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SHI: GATECRASHER ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!

SHI: GATECRASHER ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!

SHI: GATECRASHER ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!

SHI: GATECRASHER ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!

SHI: GATECRASHER ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL!

Shi battles her way through comics' history, trends, and genres featuring Coffin Comics' Lady Death!

Shi battles her way through comics' history, trends, and genres featuring Coffin Comics' Lady Death!

Shi battles her way through comics' history, trends, and genres featuring Coffin Comics' Lady Death!

Shi battles her way through comics' history, trends, and genres featuring Coffin Comics' Lady Death!

Deborah Tucci
Deborah Tucci
Deborah Tucci
Deborah Tucci
10 Campaigns |
Bayport, United States
$93,040 USD by 902 backers
$84,613 USD by 807 backers on Dec 7, 2024
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​​A four-color epic where Shi battles her way through comics' history, decades, and genres featuring Brian Pulido's Lady Death and the world's greatest characters!

STRETCH GOALS UNLOCKED!

Everyone who backs a physical perk will receive the following Stretch Goal Rewards FREE!

  • 1ST 24-HOURS REWARD: FREE SHI, LADY DEATH & TARPE MILLS' BADGIRLS 8"X5" HEAVY VINYL STICKER TO ALL BACKERS WHO CHOSE A PHYSICAL PERK: UNLOCKED!
  • $55K STRETCH GOAL: EXPAND SHI: GATECRASHER FROM 48 TO 56 PAGES: UNLOCKED!
  • $60K STRETCH GOAL: FREE GATECRASHER DIGITAL EDITION TO ALL BACKERS WHO PLEDGE FOR A PHYSICAL PERK: UNLOCKED!
  • $65K STRETCH GOAL: "EVERYBODY CHARLESTON" MINI PRINT: UNLOCKED!
  • $75K STRETCH GOAL: ART THIBERT SHI EDITION TRADING CARD:  UNLOCKED!
  • $80K STRETCH GOAL: BILLY TUCCI SHI/RAN TRADING CARD:  UNLOCKED!
  • $85K: "EVERYBODY CHARELSTON ROUGH CUT EDITION TRADING CARD: UNLOCKED!
  • $90K STRETCH GOAL: RENIE STRYCHALSKI TRADING CARD: UNLOCKED!
  • STRETCH GOAL: STAN SAKAI USAGI YOJIMBO/SHI TRADING CARD: UNLOCKED!
  • STRETCH GOAL:  RAN DEBUT BOOKMARK: UNLOCKED!
  • STRETCH GOAL: ROB LIEFELD EDITION ACTUAL METAL TRADING CARDUNLOCKED!

 

Lady Death and related logos, characters, and distinctive likeness is a registered trademark of Lady Death, LLC. Used with permission.

In Gatecrasher, Ana Ishikawa, (allied with RAN, Billy Tucci's original concept for SHI) finds herself trapped within comic book time and must battle through a cartoonist’s history to find her way back to her daughter, Hotaru.

Starting in 1938 (and perhaps earlier!), Shi: Gatecrasher takes the reader on an amazing adventure across comics’ incredible decades, trends, and genres. A funny book fantasy that sees Ana and Ran encountering, war, westerns, horror, apes, nazis, space vixens, superheroes, romance, robots, dinosaurs, commies, cartoons, crime, bad girls, zombies and even the seduction of the innocent!

 

Renie Strychalski's Striking Variant Cover Image!

Along the way the pair will stand side by side with the world’s greatest indie and public domain heroes before coming face to face with Brian Pulido’s iconic LADY DEATH!

Based on the Story by Billy Tucci and writer J.C. Vaughn and illustrated by Tucci, Leandro Oliveira and Brian Miller with lettering by Mindy Lopkin, Shi: Gatecrasher is literally the “destroy all monsters” of comic book character collision!

LADY DEATH, SHI AND TARPE' MILLS SHOWCASE THE GREATEST "BAD GIRLS" COVER OF ALL TIME!

In a loving homage to Jim Lee's legendary X-Men #268, Gatecrasher's premium-formatted, Special Hardcover Edition features the one who started it all, June Tarpe' Mills' immortal icon, ready for action with Shi and the world's greatest, Brian Pulido's Lady Death!

EVERY BACKER WHO PLEDGES FOR A PHYSICAL PERK IN THE CAMPAIGN'S FIRST 24-HOURS RECEIVES A FREE 5" X 8" HARDCOVER ARTWORK VINYL STICKER!

SUPERSTAR VARIANT COVERS!

Gatecrasher features several striking variant covers by comic book greats, Art Thibert, Renie Strychalski and Shi-creator Billy Tucci.

And as a added bonus, four-color legends also join #TeamShi with multi-Eisner award winner, Stan Sakai and superstar Rob Liefeld lending their extraordinary talents as they cover Shi for the very first time!

ROB LIEFELD VARIANT EDITTION!

We are honored to have Image Comics co-founder and Deadpool creator, the king of kinetic energy art and creation, Rob Liefeld gracing us with his first ever Shi cover! This limited edition, striking cover features Shi in all her glory wielding ancient steel stained with blood. Stunningly Liefeldian!

"EVERYBODY CHARLESTON" VARIANT COVER BY BILLY TUCCI!

The Shi-creator and colorist Brian Miller capture everyone's favorite hotsy-totsy, Ana Ishikawa in all her 1920's flapper glory dancing up a storm with these plane crazy public domain icons making their comic book debut with the "Everybody Charleston" variant! It's truly is the cat's meow of covers, celebrating everyone's favorites! Ha-Cha!

 

 

Billy Tucci's Ran and Shi Variant Edition!

Billy Tucci's timeless heroine meets her original inception in this historic cover that questions what might have been!

THE FIRST AND ONLY USAGI YOJIMBO/SHI MASH UP COVER EVERY BY STAN SAKAI!

Multi-Eisner Award winner, Stan Sakai has been gracious enough to grant one of Billy Tucci's dreams to come true... a Usagi Yojimbo/Shi cover! Stan is one of the world's greatest cartoonists and a personal hero to Billy, and now you too can possess one of, if not the most sensational samurai comic book covers of all time illustrated by the legend himself!

 

RENIE STRYCHALSKI'S DANGEROUS GOLDEN AGE COVER

Fiendish creator and artist extraordinaire, Irene Strychalski illustrated and colored this dynamically dangerous variant cover of Shi and Ran twisting and twirling through a golden age battle of freedom and fate!

 

ART THIBERT'S SHI DEFIANT VARIANT COVER!

 Creator of Chrono Mechanics, Black & White, fellow Brofessional and CG King Art Thibert delivers this timeless visage of everyone's favorite Sohei warrior readying herself for mortal combat!

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METAL, JEWELED, FOIL AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY LIMITED SPECIAL EDITIONS!

You asked for it and we delivered! Check out our "rarest of the rare" specialty editions that include extremely limited actual metal editions, jeweled editions, foil editions and more!

SHI: GATECRASHER ROUGH CUT EDITION!

The fan-favorite returns featuring all 48 original art pencils by Billy Tucci and J.C. Vaughn's "first draft" script. This B/W limited edition captures Gatecrasher in its purest essence!

 BILLY TUCCI GATECRASHER BLANK COVER SKETCH EDITION!

Limited to just 25 one-of-a-kind editions, Shi creator Billy Tucci will personally illustrate a unique cover! No two are the same!

LIMITED EDITION SHI: GATECRASHER PURE SILVER COLLECTOR'S BAR!

In partnership with CoinsTV, we are proud to present our most prestigious perk! Limited to just 99 editions and offered exclusively to our Indiegogo backers, these .999 pure silver collector bars come encased in a sealed acrylic capsule and include a cetificate of authenticity. Gracing the face of the bar is Billy Tucci's VERY FIRST Shi concept illustration (then titled, "Ran", created back in 1990! The price of silver is truly a constant and these limited collector bars will not last!

CYBER MONDAY SPECIAL: THE SHI: GATECRASHER BAD GIRLS REMARQUE PRINT!

Billy Tucci's Bad Girl's Print with sample Remarque

What We Need & What You Get!

  • We're basically looking for $5,000 to pay creative costs, print the books, purchase our shipping supplies, hire our fulfillment team and help with the costs of our reduced shipping charges. 
  • We're also offering our most exciting and unique perks ever featuring the artwork by some of comics most popular creators.

The Impact:

  • The fans have spoken, and we’ve listened and are proud to offer Shi: Gatecrasher!
  • We are humbled and incredibly moved by the continued support we’ve received from the comics’ community from our Indiegogo campaigns.

Risks & Challenges:

  • Every campaign comes with risks, but this is our TENTH Indiegogo campaign and we've successfully hit all our flexible goals in the past and pride ourselves on delivering every past project and of our exceptional fulfillment record.  We consider Shi fans as family, our backers are our Tucci Troopers and we have always been open and ready to share any insights into the risks and obstacles faced on the way to achieving our goal.
  • #TeamShi is fully qualified and ready to overcome any unforeseen hurdles.
  • We strive to have the very best customer service in answering any questions and finding solutions to solve any challenges.

Other Ways You Can Help:

Of course we understand that not everyone can contribute, but that doesn't mean you can't help. We are humbled and incredibly moved by the continued support we’ve received from the comics’ community for our Indiegogo campaigns and appreciate if any help getting the word out about Shi: Gatecrasher  and make some noise about the campaign via your social media and the Indiegogo share tools!

Again, THANK YOU for you amazing support in the past. We love our Indiegogo community and the fact that they have literally changed our lives. We have always appreciated your incredible faith and support and will never, ever, let you down.

#ShiStrong

Billy and Deborah Tucci

 

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ROB LIEFELD BUNDLE
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ROB LIEFELD BUNDLE

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DIGITAL SHI: GATECRASHER

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SHI:GATECRASHER BLANK COVER

SHI:GATECRASHER BLANK COVER

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SHI:GATECRASHER ROUGH CUT

SHI:GATECRASHER ROUGH CUT

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SHI-RAN CHALLENGE COIN

SHI-RAN CHALLENGE COIN

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TUCCI’S RAN AND SHI VARIANT

TUCCI’S RAN AND SHI VARIANT

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TUCCI’S EVERYBODY CHARLESTON!!

TUCCI’S EVERYBODY CHARLESTON!!

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STRYCHALSKI’S VARIANT  COVER

STRYCHALSKI’S VARIANT COVER

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ART THIBERT’S VARIANT COVER

ART THIBERT’S VARIANT COVER

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STAN SAKAI’S VARIANT  COVER

STAN SAKAI’S VARIANT COVER

$30 USD
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GATECRASHER T-SHIRT (S-XL)

GATECRASHER T-SHIRT (S-XL)

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ROB LIEFELD’S VARIANT COVER

ROB LIEFELD’S VARIANT COVER

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GATECRASHER T-SHIRT (2X-3X)

GATECRASHER T-SHIRT (2X-3X)

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SHI-GATECRASHER HARD COVER

SHI-GATECRASHER HARD COVER

$50 USD
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GATECRASHER REMARQUE PRINT

GATECRASHER REMARQUE PRINT

$50 USD
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STRYCHALSKI HOLOCHROME EDITION

STRYCHALSKI HOLOCHROME EDITION

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ART THIBERT’S HOLOCHROME COVER

ART THIBERT’S HOLOCHROME COVER

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SHI CHARLESTON JEWEL AND FOIL

SHI CHARLESTON JEWEL AND FOIL

$70 USD
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RAN SILVER BAR

RAN SILVER BAR

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SHI:GATECRASHER SKETCH COVER

SHI:GATECRASHER SKETCH COVER

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TUCCI TRIO

TUCCI TRIO

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GATECRASHER PRINT GALLERY

GATECRASHER PRINT GALLERY

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STAN SAKAI’S HD METAL COVER

STAN SAKAI’S HD METAL COVER

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ROB LIEFELD’S METAL COVER

ROB LIEFELD’S METAL COVER

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SHI-GATECRASHER SKECTCH H/C

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SHI-GATECRASHER METAL EDITION

SHI-GATECRASHER METAL EDITION

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SHI-GATECRASHER METAL/JEWEL ED

SHI-GATECRASHER METAL/JEWEL ED

$180 USD
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LUCKY SEVEN

LUCKY SEVEN

$200 USD
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KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTION

KALEIDOSCOPE COLLECTION

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GATECRASHER LIBRARY

GATECRASHER LIBRARY

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GATECRASHER FEATURED BYSTANDER
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GATECRASHER FEATURED BYSTANDER

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I WANT IT ALL!!
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I WANT IT ALL!!

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BE A SUPERHERO IN GATECRASHER!
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BE A SUPERHERO IN GATECRASHER!

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ORIGINAL GATECRASHER COVER ART
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ORIGINAL GATECRASHER COVER ART

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