Broken Frontier

Deborah Tucci, wife of 2011 Eisner Award Nominee Billy Tucci, has been heroically fighting Breast Cancer for the past year. She’s endured three major surgeries, aggressive chemotherapy, and medication.  During that time, the Judi Shesh Memorial Foundation played a huge supportive role in getting the Tucci family through their ordeal.  Now the Tucci’s hope to “pay if forward” with not one, but two limited edition lithographs featuring Billy’s iconic heroine, Ana Ishikawa, to raise breast cancer awareness.

Debuting at Comic Con International in San Diego this week, proceeds from “Life Walk” and “Resolution” will benefit the Judi Shesh Memorial Foundation.  This group is a not-for-profit organization pursuant to Section 501(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code that reaches out to the community and help families affected by breast cancer through the "Families in Need" benefaction. They also maintain a beneficiary relationship with both the Islip Breast Cancer Coalition and Cold Spring Harbor Labs, in pursuit of the common goal of discovery of the cure for breast cancer. As a Foundation, their mission is clear -- to raise money for Breast Cancer Research and assist Breast Cancer Charities in their community.

“I was incredibly touched and stunned by the wonderful generosity and support afforded to my family from the friends of Judi Shesh”.  Stated artist Billy Tucci, who hopes “that we can use comic books as a way to shed some light on our real heroes, the millions of beautiful women fighting cancer everyday, and the amazing people at the Judi Shesh Memorial Foundation who are forever by their side!

Limited to only 399 editions each, both “Life Walk” and “Resolution” are gloriously reproduced on fine Howard linen paper, and measure 11" X 17".  All prints are signed and numbered by Billy and are priced at $24.99.

If you cannot make it to Comic Con, prints are available for purchase on eBay, at http://stores.ebay.com/crusadefinearts.


About Billy Tucci

Billy Tucci is an award-winning illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known for his modern-day samurai fable, Shi.   Through Billy’s Crusade Fine Arts, the multi-Eisner Award nominated Shi has been printed in five languages has sold more than 3 million comic books and grossed over 25 million dollars worldwide.  

Shi has been featured on every major American TV network while also garnering praise in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today.  The character has also crossed over with many comic book icons including Daredevil, Witchblade and Wolverine.

Billy recently went “mainstream” with his hugely successful run on DC Comics’ Sgt. Rock – The Lost Battalion, Jonah Hex, and several other projects including writing and illustrating the 2011 Eisner nominated Batman - A Trick For The Scarecrow.

A graduate of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology, the former US Army paratrooper traveled extensively through France and interviewed dozens of veterans, historians and their families while researching Sgt. Rock.  The US Army flew a flag in his honor over Camp Victory in Iraq and Billy was bestowed the honor of Ambassador by Monsieur Michel Langloix, Vice-President du Conseil General des Vosges in the ancient town of Bruyeres.  In September, he served as the keynote speaker for the heroes of the Lost Battalion battle at the Japanese/American Veterans reunion in Las Vegas.

2011 will see the release of Birds of Prey with Marc Andreyko and a collaboration with Ben McCool on Alexander Nevsky for Trident Media/IDW publishing, and several other projects including a new Shi Christmas one shot and his Boys of Company Z for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote the screenplay for Shi - The Motion Picture with Kevin Bernhardt and will serve as Executive Producer for Mimi Polk Gitlin’s Lion Eyes Entertainment.