Hey everyone,

Quick roundup before the survey goes out, so nothing gets missed. You took this from $40,000 to $70,537 and unlocked eleven rewards along the way.

Every add-on is in your survey. VIP backers get one of each automatically.

You pick the time. Vote in the poll below. Steve announces the winning time live on Saturday’s stream, and the link goes out in a backers-only update. Keep dropping your questions in the comments. Can’t make it live? The replay stays up for backers. 

Steve is drawing one original piece and hiding it inside one book in the troops box, with a handwritten note. We’ll post the receipt when the box ships.

The card unlocked in the final days of the campaign, and the poll closed before most of you ever saw it. Only one vote made it in. That’s not enough to put a character on a card that’s printed once, for this campaign only, so we’re reopening it through Saturday. Sundra Peale has the lone vote. Nexus, the Hammer and the Merk are still in it. Steve announces the winner on Saturday’s stream, then draws it live.

Vote here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/steve-rude-the-dude/nexus-what-it-is-the-true-story-behind-the-comic/polls/8255?ref=bkup1013

The Process Pack, The Vault Drop and every other download land in your BackerKit downloads at the end of October, once cards are charged. The digital edition of the book follows in 2027, once the book is at the printer. 

Pick your size in the survey.

There’s nothing to add. It’s already in every physical pledge. (Our last update made it sound like an extra. That’s our mistake.) 

It’s our corner of BackerKit’s Holiday Market, open through December 1. It’s remainders and rare items only, all guaranteed to arrive by Christmas, with a free 2026 ornament in every order. Follow now and you get in 3 hours before everyone else. 

Steve announces both winners live. It’s also Universal Monster Month on the stream, and this week Steve paints Frankenstein. Grab a brush or a pencil and paint or draw along with him. The challenge: can he finish it in one hour? Come find out: www.steverude.com/YouTubeLive

Keep Drawing,

Steve Rude