LIMITED SHI: HAIKYO, SPOOKY SECRETS AND “TRICK OR TREAT” MYSTERY COMIC EXCLUSIVES DEBUT AT HIS ONLINE STORE
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Halloween is once again upon us and to celebrate everyone’s favorite horrific holiday, Shi-creator Billy Tucci and company are offering some very rare debut exclusives just in time to trick or treat, the SHI: HAIKYO CHAPTER II EXCLUSIVE EDITIONS and accompanying 11” X 17” print.
Signed, limited editions, numbered 0-99, includes certificate of authenticity. This 32- page, black and white edition caps off Shi’s 30th Anniversary Celebration. Shi: Haikyo Chapter II, is the terrifying conclusion to the Shi: Return of the Warrior trilogy’s second installment. The book boasts 32 masterfully illustrated black and white pages of story from Billy Tucci and Steven Peros’ indie blockbuster. The cardstock cover colored by Wes Hartman depicts Tucci’s Shi emerging from a doorway of death.
2024 SPOOKY SECRETS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!
Limited to just 20 editions, this dark and dangerous companion to Sultry Secrets: The Private Commissions sold-out sketchbook, has an additional eight pages of art by Billy Tucci, as commissioned by his fans and publishers. Every 44-page book comes signed by Tucci. $25.00 US.
“Trick or Treat” Mystery Comic Pack!
Limited to just 10 editions, that could contain Crusade’s signature Metal Editions, the ultra-rare, Jewel Editions or even an original Shi: Way of the Warrior #1. Bag and boarded mystery book comes complete with a delightfully witchy Shi mini print cover that hides the secrets within. $25.00 US.
MONSTER METAL!
Crusade Comics is also offering their rarest Shi comic ever (limited to just 15 copies), with the Haikyo: NYCC Exclusive Ceramic Metal Edition features an actual metal cover featuring Shi and a rainbow-colored logo. All books come signed and numbered.
LAST CHANCE TO FOR NYCC SHI EXCLUSIVES!
Now that the New York Comic Con has come to an end, Crusade Comics is offering a very limited amount of SHI: HAIYKO CHAPTER I – NYCC EXCLUSIVES. The books are available as individual copies or specially paired with the SHI: HAIKYO CHAPTER II HALLOWEEN SPECIAL in reduced package bundles for those who could not attend the world’s largest fan convention.
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. 1, Shi: 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.