Date: Nov 2004

Cover Price: $24.95

Publisher: Crusade Comics

Description 

Never published.

Alex Ross, Jim Lee, George Perez, Joe Quesada, and Frank Frazetta join many of comics' greatest to celebrate Shi's 10th Anniversary with this prestigious coffee table book. In the format and spirit of The Art of Sin City and The Art of Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics and Shi creator Billy Tucci are proud to present over 200 immortal illustrations featuring one of the industry's most visually stunning and successful creations. This hardbound edition is the ultimate Shi collection and a must have for any fan of comics history. 

June 11, 2005 08:30 pm

I ran across this listing on various online book store, it said that it was released last November 2004, but I've never seen it. In fact, darkhorse.com does not even list this book in their vast catalog. Any idea what's with this book ?

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THE ART OF SHI
by: Billy Tucci

Book Description

Alex Ross, Jim Lee, George Perez, Joe Quesada, and Frank Frazetta join many of comics' greatest to celebrate Shi's 10th Anniversary with this prestigious coffee table book. In the format and spirit of The Art of Sin City and The Art of Hellboy, Dark Horse Comics and Shi creator Billy Tucci are proud to present over 200 immortal illustrations featuring one of the industry's most visually stunning and successful creations. This hardbound edition is the ultimate Shi collection and a must have for any fan of comics history.

Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781593071899
ISBN: 1593071892
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: 2004-11
Publisher: Dark Horse

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Here is an old interview with Billy Tucci, who mentioned the book in 2003:

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HE SAYS, SHI SAYS
Monday, June 14, 2003

5 Questions With...Billy Tucci

When it came time to revive his signature creation, Billy Tucci decided to get back on the Horse. Forgoing self-publishing to concentrate on creative affairs, Tucci brought Shi, an independent comic hit for over a decade, back to the comics landscape on April 14 with Shi: Ju-Nen #1. This new mini-series finds Ana Ishikawa returning to her native Japan to thwart a war between factions of the Sohei secret society and will introduce readers to the mythos around the deadly warrior.

(excerpt)

Do you have any new Shi projects planned after Ju-Nen?
We’re talking to Dark Horse about doing a regular monthly Shi series next year. And this summer, I think we have two new Shi action figures coming through Dark Horse. We’re also doing the Art of Shi coffee table book.

Is it your work found inside or other artists?
Pretty much everyone who’s anyone in the comic industry has done Shi: George Pérez, [Frank] Frazetta, Jim Lee, Marc Silvestri, Geof Darrow. So I have all that going on, plus I have time for a house and a family. I’m the luckiest guy in the world.

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