Ehh, gotta admit that too much action and too many Emp grunts are taking place on the rooftop while Redd Alert is airborne, which is arguably dragging down the narrative a fair bit. Interestingly enough, as seen in panel 4's shot of a descending Redd, too many sound FX in a given shot can slow down its "reading speed," even though I meant to give the impression that all of those FX—and Emp's vocalization, too—are taking place simultaneously. Tough to pull off that impression, though, without trying something tricky and very likely confusing by, say, overlapping all the FX.

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