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!
Hello Everyone! We're just about 99% done with sending out packages at this point! 📦
Almost everyone should be receiving their books and goodies at this time. Any shipments that are remaining to go out are international based and are currently being addressed.
These should all be received to you, worst kinds of delays considered, by the end of April! If you do not receive your books, let us know! We will want to know as soon as possible so that we can get another copy out to you. Reach out to us at [email protected] if this ends up being you so that we can help!
Replacements for patches/pins may not be available however if a tracked shipment still somehow ends up lost, as we ordered them just for this project. Any of the remaining ones will be going to Alina Pete who is the project lead. This means if you wish to get replacements or were interested in ordering additionals for yourself or others, you will want to reach out to Alina who is active on Bluesky. Alina is Canadian and is currently looking into how to fulfill US orders considering the current political climate, thanks for understanding!
First off, a huge thank you for your patience! We know we've been a little quiet, but that's because we've had our heads down, entirely focused on building out this beast that is BLITZ magazine issue 1. It's packed with some seriously exceptional raw talent!
📢 Since our last update, we've assembled an incredible lineup of international creators to bring you bold art, insightful articles, engaging discussions, and so much more. We have the fantastic work of Italy-based artists Dina Omut and Jute, alongside Mahdi Kheene, who's making waves in the NY indie scene, plus many other contributors—including the promised legendary Jim Mahfood, Shawn Crystal, and Karl Kerschl—plus we've got a few surprises in store, which we'll share more about in the coming weeks.
🎁 Also, the former insert 'Creator Universe' gets an Upgrade!
Instead of being bound within the magazine, the "Creator Universe" section will now come as a separately printed special edition included in a collector's treasure trove of extras. Thanks to the generosity of our incredible creators, we're stuffing this grab bag with original comics, postcards, posters, stickers, and more exclusive goodies!
📆 Printing & Fulfillment Timeline — we're officially on the books to take BLITZ to print in May, and we're printing locally here in Canada, which means fulfillment will begin by late May or early June. We know it's been a journey, but trust us—it'll be worth the wait!
BLITZ has evolved into something much bigger than we originally conceived — and we're trying to make it as unique, memorable, and purposeful as possible. The extra time you, our amazing backers, have afforded us has helped us achieve this. Thank you for your support and patience.
Thank you again for your patience and belief in BLITZ — we can't wait to get this into your hands!
In the meantime, please enjoy some art from some of the new faces going BLITZ issue 1!
DAYBREAK! THE COMPLETE SERIES is in the process of being printed and we are rapidly approaching the date where final orders will be locked. If you have NOT completed your survey by now (and 19% of you haven't), please take a look through your inbox for either your survey or a reminder from backerkit and follow the instructions from there. We are excited to get these books in your hands!
If you participated in the BACK BOTH BUNDLE with our sister campaign for THE DEFENSE #1, you only need to fill out the survey for Defense. Your books will be sent together, in addition to the free comics that were part of the bundle.
If you added signed comics to your pledge, you will notice that in addition to my signature, your comics are also signed by the great and powerful master blaster himself, Doug Mahnke! When I saw Doug last month at a signing, he was happy to class up everyone's comic with his elegant signature. Hope everyone enjoys the bonus sigs!
If you're one of the backers that picked up a remarqued MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE trade, I've finished up those drawings and they'll be shipped to our fulfillment center shortly, along with a bunch of others. Mystery Boxes will be shipping directly from me and will arrive a bit later, after I receive copies of the Daybreak! trade to include with them. Some fun surprises in store there though!
After orders are locked and shipping and addresses are collected, the digital reward tiers will be released. The GALACTIC DIGITAL EDITION is currently being finalized. It appears the file is just too dang large for Backerkit to distribute it; there's a limit to the file sizes they can handle. We will likely release the file through a download link via Dropbox. If that changes, we'll let you know.
That's a lot of news for today. Let's take a break to let you guys work on those surveys and if more updating is needed, we'll circle back around early next week. Thanks!
We've finally reached our destination, just in time for the leaves to start budding! 🌱
What that means is if you haven't already done so, please check to make sure your address is up to date if you have recently changed where you live! We're expecting shipments to go out this week and begin to arrive sometime over the next couple of weeks to their destinations.
If for some reason your shipping address is changing last minute, please email us over at [email protected] with your pledge# and username, as well as the new address, so that we can get that done for you. We expect tracking numbers for the books to be going out shortly. 📦
That being said, we're just on the horizon for the second funding campaign for Vol. 2: Burn It Down and we would love to have you all as return funders! While we are not funding this campaign through BackerKit, you can still be a part by helping us through the Kickstarter. Be sure to get a notification at this link so that we can let you know when it goes live!
And as always be sure to follow S E Case at their website here to continue to read! This comic is regularly updated on Mondays and Wednesdays and has an active comment community! If you know someone that would like Rigsby or lived a lifestyle like that, please suggest this to them!
Happy Spring, fellow Party-goers! It's time to take it outside! 🎉
Oh texture, my beloved, you look so beautiful...
We've got an update with several fun pictures for you to gander at! Currently Perfect Crime Party is finally heading toward the printer after a slightly-lengthy review! 🔍
The spines of the book signatures! I just think it's neat how a book comes together, don't you?
I personally love seeing the shine and texture on black print. You can't get that in a PDF as much as those rock too!
Proofs have been approved for production after a small delay. A few edits had to take place for the printing to look clearer and be more readable but now that that's over, we're currently slated to begin the printing and put-together process. These photos that have been included in the update are from the second proof run, so you're all getting a little sneak peek at the final product before everything else gets stitched up for the cover to be added!
Thank you all for being here and a part of this production! We cannot wait to share this criminal collection with you!
The first week of the campaign is a wrap. We currently stand at 23% backed with 81 backers. Thank you so much for your support! We still have some week to go.
As many of you John Jennings fans may already know, Lion Man has been a mini obsession for him for a very long time. So, we thought you might like to see some of the versions of our mighty hero over the years.
Thanks again for your support. Please help us reach our goal and back it today. We have big plans for Lion Man and some of these other old characters.
Mordecai and Ivy Standees are back up in the Lackadaisy Shop, and this time they're evergreen! If you missed out on the limited run we sold, now's your chance to add them to your Lackadaisy collection!
