Panel 1: Come to think of it, superstrong cuddling from a sleeping Emp could potentially be life-threatening... Yikes!

Panel 2: Gotta say that I still quite like the way this shot of Emp squeezing "Mellow Mr. Thugboy" worked out. No idea, though, if anyone was still wearing those half-socks with the pom-poms on 'em (as seen on Cuddlin' Emp) circa 2015; then again, perhaps they're still popular within the bedtime fashion context of the Empverse.

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. However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren