THE RETURN OF NEXUS AND THE MOTH

[neenjah]

As many of you may know, the Bushi Tales team are big fans of Steve "The Dude" Rude. Great news for other Dude fans- Nexus and The Moth are coming back! ;D



THE RETURN OF NEXUS AND THE MOTH

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Press Release

“Rude Dude Productions to release Nexus, then the Moth in four-issue series to ship monthly beginning in July. Rude Dude Productions to release Nexus Special for Free Comic Book Day.”


Pheonix, AZ – November 15, 2006 -- Steve Rude announced today the formation of Rude Dude Productions, LLC. Rude Dude will publish Nexus and the Moth. The ground-breaking, award-winning Nexus first appeared on Capital Comics in 1981. The story of a cosmic avenger driven by dreams of mass murder captured the imagination of the comic-reading public throughout the eighties. Dark Horse recently released hard-bound volumes of the first twenty-four issues in their prestigious "Archives" editions. Mike Baron will script, Steve Rude will draw and Gary Martin will ink.

The Moth, a more-traditional super hero comic, was created by Rude and is written and inked by Gary Martin. The Moth follows the adventures of circus strong man Jack Mahoney and has been compared to the early work of Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby.

Baron described the new Nexus as "the most intense thing I have ever written" and promises far-ranging repercussions for Horatio Hellpop and his world. Nexus has garnered numerous industry awards including three Eisners.

"The return of Baron and Rude and NEXUS is one of those events that gives me hope for the medium. I've been waiting for this for a long time and for me, personally, it means everything. I mean, how often does someone have a chance to say these words: My favorite comicbook is back!" --Joe Casey

"Nexus made me what I am today. Baron and Rude are the reasons I do creator owned comics. Without Nexus, there would be no Powers, and one less creator out there. Nexus is easily one of the best comic series ever, I can't wait to see it return!" --Mike Avon Oeming, Powers co-creator

Following the four issue Nexus run, which will begin in July, will be Amazing Dude Tales, a 64-page anthology all drawn by Steve Rude. Writers include Mike Baron, F. Paul Wilson, Heidi MacDonald, and Gary Martin.

Following Amazing Dude Tales, the Moth begins its four issue run. Rude Dude plans to release four new issues of Nexus and four new issues of The Moth annually.

Rude Dude Productions
www.rudedudeproductions.com
www.steverude.com

[micah]

Hey Lin, I posted this on BT Myspace too.

[neenjah]

Cool. Really looking forward to these books returning. I ordered the "Drawing Nexus" book. Can wait to check it out. Was going thru the comic pages and prints I have at home. I really need to get a few of these framed- especially the Dude's WW and prints and The Moth poster, and the other assorted comic pages I have.

[neenjah]

The Around Comics podcast mentioned Rude Dude in their news section (approx 2hrs 3min into the show) and their round table discussion (approx 2hrs 17min) in episode 55.

www.aroundcomics.com

[quickdrawmcgraw]

Hey Lin, now that you have mentioned podcasts can you give me a good list of ones that you like... Google had no matches for "Lin's favorite podcasts", and then it said, "did you mean podpeople?", and I said no, so Google was no help.

[neenjah]

I listen to:

Comic Geek Speak
Indie Spinner Rack
Word Balloon
Crankcast
Fanboy Radio

There's also plenty of others that I'm trying out that are listed on the CGS site's links page. Plenty more at podcastalley.com, too.

[quickdrawmcgraw]

Thanks a ton, lin. I'll go give them a shot now. You are my new hero. Don't tell Dave I said that- you know how he gets... I still have bruises... But thanks anyway.

[neenjah]

Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like David when he's angry..!



David Beaty/David Banner...too close to take any chances!

[micah]

Ah ha ha ha ha.....aahhh. Oh you guys...my David wouldn't hurt a fly. Trust me his bark is way worse than his bite. Or should I say nibble.

Anyway I like Birds of Geek too. Probably just because I like to listen to folks with accents talk. But it is interesting to listen to womens opinions on comics too.

BTW Lin, where did you find that picture of my husband and who is the little pink guy in the pic with him?

[neenjah]

micah said:

Ah ha ha ha ha.....aahhh. Oh you guys...my David wouldn't hurt a fly. Trust me his bark is way worse than his bite. Or should I say nibble.

Anyway I like Birds of Geek too. Probably just because I like to listen to folks with accents talk. But it is interesting to listen to womens opinions on comics too.

BTW Lin, where did you find that picture of my husband and who is the little pink guy in the pic with him?

Heh, heh- that's a shot yoiu guys sent me from Universal a few years back. Not sure who the little pink guy in front is. It never fails, there's always someone getting in those vactaion pictures.

Dave not hurt a fly..? I don't know, I had to wake him up a few times and I always made sure I was never within striking distance. I usually just knocked, tossed a shoe next to him, and prepared to run if necessary!


Can't wait to see Nexus and The Moth back on comic shelves. I jsut got an email from Jaynelle and Steve saying there's much more new stuff up for sale and auction on their site.

www.steverude.com