I am happy to announce that Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 is now complete and is will be sent to the printer this week. All color artwork, lettering, ads, covers, editorial pages and the flip book debut story,Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 are now also finished.
Thanks to you, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. This very special Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE… guest starring SHI!
Again, the campaign will CLOSE for good at midnight as this will be the fans last chance to get in on the debut of not just one but two future comic book superstar characters, Ran AND Mortuary Michelle!
ALL of us here at Crusade Comics continue to be amazed by your wonderful support and faith. Trust me, you’re going to love, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0!
Now is the time to bring this home… the finish line is in sight!
Domo Arigato,
Billy Tucci
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 Indiegogo:
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.1, 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.
MORTUARY MICHELLE DEBUTS IN RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR
RAN INTRODUCES ALL-NEW CHARACTER TO THE WORLD OF COMICS WITH FLIP BOOK STORY FEATURING SHI!
Due to enthusiastic Indiegogo and Kickstarter fan support, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. This very special Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE… guest starring SHI!
WHO IS MORTUARY MICHELLE?
Michelle Bishop leads a double life. By day, works in the Manhattan morgue, surrounded by the city’s dead. By night, she is content hosting platform Cakestream’s biggest star. When a mysterious encounter awakens her hidden abilities, Michelle finds herself drawn into murders, conspiracies, and a secret world just below the surface of ours. As her powers grow stronger, she discovers that the dead have plenty to say and someone…or something…will do anything to keep them silent.
A letter from Crusade Comics’ Billy
“I am happy to announce that Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 will be complete by the end of this week!” Stated, Ran creator Billy Tucci. “All black and white artwork, lettering, ads, covers, editorial pages and the flip book debut story, Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 are now complete. We are just waiting on a few final color corrections (about eight panels worth) and final copy edits. Mindy Lopkin is ready to complete the final template-for-print files and send it off to Jostens.”
Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is a dark, goth fantasy introducing the world to the supernatural siren that also guest stars everyone’s favorite Sohei warrior, Shi! It is Written by J.C. Vaughn (Shi: Gatecrasher), illustrated by Celso and colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design.
All Ran/Mortuary Michelle books, (including foil variants) will now have two yin-and-yang covers; the offered Revenge of the Warrior covers on one side and Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening on the other. The only cover perk that will not feature Mortuary Michelle flip cover is the Walter Simonson Wrap Around Special Edition, but Crusade will include an exclusive MM cover mini print inside each issue.
“Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter will close NEXT THURSDAY, June 25th.” Continued Tucci. “This will be your last chance to order the debut issue of not one, but two incredible new characters that will surely be on everyone’s “hot” list! Deborah and I will be going LIVE on YouTube for a fun close out stream and we hope you’ll join us for all the fun.”
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #1 Indiegogo:
IT’S THURSDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH THE TUCCI’S FEATURING ARIA: THE OMNIBUS KICKSTARTER!
Join Thursday Night Live hosts Billy and Deborah Tucci as they welcome Inkpot Award Recipient, Brian Haberlin and his latest Kickstarter campaign, the striking and massively successful, ARIA: THE OMNIBUS!
Experience the magic! ARIA was one of the biggest comics in the world when it came out. THE ARIA: OMNIBUS! Contains over 600 pages, every issue, every appearance, with hardcover, slipcase, reading ribbon and signed!
And with amazing tiers, original art, sculpts, rare comics and a new story by Jay Anacleto, Lan Medina, Roy Allan Martinez and Brian Haberlin! This isn’t just a collection; it’s a celebration with tons of extra goodies!
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.
LAST CHANCE TO PLEDGE AS KICKSTARTER CLOSES NEXT WEEK!
Crusade Comics’ 11th crowdfunding campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 is scheduled to go to the printer next week and its Kickstarter will close next Friday, June 19th.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. The $150K Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE!
Billy Tucci’s Mortuary Michelle Edition Flip Cover with Colors by Wes Hartman!
“I am happy to announce that Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 will be complete by the end of this week!” Stated creator Billy Tucci. “All black and white artwork, lettering, ads, covers, editorial pages and the flip book debut story, Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 are now complete. We are just waiting on the final four pages of colors which are scheduled to be in on Friday. Once we give our printer Ran’s final numbers, our designer Mindy Lopkin will template the books next week and send it off to Jostens.”
Ran #1 Kickstarter will close for good Friday, June 19th with the Deborah and Billy Tucci hosting a LIVE close out stream on YouTube that is open to all fans.
In the coming days Tucci will also be showcasing interior lettered pages, covers with trade dress and give a sneak peek at Mortuary Michelle‘s art and lettering (guest starring Shi) via press releases and update.
RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR INDIEGOGO OFFERS COMICS’ FIRST EVER DOUBLE-SIDED METAL COVER!
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #1 Indiegogo:
CRUSADE COMICS’ LATEST CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN IS NOW EXPANDED TO A 56-PAGE “FLIP BOOK” FEATURING THE DEBUT OF A BRAND-NEW CHARACTER, “MORTUARY MICHELLE” (GUEST STARRING SHI) WITH ALL NEW COVER BY BILLY TUCCI
Due to enthusiastic Indiegogo and Kickstarter fan support, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. The $150K Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE!
