CRUSADE COMICS 11^TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN’S MOMENTUM GOES FOR $50,000.00 & NEW STRETCH GOAL!

LATE PLEDGES FOR THE CHARACTER WHO INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Due to popular demand, Eisner-Award winner Billy Tucci’s latest crowdfunding campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has reopened on Kickstarter. In its initial 21-day campaign, Ran #1 stands just $200 shy of unlocking its $50K Stretch Goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign nears $125,000.00 in initial total returns. Due to Crusade’s groundbreaking #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals.

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.

JOIN BILLY AND DEBORAH TUCCI TONIGHT FOR SPECIAL HOLIDAY LIVE STREAM!

Join Ran: Revenge of the Warrior creator Billy Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Deb Tucci and friends for a very special HOLIDAY LIVE STREAM TONIGHT, December 18th at 9pm EST/6pm PST. The Tucci’s will celebrate the year with friends and holiday cheer and talk up their present campaigns and what exciting things are in store for 2026!

The live stream will go on until the Kickstarter officially closes at 11:59pm EST. It will simultaneously stream on social media platform’s X (https://x.com/BillyTucci) and on the official Crusade Comics Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/crusadecomics/).

SUPERSTAR CREATORS JOIN COMICS LEGEND WALTER SIMONSON TO COVER RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER!

Crusade Comics’ is proud that several of today’s top comic’s talent have joined the legendary Walter Simonson for a host of beautiful variant covers offered on the Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter. Contributing artists include Ran creator Billy Tucci, artist-extraordinaire Dan Lawlis, Fred Benes and Leandro Oliveira. All covers are also offered in special signed/numbered trade, foil and actual metal editions.

 

Dan Lawlis’ Dangerously Daring Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL, RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR #1

CHECK IT OUT HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN: A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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.  

This sexy, 48-page, full-color neon-noir samurai epic will be also be available on Indiegogo January 14, 2026.

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 $1,800,000.00 since 2020. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

THANK YOU to all who backed our Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter. The campaign is now open to LATE PLEDGES here:
http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

You did it. You made Ran a reality. Your wonderful partnership and faith has brought a story I’ve wanted to tell for thirty-five years a reality.

Ran has gained a special place in all of our hearts. She has taken on a life of her own, a tragic young woman we can all sympathize with and one who, because of the powerful and the corrupt, believes she has no path to justice than to take the scales by the chains herself.

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. You always compare the current campaign to the previous one, and our last, Shi: Gatecrasher was a monster and our biggest Kickstarter by far! And let’s be honest, Gatecrasher had a lot of things going for it:

• First, it’s SHI – duh!
• It features the debut of a whole new character, Ran.
• It has LADY DEATH – Thank you Sworn Nation for coming out to support!
• Friggin’ USAGI YOJIMBO!
• MISS FURY and all these public domain heroes
• with different art styles and genres…
• It was also not launched during the holiday season.
• By Jove, we even got a variant cover by the legendary ROB “F’N” LIEFELD!

There are other elements of course, but with those alone you just knew Gatecrasher was going to soar. In its initial 23-day campaign, Gatecrasher’s boasted 715 Kickstarter backers. Several of the items offered were huge, including a couple of “you be the character” slots, original artwork (including covers), and lots more stretch goal rewards.

Now let’s consider Ran and even though it is the debut issue of a totally untested and unknown character, Ran’s first 21 day campaign (two days shorter than Gatecrashers) was brought to life by 683 backers… That’s just 32 backers less!
So I guess it’s safe to assume that Ran’s A HIT!

We are now at 978% over our initial funding goal so close to unlocking our $50,000.00 Stretch Goal Reward, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card. I know it will be unlocked soon and then we’ll move forward towards our $60K Stretch Goal, the Walter Simonson Cover Trading Card!

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter backers who pledged for a physical perk.
Again, THANK YOU for taking the wheel and steering us onto the path to success. This is one amazing journey of creativity and we owe it all to you.
Have a great weekend and stay tuned, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!

CRUSADE COMICS 11^TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN’S MOMENTUM GOES FOR $50,000.00 & NEW STRETCH GOAL!

FINAL DAY TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER WHO INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Today, December 11, 2025, is the final day for Billy Tucci’s latest Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior (before it reopens up for limited late pledges). In Ran’s first 20 days, fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s returns to over $40,000.00 and 800% over its initial funding goal. Crusade Comics has just announced Ran’s $50K Stretch Goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign nears $120,000.00 in initial total returns. Due to Crusade’s groundbreaking #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals.

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.

JOIN BILLY AND DEBORAH TUCCI TONIGHT FOR THE RAN KICKSTARTER CLOSE OUT STREAM!

