MOMENTUM SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPING THE SHI: SENRYAKU 30THEXCLUSIVE ON AVAILABLE ON CROWDFUNDING PLATFOMR ZOOP!
For Immediate Release:
August 28, 2026
Bayport, NY
Billy Tucci’s Shi: Senryaku 96-Page Facsimile Edition Cover!
Exclusive 96-Page Homage Edition Is Now Offered!
ZOOP CAMPAIGN PAGE HERE:
$20,000.00 STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED! NEW $25K STRETCH GOAL ANNOUNCED – THE GEOF DARROW ORIGINAL ART TRADING CARD!
GROUNDBREAKING SERIES BY COMICS’ GREATEST TALENTS INCLUDING, FRANK FRAZETTA, MARC SILVESTRI, ADAM HUGHES, JEFF SMITH, TERRY MOORE, GEORGE PEREZ, JAE LEE, AND MORE COMES TO LIFE IN CELEBRATORY PREMIUM HARDCOVER EDITION!
Momentum continues for Crusade Comics’ Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Zoop Exclusive is off to a blazing start having met its original funding goal in less than one minute and unlocked its very first FREE STRETCH GOAL in less than 72-hours. Now that the Jim Lee Original Art Trading Card Stretch Goal has been unlocked (free to all backers who choose a physical perk), Shi-Creator Billy Tucci has announced a new $25K goal, the Geof Darrow Senryaku Original Art Trading Card.
The Shi: Senryaku Zoop Exclusive Campaign’s first weekend has exceeded all of our expectations with totals blazing past $20,000.00 and the unlocking of its very first Stretch Goal, the Jim Lee Original Art Trading Card. All the campaign’s Stretch Goals will be delivered FREE to all backers who choose a physical perk.
“I am ecstatic to announce our new, $25K goal, the Geof Darrow Senryaku Original Art Trading Card. One stretch goal has been unlocked, and we have at least four more already printed! Please visit the campaign’s page, https://zoop.gg/c/shi and check out all that we have lined up to be unlocked.” Stated Shi-creator, Billy Tucci.
RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR BOOKS ARE IN!
“Deborah and I are so happy to announce that your Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 have arrived from the printer to our fulfillment center!” Continued Tucci. “With the help of our friends, Mike, AJ, and Tom, all books have been organized on our office shelves, with the vast majority of them signed by yours truly and bagged up for you.”
Ran’s Stretch goals are scheduled to arrive this weekend and Crusade Comics will immediately begin packing and readying them to begin shipping as first wave of books.
“Domo Arigato all the backers who have supported us on this, our 11th crowdfundingproject. Stated Tucci. I know you’re going to Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1/Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0!”
30TH ANNIVERSARY SHI: SENRYAKU FACISIMLE EDITION WITH LENTICULAR COVER!
Crusade Comics is also offering a very limited 96-page, Shi: Senryaku anniversary trade paperback graphic novel with an all-new homage cover by Shi-creator Billy Tucci that features Shi’s first-ever Lenticular Cover.
A video mock-up version of the book can be seen here:
Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Featuring the Frank Frazetta Dust Jackets Are All Printed and Ready for Shipping!
Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition features Master Sun Tzu’s classic aphorisms gloriously interpreted by the world’s most legendary artists detailing the life lessons of a young Ana Ishikawa (aka, Shi) as taught to her by her grandfather. The blockbuster series was written by Blue Devil and Amethyst co-creator Gary Cohnand illustrated by such greats as Marc Silvestri, Tex, Stan Sakai, Amanda Conner, Joe Quesada, Dan Jurgens, Billy Tucci, Dave Sim, and many more.
Shi: Senryaku Promotional Video:
Limited to just 400 copies, Zoop’s Shi: Senryaku Omnibus Edition has been printed and is ready for immediate shipment at Zoop’s fulfillment center once the 21-day campaign closes Sunday, September 6th.
Crusade is also offering prints, original artwork and free stretch goals for the Shi:Senryaku Omnibus Zoop Exclusive.
About Billy Tucci
Inkpot Award recipient and Eisner Award winner 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. 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 the US Army’s segregated 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. He recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Sakura, Shi: Way of the Warrior Omnibus, Shi: Senryaku Omnibus, Zombie-Sama and Ran: Revenge of the Warrior via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,975,000.00.
For Additional Information:
Deborah Tucci
Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.
support@billytucci.com
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