November 10, 2022

Limited Edition Books/Prints Offered Exclusively Through www.BillyTucci.com

Shi creator Billy Tucci is offering special limited-edition books and prints celebrating America’s heroes this Veterans Day.

Featuring a cadre of Tucci’s most dynamic military-themed illustrations that graced the covers to DC Comics’ Sgt. Rock and WWII hero, 101^st Airborne Paratrooper, Donald R. Burgett’s Currahee!, the artwork carefully grapples between the tenacious action and aftermath of battle.

“Don Burgett was my hero and friend. Illustrating a cover to one of his books, as well as working alongside other World War II combat veterans on Sgt. Rock, was truly the greatest honor of my career. I miss them all so much.” Tucci stated.

Tucci is offering twenty-five special remarqued editions of Burgett’s Currahee! Each with sporting a one-of-a kind illustration by the artist. An additional twenty-five full-color prints and remarqued Currahee! book/print bundles are also available.

TUCCI ALSO OFFERS PIN UP SALUTE PRINTS!

On a lighter note, Crusade is also bringing back a select few of Tucci’s memorable “Good Girl” pin-up artwork in a series of 11X17” prints. Inspired by morale-boosting nose art and magazine illustrations that were “for the boys”, during World War II, the prints are a loving salute to the ones who brightened those dark days. “Of course there’s something for everyone in these pin-ups.” Tucci stated, “Whether you’re a fan of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines, you’ll find a beautiful salute!”

All books and prints are now available exclusively at https://billytucci.com/store-3/

SHI: SAKURA FULFILLMENT CONTINUES!

Crusade Comics continues collecting, packing, boxing and shipping out Shi: Sakura Indiegogo and Kickstarter rewards to backers. Thus far over 2,000 rewards have been shipped. Utilizing both Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding platforms, Sakura’s #NoFanLeftBehind total returns have now topped $260K.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 31, 2022

All Hollow’s Eve marks the final hours for Crusade Comics’ most successful original graphic novel to date, Billy Tucci’s Shi: Sakura which closes for good on Indiegogo Halloween Monday, October 31, 2022.

“It comes with great satisfaction and relief to close the Sakura campaign. Stated Tucci. “Everyone on #TeamShi has worked incredibly hard from the book’s inception to the current fulfillment. Mailing out thousands of books to our customers really is the most rewarding part of crowdfunding and we hope they enjoy Sakura as much as we did creating it.”

Utilizing both Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding platforms, Sakura’s #NoFanLeftBehind total returns have now topped $250K. Fulfillment continues while Tucci and crew prepare to launch his next crowdfunding campaign, Tucci and John Broglia’s Zombie-Sama: Dorm of the Dead in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

Also in its last days … Crusade’s first ever Halloween Edition – SHI: Kaidan!  Available exclusively at www.billytucci.com

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN SHI EXCLUSIVES FOR BALTIMORE COMIC CON!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 28, 2022

Bayport, NY

After an incredible months long campaign that raised Crusade Comics’ most successful original graphic novel to date, Billy Tucci’s Shi: Sakura Indiegogo is closing for good Monday, October 31, 2022.

“Deborah (Tucci, Crusade’s Executive Director) and I are humbled by the amazing support our backers have shown over these past few months. Stated Tucci. “Sakura is by far our biggest OGN to date. We are all so very proud of the final product and are having a blast with fulfillment.”

Utilizing both Indiegogo and Kickstarter crowdfunding platforms, Sakura’s #NoFanLeftBehind total returns have now topped $250K. Fulfillment continues while Tucci and crew prepare to launch his next crowdfunding campaign, the Shi: Senryaku Omnibus in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES HALLOWEEN SHI EXCLUSIVES FOR BALTIMORE COMIC CON!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 27, 2022

Bayport, NY

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

BCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

SHI: SAKURA CLOSES OCTOBER 31^ST 2022!

To celebrate All Hallow’s Eve, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for the Baltimore Comic Con, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Halloween Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print. The remastered original 1996 Tucci cover sports a ghostly blacklight color theme by Wes Hartman that is the perfect “Cheers for Fears” companion to fan’s collection.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to JUST 99 EDITIONS. For those unable to attend the BCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

SHI: SAKURA CLOSES ON 10/31/22 AS FULFILLMENT CONTINUES

The 72-page Shi: Sakura graphic novel Indiegogo Campaign (https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/) closes for good on Halloween! Crusade has thus far shipped over 1,500 rewards and continues fulfillment while readying its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

• Marv Wolfman

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

October 11, 2022

SHI: SAKURA FULFILLMENT HAS BEGUN!

