Panel 3: Verbal abuse of underlings seems a poor managerial choice, given a presumably tight labor market in the minioning field; then again, the economics of Emp's unnamed and cape-infested city may well be quite different from our mundane reality, for good or ill.

Panel 4: Uh oh! As Emp can certainly attest, the presence of the ARR! logo rarely bodes well for her.

Panel 5: Belatedly occurs to me that the ARR! device should've been "speaking" from off-panel with a, well, "piratical" accent. Oh, well; quite the missed opportunity, really.

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. Golly!

-Adam Warren