Panel 1: Ah, yes, Thugboy's inexplicable Ruger P89 semiautomatic, which has soured even more in my estimation since I tried shooting the g-d thing (semi-)recently. I had already grown annoyed with the P89 because it was so frickin' difficult to draw—just look at all those g-d bevels and scallops and angles!—despite the ease of photoreference; needless to say, a nice, simple, boxy Glock 19 would've been vastly easier to draw repeatedly. (I'll deal properly and in detail with that Ruger again down the road, never fear.)

Panel 4: Ehh, would've been a tad awkward if Thugboy's shots were impacting where Mindf**k was kneeling, for reasons that will be clarified shortly.

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