2015-2020 Steve Rude "The Dude" Sketchbook

A project in Phoenix, AZ by Steve Rude
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Collection of commissions, sketches, and tutorials from award winning comic book artist Steve Rude.
Backers: 629
Average Pledge Per Backer: $71

Funded: $44,450 of $10,000
Dates: May 8th -> Jun 1st (24 days)
Project By: Steve Rude
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CHECKOUT INFORMATION

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Final Hours Close to $45k and another 8 pages!

June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
With 2 hours left in the Kickstarter we are only $710 away from $45k and adding yet another 8 pages to the 2020 sketchbook!! Thanks to everyone for helping to make this a successful production! I will be sending out an update tomorrow with more... (Read More)

Challenge Coin Goal Met

May 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We met our $40,000 goal!  As shown in the previous update the actual cost is around $43,000.  Thank you so much for helping to get us this far.  Share and like, we end in 2 days!  (Read More)

PLEDGE REWARDS, EXTRAS & ADD ONs RECAPPED

May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Quick list of what you will see during checkout next week!  Everything ends on Sunday as we are only $910 way from producing the Challenge Coin!   We use BackerKit for checkout as it makes everything super easy!  None of the add ons will get lost... (Read More)

WHERE THE MONEY GOES / NEXUS FAMILY PORTRAIT

May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT Producing a high quality sketchbook is expensive and would not be possible without all of your so THANKS to everyone who is supporting us and our biggest way of saying thanks is by giving the earliest backers the best... (Read More)

Challenge Week ends Sunday PLUS 50-50-50 Birthday Challenge

May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you for all your support!  We are nearing the end of week 2 - CHALLENGE WEEK.  Your challenge should you choose to accept it...   CHALLENGE FOR THIS WEEK: Get to the Challenge Coin!  As an added bonus Steve asked to reprint the Nexus Family... (Read More)

The Good, The Bad, and The Challenge

May 11th - via: kickstarter.com
The Good We’ve nearly reached our $30,000 goal to print the special Spiderman Booklet!  We’ve never done a sketch goal book before and we’re excited to be putting this book together. The Bad The bad news... it was a valiant try, but we did not... (Read More)

$25k passed! What’s next ...

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to everyone who has contributrd over the past 2 days we were funded and passed our $15k, $20k and now our $25k goals! We are now in the home stretch of our biggest goal ... an additonal sketchbook devoted to Steves’ Spiderman art over the... (Read More)

Stunned, Amazed, Thankful - Live

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
It's a rare occasion that Steve Rude is speechless.  Telling him that we are over 200% funded on day 2 left him stunned.  We have only $8,500 left to make our $30k goal and print a 2nd book and add yet more pages to his 2015-20 sketchbook. We tried... (Read More)

Stretch Goal #1 Met! Let's See What's Next...

May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks for making this a fun and exciting project!  Everyone backing now is getting everything at cost which is an amazing deal. Digital and Sketchbook Only Levels...  If you backed the sketchbook only, you're getting... (yeah, the sketchbook... (Read More)

Goal Met and Halfway to 1st Stretch Goal

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Big thanks to everyone who helped us reach our goal!  Steve did some fun FB Live videos and we will be doing more of those during the month.  If you caught it please let us know what your favorite part was? So now we are finalizing the first pass... (Read More)

Steve on FB LIve at Noon PST

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Steve will be going live at noon as a quick thank you - we've almost reached our goal in just a few hours!  Also to answer any Q&As (post here or on FB) and do a live sketch from his commissions list.  Who knows, that sketch may end up as an... (Read More)

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