Alright folks, gather 'round! Your friendly neighborhood artist, Steve Rude (the one with the crippling art supply habit!), is back with a brand new sketchbook project: The Art of Steve Rude 2025 Sketchbook!
This bad boy's hitting crowdfunding in January, and lemme tell ya, art supplies ain't cheap. That's why your support is golden!
Speaking of gold, be sure to check out our Patreon page – those dedicated dudes and dudettes get some special deals during the launch.
And hey, while you're at it, head over to our launch page (www.steverude.com/2025skb) and sign up for the Backerkit livestream! We'll be dishing all the juicy details about the sketchbook and maybe even throw in a few laughs.
Now, to keep this humble dude motivated, let's hear it! What kind of goodies would make YOU excited for the next crowdfunder? Hit that poll and let your freak flag fly! (Select all that apply)
We just wanted to let everyone know that work on the comic is currently underway, and to say thank you to everyone for their patience. We joined onto the comictopia project on rather short notice, but during the campaign it became clear that while we love Backerkit for our fulfillment solution, we've just built up too much of a an audience on Kickstarter to try and move everyone over here. So we will be launching issue 1, the full issue, over on Kickstarter next month, and we will have enough art to finalize assembly of the ashcan very soon.
Artist Antonio Baldari also had to take on another gig unexpectedly but is back working on CSR, and also contributed this awesome cover for the upcoming full length issue.
So hopefully if everything lines up right, you will have the ashcans in hand just as everyone is starting to talk about the first issue, before it goes to press. This will also get a wide circulation through comic book stores nation/world-wide, making this limited ashcan release something special. As soon as the new kickstarter pre-launch page is live we will share that too. More to come soon!
Thank you to all who've helped bring Indiginerds to life! We're happy to report that as of right now the shipments are completely fulfilled-- save for a few stragglers that have not completed their surveys!
If this is you, please be sure to get that done by May 22nd as that is the final call period for a few titles of ours!
If you do not receive your package, or are having issues with your survey, let us know!! We're available at [email protected] and will reply to emails issued there faster than comments left here on BackerKit.
We've officially completed the shipping for our 2025 Art of Steve Rude book! If you haven't received a shipping notification you're in one of these catagories:
(1) PAY OVER TIME
If you chose to pay over time your final split payment is next week. At that time you will need to complete your checkout including paying for shipping. We will email you around May 1st so please watch your inbox.
(2) INTERNATIONAL - SHIPPING DUE
If you are International we have gone over all the orders and emailed you options for final shipping due.
(3) CHECKOUT NEVER COMPLETED
If you never completed checkout then you probably have a balance due or we need your shipping address. If you're in this group we've sent you at least 3 emails. We will hold your order for 90 days then restock it.
THIS STARTED AS A REPRINT, BUT IT'S BECOMING IT'S OWN BOOK!
If you already have the "How to Draw the Animated Nexus" this new book will be all new! Launching on Free Comic Book Day, first weekend backers will not only receive a FREE COMIC BOOK (*add-on), but also have the opportunity to purchase a set of exclusive prints from livestreams sketches done on Free Comic Book Day!
Thank you, everybody, for your efforts and goodwill. You almost had me in tears. So far, you helped us raise $5,500 in a single day!
The campaign is still going. Apparently, as long as people keep backing, the campaign remains live. So, if you want to get a late pledge in, please do!
Everything is ready to go to print but we need a final push if you haven't pledged yet! Here's another teaser, this time we bring you another danish creator! NMAAR is an Illustrator, designer and artist, born and lives in Denmark. graduated at Seminariet for Kunst & Håndværk i Kerteminde 2004. In the artgroup "The Wayward Sons" with Jesper Bolo Petsersen. Certified Artmoney artist. Worked as an illustrator for the graphic design company "Pixed Interactive" 2008-13. Plays and records music in Extended Suicide & De Forbandede.
Space Monsters #1
And while we have your attention, do check out this other awesome horror anthology from legendary publisher Fantaco! Space Monsters #1 is a 100-page squarebound magazine covering all aspects of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. Designed especially for collecors. Contributors consists of Casey Orr (aka Beefcake The Mighty) of GWAR, Donald Farmer, Nicholas Vince, Donald F. Glut, Jason Brazeal, Simon Pritchard (cover and comic story), Elizabeth Belmont, Sadie Katz, Steve Strout, Steve Werblun, Frank Dietz, and Dennis Daniel.
Thank you to all who've backed Rigsby, WI thus far! We're happy to report that as of right now the shipments are completely fulfilled-- save for a few stragglers that have not completed their surveys!
If this is you, please be sure to get that done by May 22nd as that is the final call period!
If you do not receive your package, or are having issues with your survey, let us know!! We're available at [email protected] and will reply to emails issued there faster than comments left here on BackerKit.
Great news this morning. The books are bound and are back in the safe and loving hands of our awesome printer. I'm told everything printed beautifully. Unfortunately, I can't embed the quick video flip through I was sent but it's been uploaded to our youtube channel here if anyone has an extra nine seconds they want to kill this morning:
Fulfillment should begin very soon now that the books have completed the printing process. If I hear any different, you'll be the first to know; and if you'd like to sign up to be notified of our next project, ELECTRICIA #1 launches on Kickstarter on May 6th. You can check it out here: bit.ly/electricia1
