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Nexus: The Coming of Gourmando

Created by Steve Rude

NEXUS NEWSPAPER STRIPS VOLUME 1: THE COMING OF GOURMANDO TPB VERSION Something long dormant beneath the surface of Ylum comes alive, triggering a visit from the planet-devouring Gourmando and his mysterious ally. With powers far beyond those of even Nexus himself, this unstoppable being banishes Nexus to an unknown realm--and the only way out is to face ones worst fears! Mike Baron and Steve Rude deliver a new Nexus adventure in this special collection

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Wed Nov 17 '21 Announcement
over 2 years ago – Wed, Nov 17, 2021 at 12:07:15 PM

We are packing all the international orders.  If you would like to choose your shipping carrier or prepay your customs/duty to ensure smooth delivery, please email us at [email protected] and we'll email you with options. 

Please do not post here as my helper does not get alerted to new comments.

Thank you for your support!

Jaynelle Rude

www.SteveRude.com

Tue Oct 19 '21 Announcement
over 2 years ago – Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 09:19:14 AM

Project Updates

We are nearing the end of shipping and hope to have everything out by the end of October.  Due to the COVID delays on our Nexus: Gourmando project we are shipping not only this Indiegogo project and the same project from Kickstarter, but nearly 400 Gourmando books from our Indiegogo and Kickstarter Nexus: Gourmando project.

NEW INDIEGOGO LIVE NOW

Nexus and Thuneworld on Indiegogo

We've launched our next project featuring drawing instruction for the Animated Nexus (and any figure in general) PLUS an exclusive peek at the next Nexus book "The Battle for Thuneworld" as a crowdfunding exclusive Collector's Edition Ashcan!

First 20 backers on most levels receive some DEEP discounts!  Patreon backers receive exclusive discounts and free signatures and personalization! 

SECRET PERK INFORMATION: https://www.patreon.com/posts/57595823

Please BACK / SHARE / POST about the project:  https://igg.me/at/drawneuxs2021

 

Sun Oct 10 '21 Announcement
over 2 years ago – Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 09:47:09 AM

BARON AND RUDE LIVE AT 10:30 AM PST

Mike and Steve signed and personalized the hardcover books yesterday  and did a short (2 minute) livestream.  They will be doing a longer one  today at 10:30 am PST from Steve's studio in sunny Arizona.

Shout out thanks to Mark Schweikert and Robert Baker who were kind  enough to come do all the heavy lifting for us!  Each of those boxes  they hauled around weighs 50 pounds!

LIVESTREAM ON FACEBOOK: www.SteveRude.com/FbLive

THUNEWORLD UPDATE

Thundworld is being funded by our various Kickstarter/Indiegogo  campaigns and Patreon.  The 40 page Thuneworld Ashcan #1 includes 19  inked/unedited story pages, the original script for those pages and  several pencil progress pages.

The projected cost of Thuneworld is $125,000-150,000.  To ensure we  have funding for this massive project we are offering an amazing  opportunity to see the work in progress in a series of  8½x11"  Collector's Edition Ashcans!  A size large enough to appreciate it  without being overwhelming.  High quality printing on the same stock we  use for our annual sketchbooks.

#1 is available for presale now on Kickstarter! 

Once funded we will launch a campaign on Indiegogo.  Due to stock limitations we are unable to offer all the packages on both sites.

LIVE ON KICKSTARTER:  www.SteveRude.com/Thuneworld

Fri Oct 8 '21 Announcement
over 2 years ago – Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 03:04:06 PM

First "Coming of Gourmando" news - We've gotten nearly all the USA orders out the door! Thanks to everyone who participated in the commission and art sale we had 2 weeks back which funded getting those books out.
 
Mike Baron is here over the weekend so watch Facebook for livestreams!  Steve is working hard on commissions if you ordered one and hopes to get through them all in October.
 

HOW TO DRAW THE ANIMATED NEXUS - LIVE

 
Kickstarter slightly delayed the project while we fixed a small mistake in the project, but it's been approved and went live at 3PM PST
 
The first day special has been extended to end of day Saturday and weekend special extended to end of day Monday.
 
www.kickstarter.com/projects/steverude/drawnexus2021

Tue Sep 28 '21 Announcement
over 2 years ago – Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 03:58:33 PM

First off, THANK YOU for all your support while we all suffered  through 6 + weeks of COVID.  Even while sick we managed to get around 50  orders out the door.  Each order is hand checked and  wrapped with care.  This takes a little longer, but everyone should  receive a damage free order.

ABOVE: 60 Sketchbook and 30 Gourmando hardcover orders that went out on Monday. Table has next round of orders ready for packing!

SHIPPING UPDATE

To date we have shipping over 100 orders out.  With Steve COVID  sick (and still not feeling great) we started with the unsigned orders and orders without sketches.

Steve has been feeling well enough to sign and start sketching  so he's currently working on sketches inside the books and getting books  signed.

DRAW NEXUS KICKSTARTER

We will be re-running the Kickstarter with a few additions OCTOBER 7-21, 2021

  • Including a bonus oversized ashcan of Thuneworld - Part 1 of 3.   These will only be available via Kickstarter or Indiegogo and will be  spread out over our next 3 campaigns.  It will include pencils for the  first 30+ pages along with that section of script.  We will be using the  Thuneworld Ad for this cover and will create new covers for parts 2 and  3.
  • The T-Shirt design is finished.  We are taking votes on colors and designs

MORE DETAILS IN SEPARATE POST:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/steverude/drawnexus/posts/3312326

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