{"title":"Nexus: WHAT IT IS!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/2769\/files\/1080x1350_Ads_2.png?v=1792737735\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XJjkVkXc2uU?si=WCeTXBi5-6LjFgAQ\u0026amp;rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe dreams of mass murderers. Then he has to kill them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat's Nexus. It isn't what Capital Comics asked for either.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore 1981, Mike Baron and Steve Rude pitched Capital a set of short stories about an encyclopedia salesman working a ruined, post-apocalyptic world. Capital passed. Give us a superhero, they said. Make it science fiction. So Baron and Rude came back with Horatio Hellpop, a man who gets headaches from the worst people alive and can't sleep until he's ended them. It should never have worked. It's still going.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe comic was only half of it. The other half never got printed. How two guys made it. Why it almost died more than once. What it cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Nexus: What It Is! The True Story Behind Mike Baron and Steve Rude's Groundbreaking Comic. One oversized 9 × 12 inch (23 × 30 cm) art book, told by the people who were there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe're funding the print run. Back it and you're the reason it goes to press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/call_to_action\/d170b3bd-8428-4a91-a725-cd4f4460c742\/landing\" title=\"Nexus Encyclopedia on Backerkit\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCLICK HERE TO RESERVE ON BACKERKIT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0663\/2769\/collections\/grok-image-57071384-106d-4ac0-816e-1c917ff45446.jpg?v=1781895850","url":"https:\/\/www.steverude.com\/en-gb\/collections\/whatitis.oembed","provider":"Steve Rude Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}