Crusade Comics has begun fulfillment on Shi: Sakura graphic novels, prints, stretch goals etc. for shipment.  

From New York to Nagasaki, this action-packed, 72-page, full-color, psychological samurai thriller reunites Shi-creator Billy Tucci and writer Steven Peros with artist Gardenio Lima, and colorist Brian Miller.

Upon learning that she is full-blooded Japanese, Ana Ishikawa has unlocked a danger that she’s not prepared for… her birth mother’s wrath that comes in the form of an automaton-like killer, bent on destroying all that she loves.

At the same time, her teenage daughter, Hotaru, having survived the trauma in Shi: Haikyo, is empowered by the experience and succumbs to an inner violent streak with savage repercussions. 

The final chapter to the Return of the Warrior trilogy sets the final fiery stage for a samurai showdown of epic proportions at New York’s Brooklyn Botanic Garden that will change Crusade Comics canon forever!

Crusade Comics will also be offering other Shi-related items including original art, prints, shirts, commissions, and special editions, including the ashcan to Crusade’s next great adventure, John Broglia and Billy Tucci’s long-awaited sequel to Zombie-Sama. Zombie-Sama 2: Dorm of the Dead!

The Sakura campaign will be closed for good next week as Crusade focuses on fulfillment and readies its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

NYCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

 

The world’s largest comic con filled Manhattan’s Jacob Javits’ Center with over 275,000 fans, professionals, and celebrities. Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company offered two very special exclusives for NYCC, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Special Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print.

The exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to only 199 editions. For those unable to attend NYCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25thAnniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi and the perfect Halloween companion. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

October 3, 2022

CRUSADE COMICS ANNOUNCES NEW YORK COMIC-CON SHI EXCLUSIVES!

Limited Edition Specials Also Offered Through www.billytucci.com

NYCC CELEBRATES THE 25^TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EINSER AWARD-NOMINATED SHI: KAIDAN!

New York Comic Con is once again set to take over the Big Apple as it hosts 275,000 artists, exhibitors and fans at Manhattan’s Javits Convention Center. To celebrate the nation’s largest comic book convention, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering two very special exclusives for NYCC, the Shi: Kaidan 25^th Anniversary Special Edition and an accompanying 11” X 17” print.

Both exclusives are priced at $25.00 each and limited to only 199 editions. For those unable to attend NYCC, Crusade is offering a limited number of the exclusives at www.billytucci.com

Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Anthology, and created and written by Peter Gutierrez, SHI: KAIDAN sports an all-star cast of artists, (Billy Tucci, Michael Kaluta, Stan Sakai, David Mack, Jamal Igle, Val Mayerik and more) that pulls Ana Ishikawa and the reader through a terrifying collection of wicked, ghostly horror. This Limited Edition 25^th Anniversary Special celebrates a dynamic quarter century of Shi and the perfect Halloween companion. 32-pages B/W with color cover.

“SHI: KAIDAN is the kind of comic I enjoy. Fun. Well-written and wonderfully drawn. A rarity today.”

• Marv Wolfman

SHI: SAKURA FULFILLMENT HAS BEGUN!

Crusade has been busy packing the 72-page Shi: Sakura graphic novel for shipment.

The Sakura campaign will be closed for good next week as Crusade focuses on fulfillment and readies its next crowdfunding campaign, The Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition launching in November.

Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:

https://igg.me/at/Shi-Sakura/x#/

Shi: Sakura Variant Cover By Comics’ Superstar Kenneth Rocafort

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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

Visit https://www.billytucci.com.

September 22, 2022

Bayport, NY

Six- Inch SHI Action Figure will be released for Pre-Sale September 22nd

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd. announces the release of a 6” SHI action figure in a licensing agreement with Executive Replicas. Figures will be available for pre-sale on September 22nd on the Executive Replicas website.

This is not the first time Crusade and Executive have paired up.  Executive Replicas has produced four hugely successful 12” SHI Action Figures previously.  “We have always been amazed at the detail, beauty, accessories, and packaging of all Executive Figures, and it’s a pleasure to be working with them again on this latest release” explained Billy Tucci, creator of SHI.

“The success of our previous SHI products in the twelve-inch category made the need to expand our partnership with Crusade into the 6” category obvious,” stated Winston Dunlop of Executive Replicas.

This new figure has been in development for over two years.  “We needed to make sure it was just right, and with the acclaim of the new SHI series, we found it crucial to update her costume and ensure the figure reflected the current storyline.  Executive worked with us on countless re-sculpts, updates, and changes. We are grateful for their cooperation.” Stated Tucci.  And while they have reached a workable model for presale, there will still be a few further alterations and refinements in production. “There has been an overwhelming number of requests for a six-inch SHI figure, and we want to guarantee the complete satisfaction of our patient and loyal fans, who have stuck with us over the last twenty-eight years.  We owe them everything.”

These stunning figures will include 2 interchangeable heads, 3 pairs of hands, 2 katanas, 2 sais, 1 naginata and removable hakama.

Crusade Comics will also be offering their own Signature Series exclusive of the 6” SHI Figure, offering a limited number for pre-sale this October, so stay tuned for more information on the pre-sale date.

The unsigned, production figure will be available for pre-order on September 22nd at:

https://www.executivereplicas.com/product-page/shi-6in-action-figure-pre-order?fbclid=IwAR33YuNAcmuOwbkiu8TRf4KTrgAkKJQuLPAiLRAwxxrdf8IrvApEwMB0ZJo

https://www.executivereplicas.com/home

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

www.

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.

Tucci Trooper!

Deb and I are excited to give an exclusive sneak-peak preview to our backers for our new Shi 6″ Action figure through Executive Replicas. We’ve been working with Winston and his crew for almost two years now trying to get the figure just right. It’s gone through many, many, many incarnations, but we’ve finally approved of the final design set for production. 

You can see the creative evolution and design process for the heads alone. Once it is officially announced, I will post the total (and long) development of the figure to get it just right. That said, we could not be happier (and appreciative) of Executive Replicas for their patience and fortitude. The action figure boasts over a dozen points of articulation and Ana Ishikawa will be equipped with multiple heads and many accessories. Again, once we have an order date (which I believe will be through Diamond Comics Distributors among other avenues), I wil send out links and a press release.

SHI: SENRYAKU 2022 SDCC EXCLUSIVE’S KEEP SHIPPING!

Limited Edition Shi: Senryaku 25th Anniversary Edition Offered Through www.billytucci.com

San Diego Comic-Con was our best show in over twenty years with its first live in-person convention since July 2019.

We’ve been shipping our Shi: Senryaku #1 25^th Anniversary Special Editions and the accompanying 11” X 17” prints daily, so if you’ve placed an order and haven’t recieved your yet, keep on the on the lookout as we’ve just gotten another order of shipping supplies from Uline.

Senryaku is Crusade Comics’ groundbreaking, Eisner Award-nominated series written by comics’ legend and creator of DC Comics’ Amethyst and Blue Devil, Gary Cohn. The book uniquely details Shi’s upbringing and training through thirty-six self-contained Art of War“stratagems”. Stratagems lushly showcased and illustrated by many of the industry’s greatest talents, including Jim Lee, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, George Perez, Jeff Smith, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, Joe Quesada and Billy Tucci.

For those who were unable to attend Comic-Con, we have a limited number of these Special Editions now through https://billytucci.com/store-3/.

Thank you again for your amazing support. We’ve got some amazing news coming up and I look forward to sharing it with you in the coming weeks.

SHI: SAKURA IS ON THE WAY!

Shi: Sakura is at the printer. All proofs have been approved and we will be receiving all books and will begin fulfillment in September!

#ShiStrong,

Billy Tucci

Four Fantastic Conventions In Five Weeks!

AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS FROM SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON!

Happy Friday Tucci Trooper!

Whew! It’s been a crazy month-plus of travel and the excitement of being back at comic cons. I’m so glad to have seen so many of you at the shows. The response to Shi’s return is truly heartwarming and your encouragement and enthusiasm has meant the world to Deb and I.

This year’s San Diego Comic Con was our most successful in over twenty-five years! We sold out of the limited edition exclusives we brought with to the show (we still have some set aside for our website customers here: https://billytucci.com/store-3/.  Again, it seemed like a giant reunion as everyone was there. Film/TV producers, stars, comic creators, press and of course, FANS! As usual, the weather was great as was the conversation.

Shi: Senryaku 25th Anniversary SDCC Exclusive!

We also had some fantastic panels starting off with our Happy Hour with the Comic Book Couples. It was initially to be an educational panel about self-publishing and working in the mainstream, but it “devolved” into a laugh-fest of living with a spouse who loves and creates comics and the wives who run their very successful publishing companies.  I’d like to revisit the concept at a future con, but direct it more towards the business end of self-publishing… of course still with the laughs. Deb and I would like to thank our dear friends, Amanda Conner, Brian Pulido, Jeff Smith, Jimmy Palmiotti, Terry Moore, Robyn Moore,  Vijaya Iyer, Francisca Pulido and moderator Michael Solof for an amazing experience. Great questions fielded by the PopXP’s Nile Scala!

