Panels 2-3: I leave it to the reader to decide which impact (either the punch or the knee strike) that the WHOKK sound FX refers to.

Tomorrow on the ol' webcomic serialization, brace for a sudden and abrupt scene change that, once again, is done no favors by this online format.

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, work-in-progress updates on developmental projects such as fantasy comics The Chaste and the Chained and The Last Party, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren