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William Tucci is an illustrator,
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, and
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best known for his creator-owned title and character, '' Shi''.


Career

Tucci founded Crusade Comics in Bayport, New York Its flagship title, '' Shi'', debuted in March 1994. Publisher
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's character
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and David Mack's character
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debuted in ''Shi'' before going on to their own titles. Tucci wrote and illustrated ''Shi: Return of the Warrior" and wrote "Zombie-Sama!'', a comedy graphic novel with illustrator John Broglia, both published by Crusade Fine Arts. In 2006 Tucci began pencilling
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'', and DC's VS cards, and later on the DC series ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Flash Vs. Superman'' and ''
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''. He also released the 576-page ''Definitive Shi, the Illustrated Warrior.'' In 2007, ''Shi'' also had a
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with
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's ''
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/Shi'' through
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, and with
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's ''
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'' through IDW Publishing.
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produced a 200-page hardbound ''Art of Shi'' coffee table book showcasing several artists' take on the character. Other ''Shi'' projects include a full color ''Zombie-sama!'' TPB with John Broglia and ''Definitive Shi Vol. 2''. Tucci produced a six-part miniseries for DC, '' Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion'', which premiered November 2008. In researching the series, Tucci spent time with a
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reenactment in
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, portraying a war correspondent, and during his research in France, officials gave him the title of "Ambassador, de la region de Bruyeres". ''The Lost Battalion'' received the 2011 "Artistic/Graphical" Gold Medal in the Fiction-Thriller category from the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA). In 2011, Tucci's "Batman: A Trick For The Scarecrow", which appeared in the ''DCU Halloween Special 2010'', was nominated for the
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. As partner of Apostle Arts LLC, Tucci created ''Billy Tucci's A Child is Born'', a 32-page graphic novella for Christmas 2011, adapted from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The book won a Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award in 2013.


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Billy Tucci and Crusade Fine Arts
official website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tucci, Billy American comics writers Living people American writers of Italian descent Year of birth missing (living people)