$55,000.00 STRETCH GOAL: THE BILLY TUCCI RAN VARIANT MINI PRINT!
“Thank you for an incredible first week!” Exclaimed Ran: Revenge of the Warrior writer/artist, Billy Tucci. “Deb and I are astonished by Ran’s stunning trajectory from last week’s debut to this morning’s returns. I’m so flattered that you have embraced Ran as you have with Shi and now, the campaign has topped $50K, we’re happy to announce our next Stretch Goal Reward, a mini-print featuring mine and Wes Hartman’s Ran Variant Mini Print!”
Fans have already unlocked Ran’s first Stretch Goal, The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, which like all Stretch Goals are FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk. Crusade has scheduled many more Free Stretch Goals as the campaign continues hitting financial milestones.
Just fifteen days remain to Ran’s 22-day Indiegogo which closes on Friday, November 14, 2025.
Deborah Tucci (Crusade’s Executive Director) and team have been working late into the evening’s organizing and packing Shi: Gatecrasher rewards for over 2,800 backers with the next haul of books shipping this Halloween.
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade has also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition, and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo, uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,750,000.00 since 2020.
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
Momentum continues for Billy Tucci’s latest graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Indiegogo as fans the world over have propelled the 23-day campaign just shy of $50,000.00 in returns and 1000% over its initial funding goal.
“Ranis a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is very near and dear to my heart by being my first and the one that evolved into Shi.” Stated writer/artist Billy Tucci. “You never know the fan reaction when a ‘new’ character is introduced to comics, but I couldn’t be more astonished and humbled by the incredible fan reaction to her debut. We hope you’ll support the campaign and push Ran over that hallowed $50K threshold!”
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, Revenge of the Warrior details one young woman’s battle for justice against American sex-trafficking, ex-pat killers aligned with the notorious Yakuza crime syndicate.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior launched last week and reached its initial funding goal in less than ten minutes. Fans have already unlocked it first Stretch Goal, The Ran Hardcover Trading Card FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk. Crusade has many more Free Stretch Goals scheduled as the campaign continues hitting financial milestones.
This sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy will be available on the newly reconstructed, Indiegogo until Friday, November 14, 2025.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior is scheduled to launch on Kickstarter, Thursday, November 13th.
Knock, Knock, Knocking On $50K’s Door!
SHI: GATECRASHER CONTINUES SHIPPING TO BACKERS!
Meanwhile, Crusade’s Executive Director, Deborah Tucci have delivered another big haul to the USPS as fulfillment continues to Shi: Gatecrasher backers. “Deb and her team were super busy this past weekend, packing up books to our backers from over forty countries.” Stated Tucci. “I was allowed inside the office today (I’m not usually allowed unless to sign books as she says I’m a “distraction”), to pick them up and drop them off at our local Post Office.”
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade has also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,750,000.00 since 2020.
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
“Thank you for an incredible first 24-hours!” Stated Ran writer/artist Billy Tucci. “Ran has charged from the gate at breakneck speed, and Deborah (Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Executive Director) and I astonished by our pledging partners who made our dreams of seeing Ran’s untold story become reality.”
Ranis a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is Tucci’s first and the one that evolved into Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee, Shi.
In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
Now, and for the first time ever, Eisner Award winner and Inkpot recipient Billy Tucci brings back the character who inspired Shi (who first debuted in 1993’s Razor Annual #1) to fans with her very first graphic novel, Revenge of the Warrior. The 48-page, full color graphic novel, explores the character who started it all and in her most raw and savage form.
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, Revenge of the Warrior details one young woman’s battle for justice against American sex-trafficking, ex-pat killers aligned with the notorious Yakuza crime syndicate.
Billy Tucci’s Hardcover Edition Cover for Ran: Revenge of the Warrior!
Crusade Comics’ 11th Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior launched this past Wednesday, October 22nd, and reached its initial funding goal in less than ten minutes. In Ran’s first 24-hours alone, Billy Tucci’s sexy, neon-noir tale of vengeance now closes in on $50K in pledge returns and has already unlocked it first Stretch Goal, The Ran Hardcover Trading Card FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk.
Now that Crusade’s convention season has come to a close (aside from November 22nd’s one-day Big Apple Con), Billy Tucci and company are offering some very rare NYCC exclusives the GIANT-SIZEDSHI: GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU NYCC EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS on Crusade’s official webstore.
