CRUSADE COMICS’ LATEST CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN IS NOW EXPANDED TO A 56-PAGE “FLIP BOOK” FEATURING THE DEBUT OF A BRAND-NEW CHARACTER, “MORTUARY MICHELLE” (GUEST STARRING SHI) WITH ALL-NEW COVER BY BILLY TUCCI
FAN SUPPORT PUSHES RAN PAST $150,000.00 IN TOTAL INDIEGOGO AND KICKSTARTER RETURNS!
Due to enthusiastic Indiegogo and Kickstarter fan support, Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1 has unlocked its final Stretch Goal, expanding the 48-page graphic novel to 56 pages. The $150K Stretch Goal affords all backers with an additional 10-page bonus story marking the debut of an all-new character, MORTUARY MICHELLE!
Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0 is a dark, goth fantasy introducing the world to the supernatural siren that also guest stars Tucci’s iconic Shi! Written by J.C. Vaughn(Shi: Gatecrasher), illustrated by Celso and colors by Hi-Fi Colour Design.
All Ran/Mortuary Michelle books, (including foil variants) will now have two yin-and-yang covers; the offered Revenge of the Warrior covers on one side and Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening on the other. The only cover perk that will not feature Mortuary Michelle flip cover is the Walter Simonson Wrap Around Special Edition, but Crusade will include an exclusive MM cover mini print inside each issue.
“Mortuary Michelle also guest stars Shi, who’s on board to help launch this incredible adventure, and I have to say, my cover has to one of my favorites of all time” Stated Ran creator, Billy Tucci. “I want to thank all our backers for their continued support, and next week we’ll showcase some pages from Spectral Awakening and announce our final perk, The Ran/Mortuary Michelle Double-Metal Hardcover Flip Book Edition” produced by using two sheets of actual stainless steel!
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR ALL RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR INDIEGOGO BACKERS!
BOOK IS GOING TO THE PRINTER IN A FEW WEEKS AND IT’S TIME TO COMPLETE YOUR PLEDGE AND CONFIRM SHIPPING!
RAN SHIPPING APPROVAL NEEDED!
Partners!
First off, thank you for supporting Ran: Revenge of the Warrior #1. Everyone on #TeamRan has been working extremely hard finishing up this wonderful project and it will be heading off to the printer this month. As of now, we still have almost 150 backers for this project who have yet to approve their shipping charge and confirm your shipping address. Please do so, it is easy! Being that Ran Indiegogo is now in Pledge Manager mode, all new backers will automatically check out with shipping and address confirmation. Kickstarter backers need not worry about this stage as you are all set!
HOW TO USE INDIEGOGO’S PLEDGE MANAGER TOOL
Now it is time for all our backers to confirm their orders, addresses and approve shipping costs. Deborah and I realize the new Indiegogo platform has been a bit of challenge with one of the new additions being the need to accept the shipping charges and verify your shipping address during the “pledge manager” phase.
IGG has sent out emails, however there are still over 300 backers that have not accepted the shipping charges and verified their addresses. You have already paid for your pledges so PLEASE take a moment and check your emails from IGG.
The title of the email (Sent on April 22, 2026) should be: “Pledge manager for RAN: REVENGE OF THE WARRIOR is open.”
Open the email and click “COMPLETE YOUR PLEDGE.” From there, I believe it’s “ADD TO YOUR ORDER” (or something like that). From there you should see your address as listed and what the shipping charges will be. I have kept shipping the same for this campaign even though the rates have gone up, so there will be no surprises for anyone that has backed us before.
OVERSEAS VAT CHARGES!
I have heard from a few of our overseas backers that they have seen VAT charges where there shouldn’t be for their country, or that they were higher than they should be. I contacted IGG about this and they assured me that those have all been adjusted.
We are all getting used to it and Deborah’s been in contact with our wonderful IGG representative which resulted in a far more streamlined and dare I say “retro” backing process that harks back to Indiegogo’s simpler and efficient methods which will be enacted for our next IGG, SHI OMINBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS! Launching next month.
Again, our apologies for this being so difficult, but rest assure that these have been resolved going forward on future campaigns.
I truly appreciate your support and your attention to this matter.
Domo Arigato!
Billy Tucci
Ps. You are going to love Ran: Revenge of the Warrior as it has been expanded from 48 to 56 pages and will now be a FLIP BOOK with an additional 10-page story Mortuary Michelle: Spectral Awakening #0!