LIMITED TO JUST 200 COPIES THE REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR NEWSPRINT EDITION’S COVER PEAKS THE IMAGINATION!
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Ran: Revenge of the Warrior writer/artist Billy Tucci has just unveiled the exclusive cover to his latest Kickstarter and fans just can’t seem to get enough! Serenely staring at the reader, Tucci’s Japanese femme-fatale is set amidst a sea of falling plum blossoms colored by the incredible Wes Hartman. What makes this exclusive so special is that it’s limited to just 200 copies, but more striking is that the edition will be printed on newsprint.
“Had I printed Ran in 1993, as opposed to printing Shi in 1994, chances are that the book would have been printed on newsprint.” Stated Tucci. “To me, the greatest comics of all time have been printed on newsprint, and now to have the chance to produce a very limited and very special edition of Ran as if it were thirty-year’s ago, is an opportunity I couldn’t pass up.”
Unlike classic comics of the past, today’s newsprint is completely different. Crusade has partnered with Alterna Comics and their own inhouse printing press that brings the old standard into the 21st Century via the latest technology and paper standards.
JUST NINE DAYS REMAIN FOR THE RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR AT KICKSTARTER
With a little over a week remaining, momentum continues pushing Ran: Revenge of the Warrior Kickstarter towards crowdfunding success as 450 fans from over 20 countries have propelled the 21-day campaign’s first five days returns to over $33,000.00 and 600% over its initial fundinag goal. That number, added to Ran’s initial Indiegogo campaign in October, now sees Tucci’s original character that evolved into Shi total returns at over $108,000.00 and nears 1,300 backers.
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SHI: GATECRASHER FULFILLMENT CONTINUES
Crusade Comics continued throughout the Thanksgiving weekend packing up Shi: Gatecrasher rewards. Crusade’s Executive Director, Deborah Tucci and crew have been very busy fulfilling the rewards for the 2,600-plus backers from over 20 countries. Fulfillment will continue throughout the month of December when fulfillment is complete and closed.
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 $1,800,000.00 since 2020.