LIMITED CELEBRATION VARIANTS OF THE LEGENDARY CROSSOVER EVENT WITH MARVEL AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM

SHARPEN YOUR CLAWS… THE HUNT BEGINS TODAY, 2.26.26!

 

WHEN LEGENDS COLLIDE! 

A quarter-century ago one extraordinary crossover event shook the comics’ world… an unlikely partnering between industry leader, Marvel Comics and rising independent publisher, Crusade Comics. The result was the extraordinary Wolverine/Shi: Dark Night of Judgment #1.

Wolverine/Shi: DNoJ #1 is a no-holds-barred, collision of steel, adamantium and two universes that launched the Battlebooks comic book/gaming system that saw Marvel’s most popular mutant, go toe-to-toe with Billy Tucci’s Sohei warrior in a battle for life and death that transcended continents, universes and time.

Wolverine/Shi #1 Silver Foil Edition Cover!

Now for the very first and only time in over 25-years, Crusade Comics is releasing a special Silver Anniversary celebration issue commemorating this epic event. Created by Inkpot recipients Beau Smith and Billy Tucci with inks by Rich Perrotta and colors by Atomic Paintbrush, Wolverine/Shi #1 thrusts the reader onto the burning, battle strewn streets of Tokyo. Wolverine questions the judgment and perhaps lost goals of Ana Ishikawa (Shi) that have placed her in a situation most desperate. Questions that inflame an already internal wound of the soul that Ana is fighting within herself.

The overused term, “battle to the death,” has become tired and worn out. The battle that Tucci and Smith inject Wolverine and Shi into deals with more than the bloodshed of a physical plane. It delves into the souls of these two warriors of legend as they fight for more than just life. They battle for the right to die on their own terms. This prequel of the Battlebooks gaming series set the stage for only one to walk away.

And only one will.

LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVES NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.BILLYTUCCI.COM

Crusade is offering several very limited collector’s editions of Wolverine/Shi #1 25^th Anniversary Special for presale exclusively at www.billytucci.com. Each edition features the completely remastered and re-lettered comic book story that launched Tucci’s fabled Battlebooks comic book/gaming system along with never-before-published black and white artwork. F/C, 24 pages, cardstock, foil and metal covers, all signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci.

• WOLVERINE BERSERK SIGNED EDITION – $35 US
• SHI TRIUMPANT SIGNED EDITION – $35 US
• WOLVERINE/SHI 25^th ANNIVERSARY SIGNED/NUMBERED SILVER FOIL EDITION – $65 US
• WOLVERINE/SHI SIGNED/NUMBERED SNARL METAL EDITION – $100 US

Crusade is also offering a discounted Wolverine/Shi #1 Book Bundle that includes both 25^th Anniversary Cardstock Specials at $70.00 US.

THE LIMITED EDTIONS! 

Wolverine/Shi #1 Snarl Metal Edition Cover!

Wolverine/Shi #1 Shi Triumphant Edition Cover!

Wolverine/Shi #1 Wolverine Berserk Edition Cover!

JOIN WOLVERINE/SHI CREATIVE TEAM BILLY TUCCI & BEAU SMITH TONIGHT LIVE ON YOUTUBE FOR THE BOOK LAUNCH!

Sharpen your claws! Join hosts Billy and Deb Tucci and special guest, BEAU SMITH for a furious Thursday Night Live and the launch of the WOLVERINE/SHI: DARK NIGHT OF JUDGEMENT #1 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION! Tonight, writer Beau Smith and artist Billy Tucci will showcase this very limited www.billytucci.com exclusive edition of the crossover that shook the comics’ industry! These exclusive include variant covers, numbered foil and metal editions that launch live at 7pm EST. The Tucci’s will also update fans on Shi: Gatecrasher’s finishing fulfillment and reveal their current Kickstarter, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1’s incredible colors by Fred Marinho!

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.com and 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. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

 

 REOPNS FOR LATE PLEDGES AFTER 23-DAY INITIAL CAMPAIGNS – TOTAL RETURNS NEAR $130K FROM BACKERS THE WORLD OVER!

 

RAN #1 INDIEGOGO LINK HERE:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/deborahtucci/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-graphic-novel#/

KICKSTARTER LINK HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Crusade Comics has reopened its 11^th crowdfunding, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 to late pledges on platforms Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The debut graphic novel of the character who inspired Billy Tucci’s Shi, has stunned the comics community as the character’s 48-page debut graphic novel nears $130,000.00 in total returns.

Originally launched on Indiegogo, Ran #1 now stands at over $77K on Indiegogo and $52K on Kickstarter. 

JOIN BILLY & DEBORAH TUCCI TONIGHT 9PM EST LIVE ON YOUTUBE!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc_svIgxb2g

Join Ran-creator Billy Tucci and Crusade Comics’ Deborah Tucci for an entertaining campaign Thursday Night Live! Tonight, the Tucci’s will update fans on Shi: Gatecrasher’s finishing fulfillment and unveil Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1’s incredible colors by Fred Marinho!

Launched soon after Indiegogo’s total reconstruction, Revenge of the Warrior’s Indiegogo was live for just 23-days. Being the new character, (who inspired Billy Tucci’s Shi) debut graphic novel on all-new Indiegogo, Crusade’s soft-open served as a “test bed” Tucci and team focused on production.

Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 Indiegogo and Kickstarter’s are now open with new perks and newly set stretch goals. The graphic novel is scheduled to go to production next month. 

COMICS’ LEGEND WALT SIMONSON & DAN LAWLIS’ STRICKING RAN WRAPAROUND COVER!

RAN #1: 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.  

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.com and 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. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

 

REOPENS FOR LATE PLEDGES AFTER 23-DAY INITIAL CAMPAIGNS – TOTAL RETURNS NEAR $130K FROM BACKERS THE WORLD OVER!

 

RAN #1 INDIEGOGO LINK HERE:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/deborahtucci/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-graphic-novel#/

KICKSTARTER LINK HERE:

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Crusade Comics has reopened its 11^th crowdfunding, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1. The debut graphic novel of the character who inspired Billy Tucci’s Shi, stunned the comics community as the character’s 48-page debut graphic novel soared to over $75,000.00 on Indiegogo (23-days) and $50,000.00 (22-days) on Kickstarter initial campaigns launches on the crowdfunding platforms. 

 

 

Launched soon after Indiegogo’s total reconstruction, Revenge of the Warrior’s Indiegogo was live for just 23-days. Being the new character, (who inspired Billy Tucci’s Shi) debut graphic novel on all-new Indiegogo, Crusade’s soft-open served as a “test bed” Tucci and team focused on production.

“The fans have spoken!” Exclaimed Tucci. “I am humbled to my core with the fan reaction to Ran as you never know fan response to a new and unknown character. Since the Indiegogo, as well as the Kickstarter were so short, Ran’s success caught many – including me – completely off guard and set off a collector’s frenzy that is on par with Shi!”

Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 Indiegogo and Kickstarter’s are now open with new perks and newly set stretch goals. The graphic novel is scheduled to go to production next month.  

 

COMICS’ LEGEND WALT SIMONSON & DAN LAWLIS’ STRICKING RAN WRAPAROUND COVER!

RAN #1: 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.  

 

CRUSADE COMICS OFFERS SDCC: THE CRUISE LIMITED EXCLUSIVES!

 

Get Your Ultra Rare Comic-Con: The Cruise Special Editions at https://billytucci.com/store-3/

The ship has sailed for Comic-Con International’s Second Annual San Diego Comic-Con: The Cruise amidst much fanfare and success!

“I knew the Cruise would be a blast, but Deborah (Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Executive Director) and I had no idea of the response and new friends we made on the ‘Con Voyage!’.” Continued Tucci. “Comic-Con: The Cruise’s Robb Pearlman, the staff and all the fans who’ve became friends truly made this one for the ages!” 

While SDCC is known worldwide as the “mecca of all comic conventions”, that boasts over 175,000 artists, exhibitors, celebrities, and lottery chosen attendees, Comic-Con: The Cruise was reserved to just 1,800 lucky fans. The intimate 4-day luxury cruise ensures the most intimate and casual interaction between guests and attendees. 

But for those Tucci Troopers who were unable to attend, fear not as Crusade have added a limited number of these exclusives via their webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/!

Crusade Comics’ Billy and Deborah Tucci will be special guests and have produced a package of very rare specials aboard including limited Comic-Con: The Cruise signed and numbered, interacting covers exclusives, metal editions, art prints and even Billy Tucci’s original cover artwork.

