Billy Tucci’s latest crowdfunded campaign, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Nears $40,000.00
in its first 24-Hours!
PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT ADVENTURE BY CLICKING HERE!
“A heartfelt thank you for a fantastic Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Indiegogo launch!” Exclaimed writer-artist Billy Tucci. “Ran is now approaching $40K in the campaign’s first 24 hours, and Deborah and cannot express our humble astonishment and appreciation to everyone who backed the campaign’s faith and support!”
Ran is a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is Tucci’s first and the one that evolved into Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee, Shi. The campaign has already unlocked it first Stretch Goal, the Ran Hardcover Trading Card FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk.
Ran is the character that inspired Tucci’s legendary comic book character, Shi. In the past thirty-years Shi has garnered accolades, sold millions of comics and along with Brian Pulido’s Lady Death and Vampirella, launched the Bad Girl genre.
But Revenge of the Warrior, an all-new, original 48-page, full color graphic novel, explores Tucci’s first creation and in her most raw and savage form.
Set within the violent, neon-lit, Kabukichō district of Tokyo 1993, Revenge of the Warrior details one young woman’s battle for justice against American sex-trafficking, ex-pat killers aligned with the notorious Yakuza crime syndicate.
This sexy, no holds barred, neon-noir samurai macabre that pulls no punches and offers no mercy will be available on the newly reconstructed, Indiegogo until Friday, November 14, 2025.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior is scheduled to launch on Kickstarter, Thursday, November 13th.
PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT ADVENTURE BY CLICKING HERE!
SHI: GATECRASHER FULL FORCE FULFILLMENT & SHIPPING!
Deborah Tucci and crew have been busy as hundreds of Shi: Gatecrasher rewards have been packed up and are shipping out. Crusade Comics continue fulfilling weekly this entire month and into November for Gatecrasher’s 2,687 backers. “I am so proud of how amazing Gatecrasher came out now that fulfillment has begun, cannot wait for you to have it in your hands!” Stated Tucci.
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, Sakura and Gatecrasher. Crusade has also released the collected editions, Shi: Omnibus Vol. Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Way of the Warrior Original Art Edition and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,750,000.00 since 2020.