Hey everyone,

The books are here — and I have to be straight with you, because that's how we do things around here.

This shipment took a beating in transit. A lot more damage than we've ever seen come through, and it hit the Fine Art edition the hardest. After going through the boxes, here's where we landed: we're going to be 13 books short of fulfilling every Fine Art order.

I hate typing that sentence. You backed this project and you deserve a perfect book in your hands. So here's how we're going to make it right, and it starts with asking 13 of you to raise your hand.

And because you'd be doing us a real solid, anyone who volunteers gets their pick of a thank-you:

Every damaged book that comes out of this is going to a good home too — we're donating them to Comic Books for Troops, who'll get them into the right hands. So nothing goes to waste.

Want to be one of the 13? Just reply to this email and let me know which option you'd take (damaged copy or Nexus cover) and which thank-you you'd like. First 13 to reply, we lock it in.

Thank you for rolling with us on this. Building things together — the good shipments and the rough ones — is the whole point of this community.

See a lot of you Saturday on the livestream (1:30pm Arizona time, YouTube), and if you ever want to support the studio directly, the Patreon's always there: patreon.com/steverude

-The Rude Dude Crew