All Crusade limited specials are offered exclusively at www.billytucci.com and are ready for immediate shipment.

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

REOPENS FOR LATE PLEDGES AFTER 23-DAY INITIAL CAMPAIGN TOPS $75K FROM BACKERS THE WORLD OVER!

 

RAN #1 INDIEGOGO LINK CAN BE FOUND HERE:

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/deborahtucci/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-graphic-novel#/

 

Crusade’s 11^th Indiegogo, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 stunned the comics community as the character’s 48-page debut graphic novel soared to over $75,000.00 in its initial campaign on the crowdfunding platform. 

Launched soon after Indiegogo’s cross-platform reconstruction, Revenge of the Warrior’s Indiegogo was set for just 23-days. Being the new character, (who inspired Billy Tucci’s Shi) debut graphic novel on all-new Indiegogo, Crusade’s soft-open served as a “test bed” Tucci and team focused on production.

“The fans have spoken!” Exclaimed Tucci. “I am humbled to my core with the fan reaction to Ran as you never know how it will be when launching a completely new character. Since the Indiegogo was so short, Ran’s success caught many – including me – completely off guard and set off a collector’s frenzy!”

Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 Indiegogo will go live tomorrow evening 7pm EST with new perks and newly set stretch goals. The graphic novel is scheduled to go to production next month.  

 

RAN KICKSTARTER ROLLS ON AS TOTAL RETURNS TOP $127,000.00!

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

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 continues dominating Kickstarter becoming one the crowdfunding platform’s most successful comic book properties of 2026 as backer support world-wide backer support tops $52,000.00.

 

COMICS’ LEGEND WALT SIMONSON & DAN LAWLIS’ STRICKING RAN WRAPAROUND COVER!

RAN #1: 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 also be available on Indiegogo February 11, 2026.

 

CRUSADE COMICS OFFERS SDCC: THE CRUISE LIMITED EXCLUSIVES!

 

Get Your Ultra Rare Comic-Con: The Cruise Special Editions at https://billytucci.com/store-3/

The ship has sailed for Comic-Con International’s Second Annual San Diego Comic-Con: The Cruise amidst much fanfare and success!

“I knew the Cruise would be a blast, but Deborah (Tucci, Crusade Comics’ Executive Director) and I had no idea of the response and new friends we made on the ‘Con Voyage!’.” Continued Tucci. “Comic-Con: The Cruise’s Robb Pearlman, the staff and all the fans who’ve became friends truly made this one for the ages!” 

While SDCC is known worldwide as the “mecca of all comic conventions”, that boasts over 175,000 artists, exhibitors, celebrities, and lottery chosen attendees, Comic-Con: The Cruise was reserved to just 1,800 lucky fans. The intimate 4-day luxury cruise ensures the most intimate and casual interaction between guests and attendees. 

CHECK OUT THE SDCC: THE CRUISE EXCLUSIVES YOUTUBE VIDEO HERE:

But for those Tucci Troopers who were unable to attend, fear not as Crusade have added a limited number of these exclusives via their webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/!

Crusade Comics’ Billy and Deborah Tucci will be special guests and have produced a package of very rare specials aboard including limited Comic-Con: The Cruise signed and numbered, interacting covers exclusives, metal editions, art prints and even Billy Tucci’s original cover artwork.

All Crusade limited specials are offered exclusively at www.billytucci.com and are ready for immediate shipment.

For those Tucci Troopers who cannot attend Comic-Con: The Cruise fear not as Crusade have added a limited number of these exclusives via their webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/!

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

Get Your Ultra Rare Comic-Con: The Cruise Special Editions at https://billytucci.com/store-3/ 

It’s all aboard this Saturday for the start of Comic-Con International’s Second Annual San Diego Comic-Con: The Cruise! Heralded as “the ultimate fan adventure where the world of popular arts come to life like never before. Comic-Con: The Cruise is proud to bring a one-of-a-kind fan-driven experience to the high seas.”

While SDCC is known worldwide as the “mecca of all comic conventions”, that boasts over 175,000 artists, exhibitors, celebrities, and lottery chosen attendees, Comic-Con: The Cruise is reserved to just 1,800 lucky fans. This intimate 4-day luxury cruise ensures the most intimate and casual interaction between guests and attendees. 

