BILLY TUCCI AND THE TICK ROLL INTO THE BALTIMORE COMIC CON!

CONTRIBUTES ORIGINAL ART FOR CHARITY TO
CELEBRATE 40 YEAR’S OF BEN EDLUND’S SATIRICAL

SUPERHERO AND THE HERO INITIATIVE

Shi-creator Billy Tucci joins hundreds of comic stars and thousands of fans at the
Baltimore convention for the Baltimore Comic Con.
Tucci alongside dozens of other professionals have contributed original artwork for the
con’s annual charity yearbook. This year’s yearbook theme is none other than
cartoonist, screenwriter and producer, Ben Edlund’s rascally hero, “The Tick.”
“Ben is truly one of the great talents in comics.” Stated Tucci. “It is a privilege to depict
Shi alongside his amazing character that has brought so much joy to comic fans for
forty-years. I’d also like to congratulation Mark and Shelley Nathan as they celebrate the
25 th Anniversary of on the greatest comic cons in the world.”

Tucci’s original Shi/Tick artwork will be auctioned off during the convention on Saturday.
For more information on the charity yearbook and the Baltimore Comic Con can be
found at https://baltimorecomiccon.com.

SHI TO THE RESCUE TO BENEFIT

THE HERO INITIATIVE!

Tucci will also be contributing another piece of original Shi art to benefit the Hero
Initiative. The artwork will find its place alongside other one-of-a-kind pieces donated by
some of comics’ brightest stars during the Initiative’s charity auction taking place
Saturday, September 21 st .
The Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for comic creators who may need
emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into
paying work. Since inception, the Hero Initiative has been fortunate enough to benefit
creators with more than $1 million worth of much-needed aid, fueled by contributions
from comic book fans the world over. “It’s an honor to contribute to such a worthy cause
that benefits the very best of us.” Tucci continued. “As the Hero Initiative’s moniker
states, ‘It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given
us so much enjoyment.’

More information on the Hero Initiative can be found here: https://www.heroinitiative.org

Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition
Continues To Soar With Added Shi Specials!
Newly Launched Kickstarter Campaign Can Be

Found Here:
http://kck.st/4gigiQl

Momentum continues for Rocketeer: Pavlichenko on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo
crowdfunded platforms in its first full week! Due to requests from fans, Crusade has also
supplemented the campaigns with several limited Shi perks from their past campaigns.
“Deborah (Tucci, Executive Director of Crusade Comics) and I are both so appreciative
of all who pledged for both Rocketeer: Pavlichenko and our new Shi items.” Stated
writer/artist Billy Tucci. “Just 17 days remain on this short campaign as fulfillment beings
in November. Once we know our final numbers we’ll go to press and get all our perks
and rewards out to all our backers.”
Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition! features Tucci’s the original story that
appeared the Eisner Award winning in Comic For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, plus pages
of never-before published concept artwork, including rough layouts, pencils, inks, and
script.
In Rocketeer: Pavlichenko, our hero, Cliff Secord, encounters the real-life, Ukrainian
sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the Crimean Mountains during World War II. Lyudmila

was credited with over 300 kills during World War II, making her the most successful
female sniper in recorded history and as you’ll find out, she is going to have to put all
those skills to the test to save our hero.
The 32-page full-color art special also explores just who this extraordinary young
Ukrainian woman was and pays tribute the Rocketeer’s legendary creator, Dave
Stevens.

Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition is also currently LIVE on Indiegogo and can

Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition

be found here:

https://igg.me/at/SHISECONDCOMING/x/20487910#

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: Sun Flower 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, and Sakura. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol.
Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and
Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’
crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,500,000.00.

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.

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