CAMPAIGN BECOMES CRUSADE’S FASTEST EVER KICKSTARTER SUCCESS WITH RETURNS TOPPING
$90,000.00 IN FIRST 100 HOURS!
JUST CLICK HERE FOR THE SHI OMNIBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN!
Momentum continues for Crusade Comics’ 12th Kickstarter campaign, Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! as backers from around the world propelled the 500-page, hardcover edition to over $90,000.00 in total returns after its first weekend and solidify it as Shi-creator Billy Tucci’s biggest crowdfunding launch to date!
Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! is a full-Color, Premium-Formatted Omnibus collecting Shi’s fan-favorite crossovers and guest appearances as the multi-Eisner nominee is paired with the world’s most prolific characters from mainstream and independent comics.
90,000 STRETCH GOAL UNLOCKED: GOLD AND SPOT FOIL COVER ACCENTS
Now that Shi Omnibus Vol.2: The Crossovers! has surpassed $90,000 in pledges, Crusade Comics Executive Director, Deborah Tucci has announced the books first Stretch Goal.
“Thank you, Kickstarter!” Exclaimed Deborah. This has been our most incredible first weekend ever and Billy and I astonished the fan support from around the world!s 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!
Shi Omnibus Volume 2: The Crossovers! collects hundreds of pages 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 SHI OMNIBUS VOL. 2: THE CROSSOVERS KICKSTARTER IS NOW LIVE – PLEASE CLICK HERE!
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.