CAMPAIGN SMASHES ALL CROWDFUNDING RECORDS TO BECOME CRUSADE’S FASTEST EVER KICKSTARTER SUCCESS WITH RETURNS TOPPING $80,000.00 IN FIRST FULL DAY!
JUST CLICK HERE FOR THE SHI OMNIBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!
Crusade Comics launched the Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter last night at 7pm EST and reached it $7,000.00 funding goal in one minute! Backers from around the world propelled the Long Island publisher’s 13th Kickstarter to over $80,000.00 in returns in less than 24-hours, making the 500-page hardcover Crusade’s biggest launch to date!
Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! is Full-Color, Premium-Formatted, Hard Cover Omnibus collecting Shi’s fan-favorite crossovers and guest appearances. In Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! Billy Tucci’s multi-Eisner Award nominee has been paired with comic industry’s most prolific characters from mainstream and independent comics.
TITLES FEATURED IN THE OMNIBUS INCLUDE:
• Funnytime Features #7 (First official Shi crossover! January 1995)
• Cyblade/Shi #1: Battle for Independents #1 (August 1995)
• Shi/Cyblade #1: Battle for Independents Pt. 2 (September 1995)
• Lethargic Comics #12 (October 1995)
• Grifter/Shi: Final Rites #1–2 (April/May 1996)
• Tomoe/Witchblade #1: Fire Sermon (September 1996)
• Daredevil/Shi #1: Honor Thy Mother Pt. 1 (January 1996)
• Shi/Daredevil #1 Honor Thy Mother Pt. 2 (February 1997)
• Weirdsville #5 (February 1997)
• Vampirella/Shi #1 (July 1997)
• Shi/Vampirella #1 (Part 2, October 1997)
• Shi/Wolverine: Dark Night of Judgment (2000)
• Shi: Gatecrasher (August 2025)
Plus, appearances, original pencil and ink art, cameos, parodies, game participation and MORE… lots and lots more!
“Our biggest first day ever!” Exclaimed Tucci. “Deborah [Tucci, Crusade’s Executive Director] and I are humbled by the worldwide support from Kickstarter fans! Quite simply, the Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! launch has been our greatest ever and it looks like we’ll have to expand to book to add even more content! Stay tuned for our first Stretch Goal Announcement!” All accrued Stretch Goals are FREE to all backers who choose a physical perk.
Shi Omnibus Volume 2: The Crossovers! collects over 21 issues, appearances and cameos of SHI, celebrating cooperative publishing of this renown character from 1993 to the present. Originally brought to you by legendary creators the likes of Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Beau Smith, Peter David, Warren Ellis, Louis Small Jr., Mark Morales, Whilce Portacio, Stan Sakai, Travis Charest, J. Scott Campbell, Rob Liefeld, Franco, David Finch, David Mack, Joe Quesada, Terry Moore, Jeff Smith, Steven Bissette, Bruce Timm, Gary Cohn, Adam Hughes, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner and more, Crusade Comics has spared no expense in delivering you this incredible, oversized collection.
Every story page has been digitally re-mastered from the original files and comic book pages and chock full of extra, never before published content including original art pages!
The Omnibus is nothing sort of astonishing and represents an important piece of comics history while illustrating the true influence Shi has had on the comic industry as evident through these impressive pairings.
“At over 500 pages, this collection is going to be BIG!” continued Tucci. “Yet another combined piece of comics history that we have loved creating, remastering and collecting. Please join our crusade and harken back to the days when comics were fun and thought provoking. We promise, you’re going to love Shi: Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers!”
THE SHI OMNIBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE – PLEASE CLICK HERE!
COME SEE BILLY TUCCI, GRAHAM NOLAN AND ANDY SMITH AT COLISEUM COMICS IN FLORIDA THIS WEEKEND!
Join comic legends, Andy Smith, Graham Nolan and Billy Tucci for a personal store signing at Coliseum of Comics in Kissimmee, Florida this Saturday, November 7th at 2pm! Evening Festivities will be topped off with a Cigar Bar Party starting at 7pm! All three of the “Brofessionals” will be offering comics, prints, autographs and sketches 2511 Old Vineland Rd, Kissimmee, FL 34746. See you there!
About Billy Tucci
Inkpot Award recipient and Eisner Award winner 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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award. In addition to his own creations, Billy’s DC Comics’ graphic novel, Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, was awarded the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for its depiction of the real-life 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was comprised of the US Army’s segregated 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. He recently released Shi: Return of the Warrior, Shi: Haikyo, Shi: Sakura, Shi: Way of the Warrior Omnibus, Shi: Senryaku Omnibus, Shi: Gatecrasher, Zombie-Sama and Ran: Revenge of the Warrior via Kickstarter, Indiegogo, Zoop and Back Me Bro, uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign gross totals to over $2,000,000.00.