THANK YOU FOR OUR BIGGEST COMIC-CON OF THE 21ST CENTURY!
For Immediate Release:
July 30, 2026
Bayport, NY
Billy & Deborah Tucci with the amazing Saito Family and their collection of original artwork!
THANK YOU FOR OUR BIGGEST COMIC-CON OF THE 21ST CENTURY!
CRUSADE CELEBRATES OVER 30 YEARS OF COMIC SUCCESS WITH EXCLUSIVES AND NEW FRAZETTA ACTION FIGURE!
Comic-Con International in San Diego is now in the books and was one for the ages! The world’s greatest comic, media, gaming and pop-culture convention celebrated 53 years with over 175,000 attendees, exhibitors and guests. As always, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and the entire Crusade Comics crew were set up at booth at their renowned con-floor stopover booth1801, with Billy and Deborah Tucci welcoming many fans and pros alike.
This year’s SDCC was incredibly successful for the Long Island based publisher with fans the world over clamoring for exclusive special editions, blind bags, prints and original artwork. It was Crusade’s biggest Comic-Con since 1995 and for those who could not make it, Deborah Tucci has added a limited amount of each on at www.billytucci.com here:
https://billytucci.com/product-category/New!
FRANK FRAZETTA SHI ACTION FIGURE ANNOUNCED!
Billy Tucci’s legendary Shi™ joins the ICON Collectibles™ lineup! Inspired by the Frank Frazetta’s iconic commissioned interpretation of Shi, this all-new 1:12 Scale Action Figure features newly engineered articulation, premium accessories, interchangeable parts, and a custom display base.
Pre-orders for the figure will open Winter 2026 at https://www.frazettagirls.com
Billy Tucci with Sara Frazetta debuting the Frazetta Shi Action Figure Prototype!
RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR IS BEING PRINTED!
To celebrate Crusade’s latest graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 being printed, Billy and Deborah Tucci along with fan favorites, Aaron Lopresti and Andy Smith were hosted to an amazing dinner at chef Brian Malarkey’s incredible Herb & Wood restaurant by Josten Printing’s Jenebeth Ortiz. Thank you, Jenebeth for always looking out for your creators and being the consummate professional!
PANELS!
Billy and Deborah Tucci were also a part of two panels, “The Comic Book Couples” featuring Amanda Conner, Francisca Pulido, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Brian Pulido. The panel focused on what it’s like to be married to a comic book creator and was moderated by Steven Peros and Deana Ruggieri and “Bring on the Bad Girls!” Featuring Billy, Jimmy Palmiotti, Brian Pulido and Matt Hawkins.
Always, amongst SDCC’s favorite events, the panels were full of memories, laughs and a look into the future.
JOIN BILLY & DEB TUCCI TONIGHT FOR A LIVE SDCC RECAP ON YOUTUBE 9pm EDT/6pm PDT!
SDCC 2026 is now history! Join Tucci Troopers hosts, Billy and Deborah Tucci as they recap and reflect upon the crowds, celebrities’, fans, exclusives, panels and all things extraordinary that make up the world’s greatest Comic-Con. The Tucci’s will also unveil never-before-seen photos of the new Shi Action Figure from Frazetta Girls! For those who could not make Comic-Con International 2025, Crusade Comics is offering a limited number of exclusives, art and Blind Bags at www.billytucci.com.
COULDN’T MAKE IT TO COMIC-CON? CRUSADE’S GOT YOU COVERED, OFFERING A LIMITED AMOUNT OF OUR SDCC SPECIAL’S HERE:
During the convention, Crusade offered a very limited number #SDCC2026 exclusive editions, prints, plus, trades, comics, original art and specials to convention attendees.
After taking inventory, Deborah Tucci has posted a limited-edition exclusives for fans who were unable to attend SDCC via their website, https://billytucci.com/store-3/.
About Billy Tucci
Inkpot Award recipient Billy Tucci is an Eisner-Award winning 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 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 Iconfor Dynamite Comics. He recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Sakura, Shi: Way of the Warrior Omnibus, Shi: Senryaku Omnibus, Gatecrasher, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,900,000.00.
For Additional Information:
Deborah Tucci
Crusade Fine Arts, Ltd.
support@billytucci.com
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