For the first time ever, Crusade is publishing a special limited edition of Shi: Senryaku #1 exclusively for the NYCC sporting a cover by the legendary, Jim Lee! Also offered for Senryaku’s 30th Anniversary will be extremely rare, Metal, Bamboo, Foil and Pearl Exclusives at the con and through https://billytucci.com.
Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War “stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.
Limited to just 199 sign and numbered editions, the Giant-Sized Shi: Gatecrasher NYCC Exclusive also includes a certificate of authenticity. This massive 11” X 17”, 28-page, black and white Pure Line edition is Part 2 of Tucci’s latest graphic novel. Crusade Comics is also offering the book in a reduced-price, limited package bundle with San Diego Comic Con Part 1, which was offered at the SDCC.
Billy launches his next Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th at 7pm. Sign up for the prelaunch page here:
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,750,000.00.
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
“A heartfelt thank you for a fantastic Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Indiegogo launch!” Exclaimed writer-artist Billy Tucci. “Ran is now approaching $40K in the campaign’s first 24 hours, and Deborah and cannot express our humble astonishment and appreciation to everyone who backed the campaign’s faith and support!”
Ranis a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is Tucci’s first and the one that evolved into Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee, Shi. The campaign has already unlocked it first Stretch Goal, The Ran Hardcover Trading Card FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk.
Leandro Oliveira’s Racy Ran Variant Cover Artwork!
Ran is the character that inspired Tucci’s legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
But Revenge of the Warrior, an all-new, original 48-page, full color graphic novel, explores Tucci’s first creation and in her most raw and savage form.
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, Revenge of the Warrior details one young woman’s battle for justice against American sex-trafficking, ex-pat killers aligned with the notorious Yakuza crime syndicate.
Fred Benes’ Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Variant Cover Art
This sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy will be available on the newly reconstructed, Indiegogo until Friday, November 14, 2025.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior is scheduled to launch on Kickstarter, Thursday, November 13th.
SHI: GATECRASHER FULL FORCE FULFILLMENT & SHIPPING!
Stretch Goals, Stretch Goals, Stretch Goals!
Deborah Tucci and crew have been busy as hundreds of Shi: Gatecrasher rewards have been packed up and are shipping out. Crusade Comics continue fulfilling weekly this entire month and into November for Gatecrasher’s 2,687 backers. “I am so proud of how amazing Gatecrasher came out now that fulfillment has begun, cannot wait for you to have it in your hands!” Stated Tucci.
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade has also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,750,000.00 since 2020.
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
“Tucci Troopers! Tonight is the Night of Night’s!” Exclaimed Inkpot Award recipient writer/artist Billy Tucci. “My latest graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior launches TONIGHT on Indiegogo.”
Ran is a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is Tucci’s first and the one that evolved into Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee, Shi.
Ran is the character that inspired Tucci’s legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
But Revenge of the Warrior, an all-new, original 48-page, full color graphic novel, explores Tucci’s first creation and in her most raw and savage form.
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, where the embattled Yakuza turn to American, ex-pat killers to do their dirtiest of work.
Led by Vietnam Veteran, “The Wolf”, these Yanks follow no Bushidō, just their own brutality and a twisted loyalty that buys power.
But not everyone stayed bought.
Enter Ran Moban. Orphaned as a child, trafficked and vanished at twenty. Until now, Ran’s whereabouts were unknown. Now, Ran has returned to Tokyo carrying steel and thirsting for vengeance against the man that destroyed hers and hundreds of other Japanese lives.
Fred Benes’ Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Variant Cover Art
This sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy goes live on Indiegogo TODAY, Wednesday, October 22nd at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT. Fans can sign up for the Prelaunch Page here for a free first-24-hour reward to all backers of physical perks:
SHI: GATECRASHER FULL FORCE FULFILLMENT & SHIPPING!
Deborah Tucci and crew have been busy as hundreds of Shi: Gatecrasher rewards have been packed up and are shipping out. Crusade Comics continue fulfilling weekly this entire month and into November for Gatecrasher’s 2,687 backers. “I am so proud of how amazing Gatecrasher came out now that fulfillment has begun, cannot wait for you to have it in your hands!” Stated Tucci.
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
Newly Upgraged Crowdfunding Platform, Indiegogo Readies To Launch Billy Tucci’s Latest Graphic Novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Thursday, October 22nd at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT.
For the first time ever, Eisner Award winner and Inkpot recipient Billy Tucci brings to reality the character that inspired his legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
But this 48-page, full color graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior explores Tucci’s first creation and in her most raw and savage form.