DIDN’T WIN THE CRUISE LOTTERY TO ATTEND? NO PROBLEM, CRUSADE HAS YOU COVERED!

But for those Tucci Troopers who cannot attend Comic-Con: The Cruise fear not as Crusade have added a limited number of these exclusives via their webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/!

Crusade Comics’ Billy and Deborah Tucci will be special guests and have produced a package of very rare specials aboard including limited Comic-Con: The Cruise interacting covers exclusives:

1. SDCC: The Cruise Shi: Gatecrasher Part 1 and Part 2 Pure Line Edition Bundle! Bundled for convenience! Grab both SHI: GATECRASHER Editions of the SDCC The Cruise #1 AND #2 Specials! Intersecting covers of both editions feature SHI on one and Ran on the other! Gatecrasher takes the reader on a thrilling adventure across the many incredible decades, trends, and genres of comic books… A funny book fantasy that sees Ana and Ran, experience war, westerns, horror, apes, nazis, space vixens, superheroes, romance, robots, dinosaurs, and you guessed it – zombie bad girls! Features Usagi Yojimbo and Lady Death! Color cover, 2 books, 28 & 32 B/W pages each. Limited to just 25, numbered sets, signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci! $50
2. SDCC: The Cruise Shi: Gatecrasher Part 1 Pure Line Edition: Featuring a sultry bikini inspired Shi sunning herself casually and coyly atop the Lido Deck. Limited to just 25 numbered issues, signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci! . 28-pages, F/C covers and B/W interiors. $30
3. SDCC: The Cruise Shi: Gatecrasher Part 2 Pure Line Edition: Featuring Tucci’s latest femme-fatale Ran, sensually lounging in the sun poolside with Ana Ishikawa. Limited to just 25, numbered editions, signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci! F/C covers and B/W interiors 32 pages. $30
4. SDCC: The Cruise Shi: Gatecrasher Part 1 Metal Cover Edition BUNDLE: Bundled for convenience! Sleek stainless-steel covers both issues of the SDCC-The Cruise #1 AND #2 special editions! Intersecting covers of SHI and RAN, 28 b/w pages, limited to 20 numbered editions, signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci! $175
5. SDCC: The Cruise Shi: Gatecrasher Part 1 Metal Cover Edition: This ultra rare exclusive (limited to just 20 editions) features an actual signed and numbered stainless-steel cover featuring a sultry bikini inspired Shi sunning herself casually and coyly atop the Lido Deck. 28-pages, F/C covers and B/W interiors. $99
6. SDCC: The Cruise Ran Gatecrasher Part 2 Metal Cover Edition: This ultra rare exclusive (limited to just 20 editions) features an actual signed and numbered stainless-steel cover featuring Tucci’s latest femme-fatale Ran, sensually lounging in the sun poolside with Ana Ishikawa. F/C metal cover and B/W interiors 32 pages. $99
7. SDCC: The Cruise Ran Gatecrasher Blank Sketch Cover Edition: This special fan-favorite features the entire 52-page, Gatecrasher Pureline Edition ready for a one-of-a-kind, Billy Tucci or your favorite artist cover illustration. 56-pages stamped with purple-SDCC: The Cruise logo, blank Sketch cover and B/W interiors. Limited to just 100 editions! $30
8. SDCC: The Cruise Shi Gatecrasher Original Shi and Ran Cover Artwork By Billy Tucci: The ultimate exclusive, original cover artwork by Shi and Ran creator Billy Tucci. Both covers are offered singly, or to one lucky fan, bundled together for an appreciated discount-price.
9. SDCC: The Cruise Prints: 1”x17” premium card stock print, featuring SHI and RAN, lounging on the cruise ship deck. Get them bundled or separately. All Signed by artist and SHI creator, Billy Tucci! 

Again, a choice amount of all these limited specials are offered exclusively at www.billytucci.com

For those Tucci Troopers who cannot attend Comic-Con: The Cruise, fear not, as Crusade has added a limited number of these exclusives via their webstore, https://billytucci.com/store-3/!

SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON: THE CRUISE!

While SDCC is known worldwide as the “mecca of all comic conventions”, which boasts over 175,000 artists, exhibitors, celebrities, and lottery-chosen attendees, Comic-Con: The Cruise is reserved for just 1,800 lucky fans. This intimate 4-day luxury cruise ensures the most intimate and casual interaction between guests and attendees. 