Join Ran: Revenge of the Warrior creator Billy Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Deb Tucci and friends for a very special LIVE STREAM TONIGHT, December 11^th at 9pm EST/6pm PST for the Kickstarter closeout party. “This has truly been a magically short, whirlwind campaign!” Stated Billy Tucci. “Deborah and I will be honored for everyone to join so we can thank each and everyone who’s  faith and support has made Ran a reality. Ran is on pace to match (and in some cases), surpass many of our previous Shi campaigns and we cannot wait to celebrate with you all.”

The live stream will go on until the Kickstarter officially closes at 11:59pm EST. It will simultaneously stream on social media platform’s X (https://x.com/BillyTucci) and on the official Crusade Comics Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/crusadecomics/).

SUPERSTAR CREATORS JOIN COMICS LEGEND WALTER SIMONSON TO COVER RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER!

Crusade Comics’ is proud that several of today’s top comic’s talent have joined the legendary Walter Simonson for a host of beautiful variant covers offered on the Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter. Contributing artists include Ran creator Billy Tucci, artist-extraordinaire Dan Lawlis, Fred Benes and Leandro Oliveira. All covers are also offered in special signed/numbered trade, foil and actual metal editions.

 

Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Stunning Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

Billy Tucci’s stunning Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Limited Edition Newsprint Cover!

Dan Lawlis’ Dangerously Daring Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

Fred Benes’ Bad Girl Homage Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

Leandro Oliveira’s Ran Red Racer Variant Cover!

TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL

CHECK IT OUT HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN: A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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.  

This sexy, 48-page, full-color neon-noir samurai epic will be available on Kickstarter until Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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 $1,800,000.00 since 2020. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

CRUSADE COMICS 11^TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN’S MOMENTUM GOES FOR $50,000.00 & NEW STRETCH GOAL! 

FINAL TWO DAYS TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER WHO INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Tomorrow, December 10, 2025, is the final day for Billy Tucci’s latest Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior (before it reopens up for limited late pledges). In Ran’s first 20 days, fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s returns to over $40,000.00 and 800% over its initial funding goal. Crusade Comics has just announced Ran’s $50K Stretch Goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign has nears $115,000.00 in initial total returns. Due to Crusade’s groundbreaking #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals.

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.

RAN: COLORED PAGES AND LETTERS!

Please see the following first four pages, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior, with striking colors by Fred Marinho and dynamically lettering by Mindy Lopkin. 

“Fred’s colors are just incredible, and aside from adding more blues, oranges, reds, greens and yellows to the neon on page 1… done.” Stated Tucci. “I just love what both are doing and am also stoked by the small nuances Mindy adds to the lettering, like leaving out the black border around the word balloons and the colored “drop shadow” unique to each character’s dialogue. Check them out!”

COMICS LEGEND WALTER SIMONSON COVERS RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER!

Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Stunning Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

Crusade Comics’ is proud to announce that the legendary Walter Simonson has graciously contributed his talents to a special Ran wraparound cover. Exclusive to the campaign, Walter’s Ran is digitally painted by artist-extraordinaire Dan Lawlis, features a stunning wraparound portrait surrounded by a flowing main of hair and wielding steel.

“One of the highlights of my career is befriending comics’ reigning king and queen, Walter and Louise Simonson.” Stated Tucci. “The adage is to ‘never to meet your heroes’, but in the case of the Simonson’s, it is the complete opposite. Their contributions literally turned a page in comics history, by creating some of the greatest characters and storylines, while their generosity and goodwill towards fandom have made them ambassadors of the highest order.”

TOMORROW IS THE FINAL DAYS TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL

CHECK IT OUT HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN: A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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.  

This sexy, 48-page, full-color neon-noir samurai epic will be available on Kickstarter until Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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 $1,800,000.00 since 2020. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

CRUSADE COMICS 11^TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN NEARS $40,000.00 – NEW STRETCH GOAL ANNOUNCED! 

PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

With just TWO DAYS REMAINING, backer momentum continues to spur on Billy Tucci’s latest Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior. In Ran’s first 18 days, fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s returns to near $40,000.00 and 750% over its initial funding goal. Crusade Comics has just announced Ran’s $50K Stretch Goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign has nears $115,000.00 in initial total returns. Due to Crusade’s groundbreaking #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals.

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.

RAN: COLORED PAGES AND LETTERS!

Please see the following first four pages, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior, with striking colors by Fred Marinho and dynamically lettering by Mindy Lopkin. 

