ANNOUNCES SLEW OF FREE STRETCH GOAL REWARDS TO BACKERS!
ANA, OSWALD, MICKEY, MINNIE AND A MYSTERY MARINER CUT THE RUG ON THEIR WAY TO $65K WITH FREE “EVERYBODY CHARLESTON” 6” X 9” PRINT!
In the wake of the campaign’s first full week, Crusade Comics’ 10th Indiegogo, Shi: Gatecrasher, featuring Coffin Comics’ Lady Death and the world’s greatest heroes has rocketed off to a blazing start and unlocked several Free Stretch Goal rewards. Now with returns totaling over $60,000.00, the New York based publisher has announced Gatecrasher’s next Stretch Goal, the “Everybody Charleston” 6″ X 9″ mini-print FREE to all our contributors to be unlocked at $65K.
“Shi: Gatecrasher has rocketed past $60,000.00, simply an incredible start!” Stated Shi-creator Billy Tucci., “We just cannot thank our backers enough, but know you’ll all love the slew of new campaign stretch goal rewards we’ve announced.”
Tucci was referring to Gatecrasher’s this list of several campaign tiers to be unlocked:
• 1ST 24-HOURS REWARD: FREE SHI, LADY DEATH & TARPE MILLS’ BADGIRLS 8″X5″ HEAVY VINYL STICKER TO ALL BACKERS WHO CHOSE A PHYSICAL PERK!
• $55K STRETCH GOAL: EXPAND SHI: GATECRASHER FROM 48 TO 56 PAGES: UNLOCKED!
• $60K STRETCH GOAL: FREE GATECRASHER DIGITAL EDITION TO ALL BACKERS WHO PLEDGE FOR A PHYSICAL PERK: UNLOCKED!
• $65K STRETCH GOAL: “EVERYBODY CHARLESTON” MINI PRINT!
• $75K STRETCH GOAL: ART THIBERT SHI EDITION TRADING CARD!
• $80K STRETCH GOAL: BILLY TUCCI SHI/RAN TRADING CARD!
• $85K: “EVERYBODY CHARELSTON ROUGH CUT EDITION TRADING CARD!
• $90K STRETCH GOAL: RENE STRYCHALSKI TRADING CARD!
• $95K STRETCH GOAL: STAN SAKAI USAGI YOJIMBO/SHI TRADKING CARD!
• $100K STRETCH GOAL: ROB LIEFELD EDITION ACTUAL METAL TRADING CARD!
Just twelve days remain to the 20-day Indiegogo campaign.
GATECRASHER!
Based on the Story by writer J.C. Vaughn and Tucci, and illustrated by Tucci, Leandro Oliveira, Hi-Fi Colour Design, with lettering by Mindy Lopkin, Shi: Gatecrasher is literally the “destroy all monsters” of comic book character collision!
Crusade is also preparing a myriad of unique perks and stretch goal rewards. The campaign will boast many specials, prints, original art and limited variant covers by Tucci along with comic book greats, Stan Sakai, Renie Strychalski, Art Thibert and superstar Rob Liefeld.
Shi: Gatecrasher will also be launching on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with its own exclusive campaign on January 15, 2025
COMICS’ SUPERSTAR ROB LIEFELD COVERS SHI: GATECRASHER!
DEADPOOL/AVENGELYNE CREATOR’S LIMITED, EXCLUSIVE & METAL EDITIONS ARE NOW LIVE ON INDIEGOGO!
EXTREME RED METAL SHI!
Legendary comics’ creator, Rob Liefeld’s special Shi: Gatecrasher Editions, a pair of limited variants exclusive to Indiegogo. The Liefeld Solid Gold Variant and the premiere Extreme Red Metal Shi Edition, featuring an actual stainless-steel cover are now set as the campaign’s featured perk.
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: Sunflower 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.