Make way this weekend aboard Celebrity Cruise’s Millennium-class, Constellation. The luxury line is exclusively reserved for Comic-Con: The Cruise that fuses fan-favorite element of the SDCC community with unique and immersive experiences designed exclusively for fans. 

Whether you’re a lifelong fan or exploring for the first time, Comic-Con: The Cruise offers something extraordinary for everyone. Dive into exclusive activities, including interactive panels and workshops, nightly themed parties, Artists’ Alley showcases, talent interaction, poolside events, exhibitor showcases, exclusive merch, autograph and photograph sessions, and so much more. All of this is wrapped in the camaraderie, creativity, and unforgettable experience unique to Comic-Con: The Cruise!

RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR #1 KICKSTARTER IS NOW OPEN TO LATE PLEDGES!

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

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

RAN #1: 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 also be available on Indiegogo February 11, 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

REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE!

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

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

One of the most popular and exclusive perks offered via Eisner-Award winner Billy Tucci’s crowdfunding campaigns are the limited-edition Sketch Variant Cover Editions and Remarqued Prints. “I’ve been having a blast drawing the Shi: Gatecrasher Sketch Covers and Remarqued Prints” Exclaimed Tucci. “These are among my favorite perks per campaign as each one is special and personal to a particular backer. While they do take time to draw, it brings me back to late 1997 when Crusade Comics launched the world’s first unique comic book sketch edition, Shi: The Art of War Tour Book.”

Limited to just 30 editions each, the Ran’s Sketch Editions and remarqued prints feature a one-of-a-kind, personal illustration by Tucci and include all of Gatecrasher’s unlocked stretch goals. 

Billy Tucci’s Shi: Gatecrasher Remarque Print Gets The Final Touch, Tucci’s Kanji “Chop”

Though the Shi: Gatecrasher Sketch Editions and remarque prints are all sold out, Tucci does offer them on his current campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 which has reopened on Kickstarter for late pledges for 2026. In its initial 21-day campaign, Ran #1 smashed $50,000.00 in returns, unlocking its fifth stretch goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign now nears $130,000.00 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: Revenge of the Warrior #1 will return to Indiegogo on Wednesday February 11^th for those who missed out on the initial launch back in October. Custom Sketch Editions and Remarqued Prints will be made available as perks.

SHI: GATECRASHER FULFILLMENT NEARS COMPLETION!

Deborah Tucci and crew continue fulfilling Shi: Gatecrasher at an incredible pace, with over 2,500 of the campaign’s 2,800 backer rewards shipped. Deborah has been at it almost daily while also hosting “fulfillment parties” on the weekends, where assistants come down to the office, help her pack rewards, talk comics and eat Italian food. “It’s been a wonderful experience hearing what our friends like to see in future campaigns, specials and anniversary editions.” Stated Deborah Tucci. “They always give good insight on what the fans are looking for and Billy and I listen… we cannot wait to offer and deliver what the fans are longing for in 2026.”

COMIC-CON: THE CRUISE SPECIAL EDITIONS!

Crusade Comics Offers Limited-Exclusives On Both Sea, And Land

Limited SDCC: The Cruise Exclusives Available Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at https://billytucci.com/store-3/

Billy and Deborah Tucci will be guests at this weekend’s second annual SDCC: The Cruise where they will offer specials aboard this floating spectacle. Exclusives include the Shi: Gatecrasher Pure Line Editions with premium, metal and sketch-cover books. Due to popular demand, the Con-Cruise sold out in days, but Crusade Comics will offer a very limited amount of their rarities to those who got shut out of the world’s most exclusive comic book convention at  https://billytucci.com/store-3/.

Shi-creator Billy Tucci will showcase these exclusives in tomorrow’s press release and the Tucci’s will go live on YouTube Wednesday evening to show them off.

 

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 #1: 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 February 11, 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

REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE

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

http://kck.st/3KbD4xM

One of the most popular and exclusive perks offered via Eisner-Award winner Billy Tucci’s crowdfunding campaigns are the limited-edition Sketch Variant Cover Editions and Remarqued Prints. “I’ve been having a blast drawing the Shi: Gatecrasher Sketch Covers and Remarqued Prints” Exclaimed Tucci. “These are among my favorite perks per campaign as each one is special and personal to a particular backer. While they do take time to draw, it brings me back to late 1997 when Crusade Comics launched the world’s first unique comic book sketch edition, Shi: The Art of War Tour Book.”