The Ran/Mortuary Michelle Double-Metal Hardcover Flip Book Edition ($175 US)is exclusive to Indiegogo and limited to just 50 signed and numbered copies. The book is available as a new reward or can be added to an existing order as a “Add On”
Billy Tucci’s Mortuary Michelle Flip Cover with Colors by Wes Hartman!
Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is a dark, goth fantasy introducing the world to the supernatural siren that also guest stars Tucci’s iconic Shi! Written by J.C. Vaughn (Shi: Gatecrasher), illustrated by Celso and colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design.
All Ran/Mortuary Michelle books, (including foil variants) will now have two yin-and-yang covers; the offered Revenge of the Warrior covers on one side and Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening on the other. The only cover perk that will not feature Mortuary Michelle flip cover is the Walter Simonson Wrap Around Special Edition, but Crusade will include an exclusive MM cover mini print inside each issue.
Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Striking Wraparound Cover with Colors by Dan Lawlis!
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #1 Indiegogo:
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is also live on Kickstarter, which will be closing soon. Please check it out 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 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.
CRUSADE COMICS’ LATEST CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN IS NOW EXPANDED TO A 56-PAGE “FLIP BOOK” FEATURING THE DEBUT OF A BRAND-NEW CHARACTER, “MORTUARY MICHELLE” (GUEST STARRING SHI) WITH ALL NEW COVER BY BILLY TUCCI
Due to enthusiastic Indiegogo and Kickstarter fan support, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. The $150K Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE!
The Ran/Mortuary Michelle Double-Metal Hardcover Flip Book Edition ($175 US)is exclusive to Indiegogo and limited to just 50 signed and numbered copies. The book is available as a new reward or can be added to an existing order as a “Add On”
Billy Tucci’s Mortuary Michelle Flip Cover with Colors by Wes Hartman!
Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is a dark, goth fantasy introducing the world to the supernatural siren that also guest stars Tucci’s iconic Shi! Written by J.C. Vaughn (Shi: Gatecrasher), illustrated by Celso and colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design.
All Ran/Mortuary Michelle books, (including foil variants) will now have two yin-and-yang covers; the offered Revenge of the Warrior covers on one side and Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening on the other. The only cover perk that will not feature Mortuary Michelle flip cover is the Walter Simonson Wrap Around Special Edition, but Crusade will include an exclusive MM cover mini print inside each issue.
Comics’ Legend Walter Simonson’s Striking Wraparound Cover with Colors by Dan Lawlis!
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #1 Indiegogo:
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is also live on Kickstarter, which will be closing soon. Please check it out here:
RAN’S #NOFANLEFTBEHIND INDIEGOGO AND KICKSTARTER TOTALS NEAR $155K!
A LETTER FROM BILLY TUCCI:
RAN SHIPPING APPROVAL NEEDED!
Partners!
First off, thank you for supporting Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1. Everyone on #TeamRan has been working extremely hard finishing up this wonderful project and it will be heading off to the printer this month. As of now, we still have about 100 backers for this project who have yet to approve their shipping charge and confirm your shipping address. Please do so, it is easy! Being that Ran Indiegogo is now in Pledge Manager mode, all new backers will automatically check out with shipping and address confirmation. Kickstarter backers need not worry about this stage as you are all set!
HOW TO USE INDIEGOGO’S PLEDGE MANAGER TOOL
Now it is time for all our backers to confirm their orders, addresses and approve shipping costs. Deborah and I realize the new Indiegogo platform has been a bit of challenge with one of the new additions being the need to accept the shipping charges and verify your shipping address during the “pledge manager” phase.
IGG has sent out emails, and as I stated, there are still about 150 backers that have not accepted the shipping charges and verified their addresses. You have already paid for your pledges so PLEASE take a moment and check your emails from IGG.
The title of the email (Sent on April 22, 2026) should be: “Pledge manager for RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR is open”.
Open the email and click “COMPLETE YOUR PLEDGE”. From there, I believe it’s “ADD TO YOUR ORDER” (or something like that). From there you should see your address as listed and what the shipping charges will be. I have kept shipping the same for this campaign even though the rates have gone up, so there will be no surprises for anyone that has backed us before.
Of course, you can also just go to the Indiegogo link above and also do it without the email.
OVERSEAS VAT CHARGES!
I have heard from a few of our overseas backers that they have seen VAT charges where there shouldn’t be for their country, or that they were higher than they should be. I contacted IGG about this and they assured me that those have all been adjusted.
We are all getting used to it and Deborah’s been in contact with our wonderful IGG representative which resulted in a far more streamlined and dare I say “retro” backing process that harks back to Indiegogo’s simpler and efficient methods which will be enacted for our next IGG, SHI OMINBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS!Launching next month.
Again, our apologies for this being so difficult, but rest assure that these have been resolved going forward on future campaigns.
I truly appreciate your support and your attention to this matter.
Domo Arigato!
Billy Tucci
LIMITED EDITION CRUSADE COMICS EXCLUSIVES NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM
Crusade as also recently uploaded a limited amount of exclusive comic book specials at www.billytucci.comand are ready for immediate shipment. The newly constructed webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/ is the official depot for all things Shi, Ran and Crusade Comics.
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.