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, where the embattled Yakuza turn to American, ex-pat killers to do their dirtiest of work.
Led by Vietnam Veteran, “The Wolf”, these Yanks follow no Bushidō, just their own brutality and a twisted loyalty that buys power.
But not everyone stayed bought.
Enter Ran Moban. Orphaned as a child, trafficked and vanished at twenty. Scarred by the Wolf as a teenager, Ran’s whereabouts are unknown.
That is until now as Ran has returned to Tokyo carrying steel and thirsting for vengeance.
Leandro Oliveira’s “Racy” Cover for Ran: Revenge of the Warrior!
Set in1993, Ran is everything Tucci always wanted to do with Shi but never dared. In all its 1990’s Bad Girl glory, Ran introduces the world to the character who started it all in this 48-page story of vengeance set within Tokyo’s neon licked rain-slick streets stained with blood split by the Yakuza.
Revenge of the Warrior is a sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy was originally scheduled to launch on Indiegogo on Thursday, October 16th, but due to the crowdfunding platform’s complete, and new user-friendly, upgrade Indiegogo was not operational in time. But all is fixed and Ran is now “go for launch” and fans can sign up for the Prelaunch Page here for a free first-24-hour reward to all backers of physical perks:
“Deborah Tucci and I would like to thank everyone who visited us at this past weekend’s Baltimore Comic Con” Stated Shi-creator Billy Tucci. “For the past two decades it has been amongst our very, very favorite conventions and it is always an honor seeing old friends and more importantly meeting new fans! We truly appreciate your visiting the booth, supporting us and signing on to our email list.”
SHI BALTIMORE/NYCC SPECIAL EDITIONS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM!
CRUSADE OFFERS A LIMITED AMOUNT FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND COMIC-CON HERE:
CRUSADE CELEBRATES SHI: SENRYAKU’S 30THANNIVERSARY WITH NYCC EXCLUSIVE JIM LEE COVER!
Now that Crusade’s convention season has come to a close (aside from November 22nd’s one-day Big Apple Con ), Billy Tucci and company are offering some very rare NYCC exclusives the GIANT-SIZEDSHI: GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU NYCC EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS on Crusade’s official webstore.
For the first time ever, Crusade is publishing a special limited edition of Shi: Senryaku #1 exclusively for the NYCC sporting a cover by the legendary, Jim Lee! Also offered for Senryaku’s 30th Anniversary will be extremely rare, Metal, Bamboo, Foil and Pearl Exclusives at the con and through https://billytucci.com.
Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War “stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.
Limited to just 199 sign and numbered editions, the Giant-Sized Shi: Gatecrasher NYCC Exclusive also includes a certificate of authenticity. This massive 11” X 17”, 28-page, black and white Pure Line edition is Part 2 of Tucci’s latest graphic novel. Crusade Comics is also offering the book in a reduced-price, limited package bundle with San Diego Comic Con Part 1, which was offered at the SDCC.
Billy launches his next Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th at 7pm. Sign up for the prelaunch page here:
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
Newly Upgraged Crowdfunding Platform, Indiegogo Readies To Launch Billy Tucci Graphic Novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Thursday, October 22nd at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT.
For the first time ever, Eisner Award winner and Inkpot recipient Billy Tucci brings back, Ran the inspiration to his legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
One can never argue with success as Tucci’s Ana Ishikawa has become a beloved staple to comics fans the world over, but to him there was always the question of what if?
What if Tucci gone with his initial creation and in her purest and most raw form?
What if Tucci had published… Ran?
Comics’ Legend Dan Lawlis’ Striking Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Variant Edition
Set in1993, Ran is everything Tucci always wanted to do with Shi but never dared. In all its 1990’s Bad Girl glory, Ran introduces the world to the character who started it all in this 48-page story of vengeance set within Tokyo’s neon licked rain-slick streets stained with blood split by the Yakuza.
Revenge of the Warrior is a sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy was originally scheduled to launch on Indiegogo on Thursday, October 16th, but due to the crowdfunding platform’s complete, and new user-friendly, upgrade Indiegogo was not operational in time. But all is fixed and Ran is now “go for launch” and fans can sign up for the Prelaunch Page here for a free first-24-hour reward to all backers of physical perks:
The first of over 2,600 backer rewards dropped off at the USPS!
Hundreds of Shi: Gatecrasher Rewards Are Labeled For Shipping!
Fulfillment has begun for Shi: Gatecrasher, as Crusade Comics has been busy signing books, packing and shipping product out daily to backers from over 50 countries worldwide.
