CRUSADE COMICS 11TH CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN PASSES $30,000.00 IN FIRST FOUR DAYS!
PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT IN HER OWN GRAPHIC NOVEL BY CLICKING HERE!
Momentum carried Billy Tucci’s latest graphic novel, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter Exclusive through its first weekend as fans have propelled the 21-day campaign to just shy of $30,000.00 in returns and 600% over its initial funding goal.
“Ran is a comic that is thirty-five years in the making, as the character is very near and dear to my heart.” Stated writer/artist Tucci. “You never know the fan reaction when a ‘new’ character is introduced to comics, but I couldn’t be more astonished and humbled by the incredible fan reaction to her debut. We hope you’ll support the campaign and push Ran over that hallowed $30K threshold!”
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.
Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter Exclusive launched last Thursday evening and reached its initial funding goal in minutes. Ran’s initial 22-day Indiegogo campaign closed earlier this month with over $75,000.00 in returns unlocking Ran’s first four Stretch Goals; the Ran Hardcover Trading Card, Billy Tucci Ran Mini-Print, Dan Lawlis Gilded Variant Trading Card, and the Leandro Oliveira Black Racer Vinyl Sticker.
Due to Crusade’s exclusive #NoFanLeftBehind campaign strategy, backers on both Indiegogo and Kickstarter mutually benefit from each platform’s stretch goals. All Stretch Goals come FREE to all Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers who pledged for a physical perk.
Fans have already unlocked it first Stretch Goal, the Ran Hardcover Trading Card FREE to all backers who pledged for a physical perk. Crusade has many more Free Stretch Goals scheduled as the campaign continues hitting financial milestones.
This sexy, 48-page, full-color neo-noir samurai epic will be available on Kickstarter until Thursday, December 11, 2025.
SHI: GATECRASHER CONTINUES SHIPPING TO BACKERS!
Meanwhile, Crusade’s Executive Director, Deborah Tucci have delivered another big haul to the USPS as fulfillment continues to Shi: Gatecrasher backers. Thus far over 1600 rewards have been shipped to backers the world-over. “Deb and her team were super busy this past weekend, packing up books to our backers from over forty countries.” Stated Tucci. “I was allowed inside the office today (I’m not usually allowed unless to sign books as she says I’m a “distraction”), to pick them up and drop them off at our local Post Office.”
PLEDGE FOR THE CHARACTER THAT INSPIRED SHI’S DEBUT IN HER OWN GRAPHIC NOVEL BY CLICKING HERE!
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.