Over 2,200 Backers propel the 22-Day #NoFanLeftBehind Campaign to $131,824.00! Indiegogo Campaign Continues LIVE Offering Rewards and Exclusives!
“Words cannot express my sincerest gratitude to all our backer partners who have propelled the Shi: Return of the Warrior #nofanleftbehind campaign to its incredible success!” Stated Shi creator Billy Tucci.
1,009 Kickstarter backers brought the project to life with an amazing $70,478.00 in pledges. The 1,279 Indiegogo backers were not far behind with $61,3468.00 in pledges bringing the immediate total returns to $131,824.00.
Following his recent success with Zombie-Sama!, Tucci aimed to reach the widest possible crowdfunding audience for Shi: Return of the Warrior with simultaneous 22-day campaigns on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Both campaigns launched Thursday November 14 at 9 p.m. EST and ended on December 6.
“We wanted backers on both platforms to benefit from one another’s pledges with our #nofanleftbehind strategy.” Tucci stated, “and the benefit from that is that all who supported us shared in the collective Stretch Goals.”
All physical shipping backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter will receive the following Stretch Goal Rewards with all their orders for FREE:
• The Tucci Trooper 3” Embroidered Battle Patch
• The Shi: Way of the Warrior #1 Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The Shi: 25th Anniversary Edition Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• Shi: WOTW #1 25TH Anniversary Amazing Spider-Man #300 Homage Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The Shi 10th Anniversary Edition Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The Shi: Tiger Baby Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The Shi: WOTW #1 25TH Anniversary Amazing Spider-Man #300 Homage BLACK LINE ART Comic Book • The Amanda Conner Sassy Shi Variant Cover Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The George Perez The Legend of Shi Variant Cover Silver-Metallic Trading Card
• The Conny Valentina Silver-Metallic Trading Card
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For those who missed the initial campaign, Return of the Warrior remains live on Indiegogo in InDemand Mode (https://igg.me/at/SHISBACK) featuring all standard rewards and IGG exclusive editions and prints.“Again, THANK YOU to all our warriors!” Tucci exclaimed, “We will never forget your faith in us and promise to deliver one incredible graphic novel… Shi is truly back and better than ever!”
Tucci is joined on Shi: Return of the Warrior by co-writer Steven Peros (Stoker & Wells: Order of the Golden Dawn, The Cat’s Meow) co-artist Ricardo Silva (Age of Darkness, Hellina), colorist Brian Miller (Hi-Fi Colour Design), designer/letterer Mindy Lopkin (Zombie-Sama!), and editor J.C. Vaughn (Zombie-Sama, Stoker & Wells: Order of The Golden Dawn).
Superstar artist Amanda Conner (Harley Quinn, Tomoe) provides a cover for the issue, as do stars-in-waiting Conny Valentina and Mike Renzine, and Tucci himself, respectively. They are joined by a true comics legend, George Pérez (JLA/Avengers), who came out of retirement to provide one last cover, an unforgettable, beautiful image of Shi.
Billy Tucci is an award-winning cartoonist best known for his modern-day samurai fable which began with Shi: The Way of the Warrior in 1994. Since then, though 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, he was worked extensively for DC Comics such characters as Harley Quinn, Batman, Superman and Flash. His graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, won acclaim for its depiction of the highly decorated, real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of Japanese-American troops not permitted to serve in the Pacific theater. His earnest retelling of the Christmas story in A Child Is Born has quietly turned into an international blockbuster. It won the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award.. He recently released Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo, and Appalachian Apocalypse via Cave Pictures Publishing. He has a Wonder Woman story due out from DC in 2020