Shi - Way of the Warrior 1
Shi - Way of the Warrior 1
| Front cover T5Y002 | Back Cover | First Page | "Fate!" |
March 1994 - Tucci Cover Tucci: Story, script, and pencils. Barry Orkin: colors. Peter Gutierrez: script
See the Lithograph, and the poster |
Barry Orkin back cover illustration. John & Mary Beth Tartaglione - production. (She did the lettering on the first razor/shi) |
Some flack in some publications for starting with a nude image. Harvey Mercadoocasio: Inks |
The copyright in the lower left hand corner says Tucci/Orkin, 1993. The same art was used for the cover of the alternate German edition. Appears below as the cover of the re-issued ashcan |
| Fan Appreciation Editions
April 1995 T5Y11 |
The virgin edition with a gold fold logo (scanned sort of black) T5Y12 | Antiquities Edition - issued in early 2002 | |
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| this is a poster | #52/199 - $ 100 retail |
Centerfolds - found in the fan appreciation issues
| Tucci | Silvestri | Tucci/Palmiotti |
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| Silvestri alternate cover to WOTW 5 | note there are 5 fingers, plus a thumb, on the right
hand. Seems to me this happened elsewhere with Billy.
This is the cover for the WOTW TPB |
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Commemorative/Ashcan - B&W interior
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the ashcan | Ashcan reissued in 2000- same interior. #276 of 399. Faded colors are not well represented here. |
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November 1998
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Credits read a little different - Gutierrez is listed as co-author. unsigned, and 09/200, 32/200 |
Inks are by Orkin (1-4, 9), Mercadoocasio (5, 8, 10-32), and Tucci
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The WOTW 3 wrap-around cover as a poster |
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Just for fun - take a look at Deborah Tucci (or Mrs. William Tucci, if you like), posing for the first cover (from boom boom- link broke)
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Mandy Amano is a friend of Billy's and modeled not only for that cover, but also for the cover of Ju-Nen #4: | Yah. The most obvious differences are the
part in her lips & the sword. The sword has several differences... the
shape of the Tsuba(hand guard), the Kashira(butt cap) on one & the
kabuto-gane (same but longer) on the other, the Tsuka-Ito (handle braid)
is 11 on one handle & 14 on the other, one has a minor Fuchi (collar)
built into the tsuba while the other has a proper Fuchi @ the base of the
Tsuka. It almost looks like a Katana was used in one & a Tachi was
used in the other, but that could be my imagination. If you examine real
close, you'll notice several of the hairs hanging in front are different
as well. Her left eyebrow is more pronounced in the graphite & the
shape @ the outside edge (I know there is a term in modeling for it) of
the right brow differs slightly.
Delvie |
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