Limited to just 30 editions each, the Ran’s Sketch Editions and remarqued prints feature a one-of-a-kind, personal illustration by Tucci and includes all of Gatecrasher’s unlocked stretch goals. 

Billy Tucci’s Shi: Gatecrasher Remarque Print Gets The Final Touch, Tucci’s Kanji “Chop”

Though the Shi: Gatecrasher Sketch Editions and remarque prints are all sold out, Tucci does offer them on his current campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 which has reopened on Kickstarter for late pledges for 2026. In its initial 21-day campaign, Ran #1 smashed $50,000.00 in returns, unlocking its fifth stretch goal, the Ran Kickstarter Exclusive Newsprint Cover Trading Card.

The Kickstarter Exclusive, coupled with Crusade’s limited 22-day Indiegogo campaign now nears $130,000.00 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: Revenge of the Warrior #1 will return to Indiegogo on Wednesday February 11^th for those who missed out on the initial launch back in October. Custom Sketch Editions and Remarqued Prints will be made available as perks.

SHI: GATECRASHER FULFILLMENT NEARS COMPLETION!

Deborah Tucci and crew continue fulfilling Shi: Gatecrasher at an incredible pace, with over 2,500 of the campaign’s 2,800 backer rewards shipped. Deborah has been at it almost daily while also hosting “fulfillment parties” on the weekends, where assistants come down to the office, help her pack rewards, talk comics and eat Italian food. “It’s been a wonderful experience hearing what our friends like to see in future campaigns, specials and anniversary editions.” Stated Deborah Tucci. “They always give good insight on what the fans are looking for and Billy and I listen… we cannot wait to offer and deliver what the fans are longing for in 2026.”

COMIC-CON: THE CRUISE SPECIAL EDITIONS!

Crusade Comics Offers Limited-Exclusives On Both Sea, And Land

Limited SDCC: The Cruise Exclusives Available Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at https://billytucci.com/store-3/

Billy and Deborah Tucci will be guests at this weekend’s second annual SDCC: The Cruise where they will offer specials aboard this floating spectacle. Exclusives include the Shi: Gatecrasher Pure Line Editions with premium, metal and sketch-cover books. Due to popular demand, the Con-Cruise sold out in days, but Crusade Comics will offer a very limited amount of their rarities to those who got shut out of the world’s most exclusive comic book convention at  https://billytucci.com/store-3/.

Shi-creator Billy Tucci will showcase these exclusives in tomorrow’s press release and the Tucci’s will go live on YouTube Wednesday evening to show them off.

 

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 #1: 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 February 11, 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

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.

Billy Tucci’s latest graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior currently funding on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, CLOSES TONIGHT, Friday, November 14, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST. Since the 22-day campaign launched last month, Ran has skyrocketed to be the top selling comic on the newly reconstructed Indiegogo as Revenge of the Warrior has raced past $65,000.00 in pledges from over 700 backers the world over.

NEW $75,000.00 FREE STRETCH GOAL ANNOUNCED: LEANDRO OLIVEIRA BLACK RACER VINYL STICKER!

A GRAPHIC NOVEL 35-YEARS IN THE MAKING

Revenge of the Warrior is set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, and features the character and story that inspired Tucci’s legendary Shi.

“What an incredible campaign!” Stated Tucci. “I want to thank our 700-plus backers personally as it is their faith and support that’s allowed me to tell a tale that I first conceived in 1990. Revenge of the Warrior details one young woman’s war against a sex-trafficking gang of American ex-pat killers aligned with the notorious Yakuza crime syndicate.”

Ran reached its initial funding goal in less than ten minutes and fans have already unlocked the campaign’s first three Stretch Goals: The Ran Hardcover Trading Card and the Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, and the Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card. Ran’s next Stretch Goal reward is the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker to be unlocked once the campaign hits $75,000.00. All Stretch Goals come FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk.

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, Haikyō, 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.

CLICK HERE FOR THE CAMPAIGN:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ran-revenge-of-the-warrior-graphic-novel/x/20487910

For Additional Information
Deborah Tucci
Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.
support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com