Tonight’s Special Guest, Writer, Editor and www.ClownfishTV.com Contributor Aaron Sparrow on the PopXP YouTube!
9PM EST/6PM PST ON THE POPXP! YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE:
Join hosts Billy Tucci and Nile Scala as they welcome comic book writer, editors and CLOWNFISHTV.COM contributor Aaron Sparrow to talk his resent opinion article on the harrowed state of comic book journalism.
Link to the article: OPINION: Comics Journalism Isn’t Dying, It’s Changing… And That Has Some People Scared.
About our guest: Aaron Sparrow broke into the comics industry as a copy editor for Tokyopop, eventually moving on to write English adaptations of manga titles such as Devil May Cry 3, Hyper Police, the critically acclaimed Dragon Head, as well as the story “Family Values” for Blizzard Entertainment’s Warcraft: Legends anthology. In 2009, Aaron became the Lead Editor on Disney/Pixar/Muppets titles, developing their all-ages line and masterminding the triumphant return of Disney’s Darkwing Duck with artist James Silvani. Aaron has also worked on comic books with DreamWorks Animation and Sesame Workshop and is currently developing his first creator-owned comic book with artist Renzo Rodriguez, titled KNEEL BEFORE DOOMFACE.
SHI #1 30th ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL ART EDITION CONTINUES INDIEGOGO INDEMAND!
BILLY TUCCI’S NEWEST INDIEGOGO, THE SHI #1 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL ART EDITION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
https://igg.me/at/r2WUJ9HKIJM/x/20487910#/
After a 30-day campaign, backers from over 20 countries successfully funded Crusade Comics’ ninth Kickstarter, The Shi #1 30th Anniversary Original Art Edition. The book now continues Indiegogo “Indemand” mode until fulfillment begins.
Since its launch last month, the special hardcover The Shi #1 30th Anniversary Original Art Edition #NoFanLeftBehind dual campaign strategy on both the Kickstarter and Indiegogo crowdfunding platforms have surpassed $95,000.00 and has unlocked FIVE Stretch Goals:
• Enlarging the books dimensions to Omnibus Size.
• Gold foil lineage added to covers.
• Special spot glossing enhancement to the covers.
• A premium stock wraparound dust jacket.
• A sewn-in, satin bookmark ribbon exclusive to backers.
Due to the publisher’s #NoFanLeftBehind, both Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers will mutually benefit from each platform with combined stretch goal rewards.
Celebrating Thirty-Year’s of Billy Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee, The 30th Anniversary Original Art Edition is the complete and seminal “Story of Shi”. A 112-page, hardcover coffee table sized collection that is literally 30-years in the making. The omnibus-sized tome contains the complete and remastered original 32-page, Shi: Way of the Warrior #1 plus over seventy additional original pencils/inks and hand-painted colored interior pages, cover designs, and insight into creative process and development.
BILLY TUCCI’S NEWEST INDIEGOGO, THE SHI #1 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL ART EDITION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
https://igg.me/at/r2WUJ9HKIJM/x/20487910#/
THE SHI #1 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL ART EDITION CAN BE FOUND HERE:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shiomniv1/shi-1-3oth-anniversary-original-art-edition
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 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 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 and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,400,000.00.