The Comics For Ukraine panels was truly inspiring. To see so many in the comics industry volunteer their creativity to benefit Ukrainian refugees really showcases just how art and creativity can do good in a world plagued by war. I promise you that me, Brian Miller and Mindy Lopkin will not let you down with our Rocketeer: Pavlichenko story. Thanks again, IDW’s Scott Dunbier for the chance to write and draw my favorite comics character for a good cause.

Who will rescue the Rocketeer?

Deborah, Steven Peros, J.C. Vaughn and I also had grand time with our first Shi SDCC panel in over twenty years. Fans were  really excited about The Return of Shi. I have to be honest, I was a little nervous if people would come to see a panel dedicated to just Shi, but they did come by the dozens and it was they who made the whole experience just wonderful. We filmed the panel and will load it up onto the PopXP’s youtube channel next week.

Lil’ Billy Tucci enjoyed SDCC!

We’ve also got some wonderful news involving Diamond Comic Distributors, Dark Horse Comics, The Overstreet Price Guide and my (2023) and Shi’s (2024) 30th Comics’ Anniversaries.

The con also brought us some great meetings and inroads involving NFTs, (something we’ve been looking into for over two years now and still do not quite understand, lol) which sound fascinating.

Crusade Comics has laid out our 2022, 2023 and 2024 Kickstarter publishing schedule. I am so excited about all the wonderful books and product we have coming to you that will continue the Shi Renaissance.

Thank you for an amazing con season. Right now Deb and I have three more conventions in 2022. October’s New York Comic Con and Baltimore Comic Con and the NYC Big Apple Con in December.

That’s all folks!

Again, Deborah and I are so appreciative all who came out to the cons this summer and truly thankful to everyone who purchased our Limited Edition Exclusives online. We are so looking  forward to releasing a lot big news announcements in the next few weeks.

Have a great weekend!

#ShiStrong

Billy Tucci

BILLY TUCCI AND THE ROCKETEER TO THE RESCUE!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2, 2022

Bayport, NY

Multi-Eisner Award Nominee Contribute Original Rocketeer Story To IDW’s “Comics For Ukraine: An Anthology Book Against War

Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds is a benefit anthology featuring an All-Star Lineup of comic book creators, with all proceeds being donated to Ukrainian refugees.

In times of terrible need, comic creators have assembled for a greater good, be it for famine in Africa with Marvel’s 1980s Heroes for Hope comic or the graphic novels made after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. More recently, Love Is Love sought to help the victims of the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting. Now, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than three dozen creators, among them numerous Eisner winners and veteran comic icons, have come together for a charity book to raise money to aid Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war.

https://zoop.gg/c/comicsforukraine

Alex Ross, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Stan Sakai and Billy Tucci among the writers and artists involved in the fundraising effort created by IDW Publishing’s Senior Editor and Director, Special Projects, Scott Dunbier.

The 128-page full-color graphic novel is available in numerous editions through Zoop, which is accepting new orders for the next 40 hours (ending August 3, 2022). The campaign has so far raised over $160,000.00 with Dunbier presenting a check for $100,000.00 to Operation USA’s (www.opusa.org) Richard Walden at this year’s Comic-Con International.

“I had contacted Scott to contribute anything to the project.” Stated Tucci. “I was left speechless when he and Jenny Stevens Bawcum (sister of Rocketeer-creator Dave Stevens) offered the chance of a lifetime and write and draw my favorite character for a cause that will help save lives.”

Tucci’s six-page story, The Rocketeer: Pavlichenko features Cliff Secord encountering legendary Ukrainian sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the Crimean Mountains. “Lyudmila is not just the most recognized female sniper of World War II but perhaps the greatest sniper in history.” Tucci stated. “It is an honor to remind today’s readers of this true-life Wonder Woman and her gallant heroism in the face of invasion.”

Joining Tucci on The Rocketeer: Pavlichenko is colorist Brian Miller and designer/letterer Mindy Lopkin.

Astro City’s Kurt Busiek suggested a title based on the viral video of an elderly Ukrainian woman offering an invading Russian soldier sunflower seeds to put in his pocket so they grow when they bury him (watch here).

Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds is available for the next 40 hours at Zoop.gg/c/comicsforukraine. Operation USA has been providing humanitarian relief all over the world since 1979. Donations to Operation USA can be made here.

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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the 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. Billy has recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Omnibus Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,000,000.00. 

For Additional Information:

Deborah Tucci

Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.

support@billytucci.com

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