Panel 4: Note that Rivet's memoir is one of the Superhomeys-adjacent books ghost written by, well, Ghost Writer, as mentioned back in Empowered vol. 9.

Panel 5: "Wannacape" is a pretty solid neologism (if I do say so myself) which I worked up on the fly, used once, and forgot about entirely until rereading this page today.

Pages 6, 7 & 9: Enjoy successive levels of Increasingly Happy Young Emp!

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 project The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren