TAKAYUKI HAMADA

He dreams of mass murderers. Then he has to kill them. Nexus turns 45 — and WHAT IT IS finally tells the whole story. Unseen art, untold history, one oversized 9×12 volume. New to Nexus? Back now for immediate access to our new Nexus Reading Library.

324 pages, 12x17 inches. Full-color finished art paired side by side with the original pencils and inks from Eisner Award winner Steve Rude. Most oversized editions show only black-and-white scans. This one also shows the final color art.

45 years of Nexus. A brand new sketchbook. Steve's painted "The Escape" cover, a year of sketches and handwritten notes — and a new way to be part of what comes next.

Pull Up a Chair in the Nexus Studio. We’re building the next Eisner-Winning Nexus story—script drafts inks, rough thumbnails, early lettering, margin scribbles and indecision included. If you love the messy magic behind a comic, you're home.

Learn Masterful Techniques from the Legendary Co-Creator of Nexus and Support the Future of Rude Dude Comics.

Collection of commissions, sketches, and tutorials from Eisner award winning comic book artist Steve Rude. BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.STEVERUDE.COM

Eisner Award-winning "Nexus: Battle for Thuneworld" is an oversized graphic novel, bursting with action & Rude's signature art. Join us for an action-packed quest set 500 years in the future.

The surreal fantasy of Studio Ghibli meets the dark twists of Satoshi Kon in two award-winning graphic novels by wunderkind author Jim Bishop.