FUNDED ON BOTH BACKERKIT AND KICKSTARTER IN JUST A FEW HOURS.
You all showed up and showed OUT. We're over here getting a little misty-eyed. This community never fails to blow us away.
The numbers so far:
BackerKit: $12,799 raised | 120 backers
Kickstarter: $7,076 raised | 74 backers
COMBINED: Nearly $20,000 and 194 backers!
Just... wow. Thank you.
🏆 LEADERBOARD UPDATE: IT'S A NAIL-BITER 🏆
Okay, this is getting GOOD.
Ray clawed his way back to #1 with 775 points—but remember, Ray already won the sketch last campaign. He's in it for glory and cookies now!
That means Trevin at #2 with 760 points is only 15 POINTS away from that free sketch! FIFTEEN. That's three likes, people. This could flip at any moment!
TooMuchDew and JohnH are neck-and-neck at #3 and #4. And shoutout to Buck jumping to 300!
🎖️ PAY IT FORWARD: 194 of 300 BACKERS 🎖️
We're 65% of the way to sending a box of sketchbooks to service members through ComicBooks for Troops. Let's get there!
This is exactly what we hoped for when we said Welcome to the studio.
You’re talking, reacting, voting, encouraging each other — and that’s what’s driving all of this forward.
We’ll keep sharing updates as things move (because watching them move is half the fun).
When the campaign reaches 300 backers, we’ll send one full box of The Art of Steve Rude 2026 to our partner ComicBooks for Troops, putting Nexus into the hands of service members around the world.
