FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2022
Bayport, NY
SHI: SAKURA INDIEGOGO EXCLUSIVE CAMPAIGN ENDS TODAY!
Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:
CRUSADE COMICS’ INDIEGOGO AND KICKSTARTER TOTALS TOP $180,000.00!
Newest Stretch Goal Announced: The Ana Ishikawa Kick-To-The-Face Bookmark!
Today, May 20, 2022 is the final day to back the full Shi: Sakura Indiegogo campaign.
Sakura’s Indiegogo launched on April 20th and is currently funding with over 1,200 backers with returns over $122,000.00. Over at Kickstarter, Sakura’s first sixteen days have brought in over 600 backers and $62K. Both platforms have limited graphic novel editions exclusive to their particular patrons.
Once Sakura’s Indiegogo ends, it will go into “indemand” mode until fulfillment. Many of the campaign’s limited perks will be removed as they ready for production. Kickstarter has no such option and once the campaign ends on June 3, 2022, all pledging will be closed. Crusade Comics’ current combined Sakura #NoFanLeftBehind crowdfunding totals now exceed $180K.
Thus far several Stretch Goals have been unlocked and are FREE to all backers who have pledged for a physical-tier perk. They include:
Crusade has now made available the 500-page Shi: Omnibus Vol. 1 as an add-on perk. Offered as both the 5 lb. oversized, hardcover edition as a physical perk and a digital version. “I am so proud of this collection that gathers all Shi/Tomoe issues from 1994-1996, that unleashes so many wonderful memories and emotions.” Stated Shi-creator Billy Tucci.
Shi: Sakura Kickstarter Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:
Shi: Sakura Indiegogo Exclusive Campaign Can Be Found Here:
SHI: SAKURA!
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
About Billy Tucci
Billy Tucci is an award-winning cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai saga which began with Shi: The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Through his company, Crusade Fine Arts, Shi has been printed in five languages and sold more than 3 million comic books. In addition to his own creations, the graduate of the prestigious Fashion Institute of Technology (BFA Illustration 90’) has been nominated for an Eisner Award for his DC Comics work on Batman. His graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the highly decorated, real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American soldiers. Billy’s 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. His 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’ previous exclusive 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.
