlfriend Jane are finally moving on with their lives, pursuing their dreams, and leaving the burden of the Zombie-Sama behind them. Nevertheless, when a new strain of the virus mysteriously spreads across campus, they must join forces with Jim’s stoner roomies, the fraternity jock and what remains of campus security to discover the cause of the outbreak, combat their classmates, and survive… THE DORM OF THE DEAD!

Momentum continues for Crusade’s latest crowdfunding project, Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead!  which has already met its initial funding goal, unlocked several stretch goals, and find’s its #NoFanLeftBehind totals surpassing $50,000.00. Crusade’s #nofanleftbehind duel-campaign strategy is a cross-platform promotional and production practice that allows both Indiegogo and Kickstarter backers to benefit from one another’s unlocked perks.

Crusade announces Dorm of the Dead’s New Stretch Goal: The Dan Mendoza Trading Card!

Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead Kickstarter
Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead Kickstarter

Creator of the Cult Hit Series ZOMBIE TRAMP, Dan Mendoza lends his extraordinary talents with his “Adorably Undead” trading card, based on his Dorm of the Dead cover.

ZOMBIE-SAMA: DORM OF THE DEAD

  • Stretch Goal: Free Zombie-Sama! Digital Edition to all backers – Unlocked! 
  • Stretch Goal: Bloody Yearbook Mini Print – Unlocked!
  • Stretch Goal: Irene Strychalski Cover Trading Card: Unlocked!
  • Stretch Goal: Dan Mendoza Cover Trading Card: Announced!
  • Premium-formatted hardcover edition (with cover art by Billy Tucci).
  • The special Zombie-Sama: Winter Ronin limited Edition comic by John Broglia!
  • The Ashcan Edition to Billy Tucci’s upcoming Shi: Gatecrasher Graphic Novel!
  • Stunning limited-edition variant covers by guest superstar artists, Irene Strychalski (Fiendish) and Dan Mendoza.
  • And much, much MORE!

 

Zombie-Sama: Dorm Of The Dead Indiegogo:

https://igg.me/at/c3aQ-F8SUGw/x/20487910#/

 Zombie-Sama: Dorm Of The Dead Kickstarter:

http://kck.st/3F9u5aU

About Billy Tucci

Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is a cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga Shi, which began with The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, 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. 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 highly decorated, 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.  His critically acclaimed Miss Fury: Joy Division saw the return of the Golden Age Icon for 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’ previous exclusive 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