FINAL DAY TO BACK J.C. VAUGHN’S “DEAD INSPECTOR” KICKSTARTER!
If you’ve been putting it off, today’s the day and you have only hours to act! SHI: GATECRASHER writer J.C. Vaughn’s DEAD INSPECTOR closes today.
When J.C. says this book is ready to go, he’s not kidding! The issue is already a print-ready PDF. What that means is that it will be at the printer today (!!!) and it will be ready to print as soon as the final Kickstarter numbers are in. Seriously, how cool is that?
With gorgeous art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by his daughter Flavia Caracuzzo, letters by our own Mindy Lopkin, and edits by our own Jason “Old Cap” Odom, DEAD INSPECTOR features a choice of covers by Simone Guglielmini (Near Death) and Noelle Giddings (Static), John K. Snyder III (Eight Million Ways To Die) and our own Barry Orkin!
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
For the first time ever, Eisner Award winner and Inkpot recipient Billy Tucci brings back, Ran the inspiration to his legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
One can never argue with success as Tucci’s Ana Ishikawa has become a beloved staple to comics fans the world over, but to him there was always the question of what if?
What if Tucci gone with his initial creation and in her purest and most raw form?
What if Tucci had published… Ran?
Comics’ Legend Dan Lawlis’ Striking Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Variant Edition
Set in1993, Ran is everything Tucci always wanted to do with Shi but never dared. In all its 1990’s Bad Girl glory, Ran introduces the world to the character who started it all in this 48-page story of vengeance set within Tokyo’s neon licked rain-slick streets stained with blood split by the Yakuza.
Revenge of the Warrior is a sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy was originally scheduled to launch on Indiegogo on Thursday, October 16th, but due to the crowdfunding platform’s complete, and new user-friendly, upgrade Indiegogo was not operational in time. But all is fixed and Ran is now “go for launch” and fans can sign up for the Prelaunch Page here for a free first-24-hour reward to all backers of physical perks:
The first of over 2,600 backer rewards dropped off at the USPS!
Hundreds of Shi: Gatecrasher Rewards Are Labeled For Shipping!
Fulfillment has begun for Shi: Gatecrasher, as Crusade Comics has been busy signing books, packing and shipping product out daily to backers from over 50 countries worldwide.
FINAL DAY TO BACK J.C. VAUGHN’S “DEAD INSPECTOR” KICKSTARTER!
If you’ve been putting it off, today’s the day and you have only hours to act! SHI: GATECRASHER writer J.C. Vaughn’s DEAD INSPECTOR closes today.
When J.C. says this book is ready to go, he’s not kidding! The issue is already a print-ready PDF. What that means is that it will be at the printer today (!!!) and it will be ready to print as soon as the final Kickstarter numbers are in. Seriously, how cool is that?
With gorgeous art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo, colors by his daughter Flavia Caracuzzo, letters by our own Mindy Lopkin, and edits by our own Jason “Old Cap” Odom, DEAD INSPECTOR features a choice of covers by Simone Guglielmini (Near Death) and Noelle Giddings (Static), John K. Snyder III (Eight Million Ways To Die) and our own Barry Orkin!
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
Billy Tucci launches his latest Indiegogo crowdfunded campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th at 7pm EDT/4pm PDT.
For the first time ever, Eisner Award winner and Inkpot recipient Billy Tucci brings back the inspiration to his legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
One can never argue with success as Tucci’s Ana Ishikawa has become a beloved staple to comics fans the world over, but to him there was always the question of what if?
What if Tucci gone with his initial creation and in her purest and most raw form?
What if Tucci had published… Ran?
Comics’ Legend Dan Lawlis’ Striking Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Variant Edition
Set in1993, Ran is everything Tucci always wanted to do with Shi but never dared. In all its 1990’s Bad Girl glory, Ran introduces the world to the character who started it all in this 48-page story of vengeance set within Tokyo’s neon licked rain-slick streets stained with blood split by the Yakuza.
Billy Tucci and Wes Hartman’s Ran: Revenge of the Warrior HC Edition Cover Art
Sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy launches on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th. Fans can sign up for the Prelaunch Page here for a free first-24-hour reward to all backers of physical perks:
SHI: GATECRASHER FULL FORCE FULFILLMENT & SHIPPING!
Gatecrasher artist Billy Tucci and writer J.C. Vaughn signing hundreds of books for shipping,
The first of over 2,800 backer rewards ready to be dropped off at the USPS
More backer rewards labeled for shipment!
