Shi Creator Covers New Stoker & Wells: Graphic Novel on Kickstarter – Final 48 Hours to Back!
HIGHEST PLEDGE GETS THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND BILLY TUCCI ORIGINAL VAMPIRE ROUGH!
BILLY TUCCI’S LIMITED 9″ X 6″ FULL COLOR MINI PRINT – FREE!
Billy Tucci has provided a special variant cover to Shi: Return of the Warrior Trilogy writer Steven Peros’ Stoker & Wells: The Ashes of Revenge Kickstarter.
Limited to just 150 editions, the cover features Ashes of Revenge’s heroine, Mina in a battle to the death with a gorgeously wicked vampire.
The critically acclaimed graphic novel series, STOKER & WELLS, explores what might have happened if horror/sci-fi authors Bram Stoker and H.G. Wells had met in Victorian England before writing their famous novels. The first book in the series, written by Steven Peros and illustrated by Barry Orkin, features colors by Chris Summers and Estudio Haus and lettering by Marshall Dillon.
Amasia Entertainment (founded by the former President of Marvel Studios) was knocked out by the first book and have been developing it as a series for TV and the streamers.
For the campaign’s final 48 hours, an appreciative perk exclusively offered to Kickstarter backers will be that the next 20 pledges for $25.00 or more will receive a signed 6×9 mini-poster of Billy Tucci’s Variant Cover for Book 1. As a special one-of-a-kind bonus perk, the highest backer from now until the campaign ends Friday morning will receive Billy’s unused 11×17 rough pencil sketch for his Book 2 Variant Cover!
Stoker & Wells Kickstarter can be found here:
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Multi-Eisner Award Nominee Contributes Original Rocketeer Story To IDW’s “Comics For Ukraine: An Anthology Book Against War
Comics For Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds is a benefit anthology featuring an All-Star Lineup of comic book creators, with all proceeds being donated to Ukrainian refugees.
Shi creator Billy Tucci has contributed a six-page short story to CFU, The Rocketeer: Pavlichenko featuring Dave Stevens’ classic hero encountering legendary Ukrainian sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko in the Crimean Mountains. “Lyudmila is not just the most recognized female sniper of World War II but perhaps the greatest sniper in history.” Tucci stated. “It is an honor to remind today’s readers of this true-life Wonder Woman and her gallant heroism in the face of invasion.
To further the cause, Crusade Comics is proud to offer a limited Rocketeer sketch bundle ($140.00 US), which includes:
• “Comics for Ukraine” hard cover
• Interior Classic Rocketeer helmet illustration by Billy Tucci
• TWO 11”x17” Rocketeer Prints in hard plastic top loader
ONLY 20 bundles are available HERE:
https://billytucci.com/store-3/
Alex Ross, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Stan Sakai and Kurt Busiek are among the three-dozen writers and artists involved in the fundraising effort created by IDW Publishing’s Senior Editor and Director, Special Projects, Scott Dunbier.
The 128-page full-color graphic novel has so far raised over $160,000.00 to Operation USA (www.opusa.org).
The Crusade Comics Rocketeer bundles will ship in September.
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 has earned the prestigious Diamond Comics Gem Award and has been nominated for four Eisner Awards. 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 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 and Zombie-Sama via Kickstarter and Indiegogo uniting backers from over fifty countries and bringing Crusade Comics’ crowdfunding campaign totals to over $1,375,000.00.