January 15, 2003 - Bayport, NY
Crusade Fine Arts Presents The Shi Cover Gallery Trade Paperback

Springtime will herald Crusade Fine Arts' newest publication, The Shi Cover Gallery. A complete catalogue of every Shi comic book ever produced, Gallery is a chronological guide to all issues from 1994's groundbreaking "Way of the Warrior" premier to this year's "Illustrated Warrior" and every foreign and variant edition in between.

"The Cover Gallery is the ultimate guide to the Shi universe." Creator and Publisher Billy Tucci stated. "Building this "bible" of each comic book published by Crusade and others has transformed into the most wonderful trip down memory lane for me."

Gallery will also include detailed issue descriptions, original ship dates, artist's commentary, and a checklist.

But what's most thrilling to Tucci is the fact that Shi's readers will have the chance to contribute their own thoughts on the individual issues themselves in the "Fan's Perspective" section of the page. "Even though I initially created Ana Ishikawa, it is the readers that have given her life and they alone are responsible for her remarkable success." Tucci continued, "To include the names and words of Shi's fans printed on every page is my way to show that Gallery is just as much their book as it is mine."

One of the most popular comic book characters of the past decade, Shi is printed in six languages, has sold more than 4 million comic books worldwide and grossed over 25 million dollars.

Richly printed in full color, the massive 200-plus page Shi Cover Gallery serves as the absolute testament to "SHIstory" and is a must-have for every collector of comic book art, insight and trivia.

The Shi Cover Gallery ships April 2003 and will carry a retail price of $29.99.

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