Funded.

291 of you just took Nexus: What It Is! past $40,000 in 31 hours, and that means one thing: the book goes to press. Ten years of work has a print date now, and you did that.

If you haven't backed yet — this is the part where it gets fun. Everything from here is a stretch goal, and the first one is already on the board: a box of books goes to ComicBooks For Troops for deployed service members, and we'll show you the receipt. After that, we reveal them one at a time as we go.

Every edition is the same 350+ pages inside — The People's Paperback and The People's Digital start at $50, and every pledge gets instant access to the Nexus Reading Library the moment you back. Painted Edition is Limit 5 and 1 is left. Deluxe Slipcase is limited to 500.

Two things at the bottom of this update. The first achievement just flipped — $40,000, funded. And there's a new poll: which era of Nexus do you want the most pages on? Vote, then defend it in the comments. Steve reads the results on tomorrow's stream.

Steve's live Saturday at 1:30 PM Arizona to say thank you in person: steverude.com/YouTubeLive.

45 years of Nexus survived because people passed it hand to hand. You just did it again.

Steve & Jaynelle Rude (and the Rude Dude Crew)