We continue serialization of the collected version of the three-issue 2017 miniseries Empowered and the Soldier of Love, written and laid out by me and featuring full-color artwork by the Chilean webcomic artist Karla Diaz.

Note that the untranslated Spanish in this sequence was structured to use as many English-language cognates as possible, so that most readers would get at least a rough idea of what the characters were talking about. (Later on, I'll get into the odd details of how this effect was achieved.) This is an effect I've long used throughout my career, though I no longer favor the approach nowadays; I think this might've been inspired by my formative late-teen years of trying to "read" untranslated manga armed only with knowledge of phonetic hiragana and katakana (and recognition of a handful of basic kanji).

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new, such as updates on fantasy test projects The Last Party and The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren