JOIN THE “BROFESSIONALS” THE POPXP, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH, 7PM EDT/4PM PDT HERE:
Join Comic Book Superstars, Aaron Lopresti, Andy Smith, Art Thibert, Billy Tucci, Dan Fraga and Graham Nolan on tonight’s “Brofessionals” where they will share a personal insight into the comic book script writing process, including learned do’s, don’ts and the subtle yet substantial differences that are needed to create successful short and long stories.
The Brofessionals is one of YouTube’s most entertaining and enduring live broadcasts where fans the world over get to hold candid discussion and interaction with some of comics most successful creators.
The long-running, weekly roundtable revolves between the professionals youtube channels and tonight lands on Billy’s The PopXP. The creators will sample scripts they’ve written and those they’ve collaborated on with other writers. Billy will showcase his Rocketeer: Pavlichenko script pages and discuss his writing regiment in great detail.
He and the Bros will also take questions from viewers so that others may benefit from their shared experiences.
7pm EDT/4pm PDT on Billy’s PoPXP! Youtube Channel here:
Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition Continues To Soar With Added Shi Specials!
Momentum continues for Rocketeer: Pavlichenko on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo crowdfunded platforms in its first full week! Due to requests from fans, Crusade has also supplemented the campaigns with several limited Shi perks from their past campaigns.
“Deborah (Tucci, Executive Director of Crusade Comics) and I are both so appreciative of all who pledged for both Rocketeer: Pavlichenko and our new Shi items.” Stated writer/artist Billy Tucci. “Just 17 days remain on this short campaign as fulfillment beings in November. Once we know our final numbers we’ll go to press and get all our perks and rewards out to all our backers.”
Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition! features Tucci’s the original story that appeared the Eisner Award winning in Comic For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, plus pages of never-before published concept artwork, including rough layouts, pencils, inks, and script.
In Rocketeer: Pavlichenko, our hero, Cliff Secord, encounters the real-life, Ukrainian sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the Crimean Mountains during World War II. Lyudmila was credited with over 300 kills during World War II, making her the most successful female sniper in recorded history and as you’ll find out, she is going to have to put all those skills to the test to save our hero.
The 32-page full-color art special also explores just who this extraordinary young Ukrainian woman was and pays tribute the Rocketeer’s legendary creator, Dave Stevens.
| Rocketeer: Pavlichenko Special Art Edition is also currently LIVE on Indiegogo and can be found here: |
Rocketeer is © & ™ 2024 The Rocketeer Trust.
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 contributed to the Eisner Award Winning, Comics For Ukraine: Sun Flower Seeds and Love Is Love. Billy has also earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and his DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal. The Lost Battalion featured the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of 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. His Crusade Comics has recently released a series of new Shi graphic novels, Return of the Warrior, Haikyo, and Sakura. Crusade as also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,500,000.00.