Twenty-four hours ago the doors opened. Right now Nexus: What It Is! is at $34,272 from 249 backers — $6,000 from funded on day one, and two backers from the first community unlock. Ten years of work, and you got it most of the way to press before the first sunset. Thank you.

A few things worth knowing this morning:

Every pledge $99 and up — Metallic Edition Hardcover, Deluxe Slipcase (limited to 500), VIP: One of Everything, Painted Edition (Limit 5, and they're going) — gets one at no charge until then. If you've been meaning to upgrade, or you know someone who's been on the fence, this is the last morning it's free.

$40,000 puts the book to press. At $45,000, a box of books goes to ComicBooks For Troops for deployed service members, and we post the receipt. And at 250 backers, every backer gets the Steve Rude Process Pack — one Nexus piece from thumbnail to pencils to inks to finish, every stage scanned — no matter what level you're at. We're at 249 right now. That one's on you, not on dollars. After $45,000 we reveal the next goal each time you knock one down.

If you haven't opened it yet, it's in your backer rewards. Issue #1 is waiting.

The community goals are live, and there's a poll. It's the question the whole comic hangs on, and there's no safe answer. Vote, then defend it in the comments. Steve reads the results out loud on Saturday's stream.

Steve's live tomorrow at 1:30 PM Arizona — the first stream with the campaign running, and the first 48 hours will have just closed. Come watch him read the number out loud: steverude.com/YouTubeLive.

The campaign runs through October 1. We're just getting started, and your support means the world.

Steve & Jaynelle Rude (and the Rude Dude Crew)