MIRRORED CARD FREE FOR ANYONE WHO FOLLOWED BEFORE THE LAUNCH! (Design is mockup and not finalized)
Hey everyone,
Thirty-one hours. That's how long it took you to fund Nexus: What It Is! Three days in, we're past $53,000 with 410 backers, and Steve is still a little stunned. Thank you.
If you missed Saturday's stream, the replay is up at steverude.com/YouTubeLive. Steve read your "which era of Nexus" replies out loud, and First Comics won in a landslide.
Two goals are on the board right now.
$55,000: The Vault Drop. Every backer gets a free digital folder of Nexus art that never saw print: a rejected cover, lost pages, and the notes that went with them. Library Card holders get the full folder later. Free at every pledge level.
500 backers: Ask Steve Anything, live. At 500, Steve does an unlisted livestream just for backers. You send your questions ahead, he answers them on camera, and the replay stays up for anyone who can't make it. Ninety to go.
Every time one of these clears, the next one gets revealed. There's a ladder, and you're climbing it faster than we planned for.
One honest thing about the book. We have enough material for a volume on every era, and the book is capped at about 400 pages. So the polls in these updates are real: they steer what makes the page. Whatever doesn't fit goes into the archive, and the physical Library Card is the only way in. If you followed before launch, that card ships with your book at any pledge level. If you followed and never back, that door closes October 1.
If you've been following and haven't backed yet, every edition is the same 350+ full-color pages, oversized 9 x 12. The Metallic Edition Hardcover is $99 and it's the one most people pick. The Hardcover + Paperback Set is $149 if you want one to keep and one to lend. And every pledge, every level, gets instant access to the Nexus Reading Library, so you can be reading Nexus from issue #1 today.
New poll at the bottom.
We want to know where you came in. Vote, then tell us in the comments: what issue, what year, where you bought it. Steve reads his favorites on Saturday's stream, and your stories go into the archive.
Easiest way to get us to the vault faster: share the campaign with one Nexus fan who hasn't seen it yet. And if you want to be in the room for everything that happens next, the crew at patreon.com/steverude sees it first.
At $55,000 we open the vault. Every backer gets a free digital folder of Nexus art that never saw print: a rejected cover, lost pages, and the notes that went with them. Library Card holders get the full folder later. Free at every pledge level.
Goal: $55,000 reached! — We did it! This project reached this goal!
At 500 backers, Steve goes live for a backers-only Q&A. Send your questions ahead, then join the private stream and ask the follow-ups yourself in chat. Date announced after we unlock it. Also opens the Nexus Archive Wallpaper Pack as an add-on.