“Fred’s colors are just incredible, and aside from adding more blues, oranges, reds, greens and yellows to the neon on page 1… done.” Stated Tucci. “I just love what both are doing and am also stoked by the small nuances Mindy adds to the lettering, like leaving out the black border around the word balloons and the colored “drop shadow” unique to each character’s dialogue. Check them out!”

COMICS LEGEND WALTER SIMONSON COVERS RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER!

Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Stunning Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

Crusade Comics’ is proud to announce that the legendary Walter Simonson has graciously contributed his talents to a special Ran wraparound cover. Exclusive to the campaign, Walter’s Ran is digitally painted by artist-extraordinaire Dan Lawlis, features a stunning wraparound portrait surrounded by a flowing main of hair and wielding steel.

“One of the highlights of my career is befriending comics’ reigning king and queen, Walter and Louise Simonson.” Stated Tucci. “The adage is to ‘never to meet your heroes’, but in the case of the Simonson’s, it is the complete opposite. Their contributions literally turned a page in comics history, by creating some of the greatest characters and storylines, while their generosity and goodwill towards fandom have made them ambassadors of the highest order.”

FINAL TWO DAYS TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN: A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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.  

This sexy, 48-page, full-color neon-noir samurai epic will be available on Kickstarter until Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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 $1,800,000.00 since 2020. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

CRUSADE COMICS 11^TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN NEARS $40,000.00 – NEW STRETCH GOAL ANNOUNCED! 

PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

With just THREE DAYS REMAINING, backer momentum continues to spur on Billy Tucci’s Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior. In Ran’s first 18 days, fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s returns to near $38,000.00 and 750% over its initial funding goal. Crusade Comics has just announced Ran’s $50K Stretch Goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign has now broken over $113,000.00 in initial total returns. Due to Crusade’s groundbreaking #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals.

Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; The Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker have already been unlocked and come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.

RAN: COLORED PAGES AND LETTERS!

Please see the following first four pages, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior, with striking colors by Fred Marinho and dynamically lettering by Mindy Lopkin. 

“Fred’s colors are just incredible, and aside from adding more blues, oranges, reds, greens and yellows to the neon on page 1… done.” Stated Tucci. “I just love what both are doing and am also stoked by the small nuances Mindy adds to the lettering, like leaving out the black border around the word balloons and the colored “drop shadow” unique to each character’s dialogue. Check them out!”

FINAL THREE DAYS TO PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN: A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35 YEARS IN THE MAKING

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.  

This sexy, 48-page, full-color neon-noir samurai epic will be available on Kickstarter until Thursday, December 11, 2025.

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 $1,800,000.00 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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

LIMITED TO JUST 200 COPIES THE REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR
NEWSPRINT EDITION’S COVER PEAKS THE IMAGINATION!
PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT

GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE:
http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Billy Tucci’s and Wes Hartman’s Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Edition Cover

Ran: Revenge of the Warrior writer/artist Billy Tucci has just unveiled the exclusive cover to his latest Kickstarter and fans just can’t seem to get enough! Serenely staring at the reader, Tucci’s Japanese femme-fatale is set amidst a sea of falling plum blossoms colored by the incredible Wes Hartman. What makes this exclusive so special is that it’s limited to just 200 copies, but more striking is that the edition will be printed on newsprint.

“Had I printed Ran in 1993, as opposed to printing Shi in 1994, chances are that the book would have been printed on newsprint.” Stated Tucci. “To me, the greatest comics of all time have been printed on newsprint, and now to have the chance to produce a very limited and very special edition of Ran as if it were thirty-year’s ago, is an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”

Unlike classic comics of the past, today’s newsprint is completely different. Crusade has partnered with Alterna Comics and their own inhouse printing press that brings the old standard into the 21^st Century via the latest technology and paper standards.

Billy Tucci’s original cover artwork for the Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Newsprint Edition.

JUST NINE DAYS REMAIND FOR THE RAN:
REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER

With a little over a week remaining, momentum continues pushing Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter towards crowdfunding success as 450 fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s first five days returns to over $33,000.00 and 600% over its initial funding goal. That number, added to Ran’s initial Indiegogo campaign in October, now sees Tucci’s original character that evolved into Shi total returns at over $108,000.00 and nears 1,300 backers.

Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Stunning Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Cover!

PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL HERE: http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

SHI: GATECRASHER FULFILLMENT CONTINUES

Crusade Comics continued throughout the Thanksgiving weekend packing up Shi: Gatecrasher rewards. Crusade’s Executive Director, Deborah Tucci and crew have been very busy fulfilling the rewards for the 2,600-plus backers from over 20 countries. Fulfillment will continue throughout the month of December when fulfillment is complete and closed.

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 Icon for 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 $1,800,000.00 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
Visit https://www.billytucci.com.