Fulfillment has begun for Shi: Gatecrasher, as Crusade Comics has been busy signing books, packing and shipping product out daily to backers from over 50 countries worldwide.
LIMITED SHI NYCC SPECIALS FOR YOU!
CELEBRATE 30 YEARS OF SHI WITH GIANT-SIZED GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU 30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIALS WITH BILLY TUCCI AT ARTIST’S ALLEY BOOTH HB904!
CRUSADE OFFERS A LIMITED AMOUNT FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT ATTEND COMIC-CON HERE:
CRUSADE CELEBRATES SHI: SENRYAKU’S 30THANNIVERSARY WITH NYCC EXCLUSIVE JIM LEE COVER!
New York Comic Con is once again set to take over the Big Apple TODAY 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 some very rare debut exclusives for NYCC Friday and Saturday (AA Booth HB904), the GIANT-SIZEDSHI: GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU NYCC EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS.
For the first time ever, Crusade is publishing a special limited edition of Shi: Senryaku #1 exclusively for the NYCC! Also offered for Senryaku’s 30th Anniversary will be extremely rare, Metal, Bamboo, Foil and Pearl Exclusives at the con and through https://billytucci.com.
Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War “stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.
Limited to just 199 sign and numbered editions, the Giant-Sized Shi: Gatecrasher NYCC Exclusive also includes a certificate of authenticity. This massive 11” X 17”, 28-page, black and white Pure Line edition is Part 2 of Tucci’s latest graphic novel. Crusade Comics is also offering the book in a reduced-price, limited package bundle with San Diego Comic Con Part 1, which was offered at the SDCC.
Billy launches his next Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th at 7pm. Sign up for the prelaunch page here:
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
New York Comic Con is once again set to take over the Big Apple TODAY 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 some very rare debut exclusives for NYCC, the GIANT-SIZEDSHI: GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU NYCC EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS.
Limited to just 199 sign and numbered editions, the Giant-Sized Shi: Gatecrasher NYCC Exclusive also includes a certificate of authenticity. This massive 11” X 17”, 28-page, black and white Pure Line edition is Part 2 of Tucci’s latest graphic novel. Crusade Comics is also offering the book in a reduced-price, limited package bundle with San Diego Comic Con Part 1, which was offered at the SDCC.
CRUSADE CELEBRATES SHI: SENRYAKU’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NYCC EXCLUSIVE JIM LEE COVER!
Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War “stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.
For the first time ever, Crusade is publishing a special limited edition of Shi: Senryaku #1 exclusively for the NYCC! Also offered for Senryaku’s 30th Anniversary will be extremely rare, Metal, Bamboo, Foil and Pearl Exclusives at the con and through https://billytucci.com.
JOIN BILLY & DEBORAH TUCCI LIVE TONIGHT ON YOUTUBE 9pm EDT/6pm PDT!
Billy and Deborah Tucci will go live tonight on Billy Tucci’s PopXP YouTube Channel to showcase all their NYCC exclusives and to also give a sneak peek at their next Indiegogo campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior so fans can sign up on its preview page. Ran campaign launches next Thursday, October 16th. It’s always an entertaining interaction as the Tucci’s answer and engage in all sorts of comic book conversation with the viewers.
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
CRUSADE CELEBRATES SHI: SENRYAKU’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH NYCC EXCLUSIVE JIM LEE COVER!
New York Comic Con is once again set to take over the Big Apple TODAY 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 some very rare debut exclusives for NYCC Friday and Saturday (AA Booth HB904), the GIANT-SIZEDSHI: GATECRASHER & SENRYAKU NYCC EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS.
For the first time ever, Crusade is publishing a special limited edition of Shi: Senryaku #1 exclusively for the NYCC! Also offered for Senryaku’s 30th Anniversary will be extremely rare, Metal, Bamboo, Foil and Pearl Exclusives at the con and through https://billytucci.com.
Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, critically acclaimed series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War “stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.
Limited to just 199 sign and numbered editions, the Giant-Sized Shi: Gatecrasher NYCC Exclusive also includes a certificate of authenticity. This massive 11” X 17”, 28-page, black and white Pure Line edition is Part 2 of Tucci’s latest graphic novel. Crusade Comics is also offering the book in a reduced-price, limited package bundle with San Diego Comic Con Part 1, which was offered at the SDCC.
Billy launches his next Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior on Indiegogo this Thursday, October 16th at 7pm. Sign up for the prelaunch page here:
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,700,000.00.
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
