Hey friends,

First, the important stuff: there's no livestream today. Steve is dealing with some health stuff this week and needs to rest up. He'll be back at the drawing table next Saturday, May 9 at 1:30 PM Arizona time on YouTube (youtube.com/steverudethedude). Thanks for understanding. This community means the world to him and he hates missing a Saturday with all of you.

Now, the celebration.

Our Kickstarter is sitting at $8,822 and climbing, and Achievement #1 is officially in the bag. That means copies of Battle for Thuneworld are going to deployed service members through Comicbooks for Kids. Every single one of you who backed on BackerKit got us here. Thank you.

We're $6,178 away from Achievement #2. When we hit $15K, every backer (BackerKit AND Kickstarter) gets:

The sticker celebrates 45 years of Nexus. It's not going to be sold separately. The only way to get it is to be backed when we cross $15K.

If you backed us on BackerKit, you've got hidden codes below.

To get both the Bonus Gift Set AND the FCBD Deal you can use any of the below SECRET codes (those give you free shipping on your entire Kickstarter pledge), then add everything else as Add-Ons (free shipping!)

Head over to steverude.com/ThuneworldAE to use them.

Today is FCBD. If you're hitting up your local shop, take a pic and tag us. We love seeing where everyone goes.

And the FCBD Special ends TOMORROW (Sunday, May 3 at midnight). $25 gets you one random preview book plus the complete digital set of all 5. That's a $99 value. The preview books include the full script, which is NOT in the Gallery or Studio Edition Hardcovers. Deepest dive into how Steve built this story from the page up.

Add it on through the campaign page: steverude.com/ThuneworldAE

Thanks for being part of this with us. Let's hit $15K.

Jaynelle and the Rude Dude Crew