Panel 4: A well-referenced image arm dislocation, I must admit. Effective and icky! Oddly enough, one of my own arms used to dislocate all the g-d time when I was a kid, but I'm happy to report that such an unpleasant occurrence hasn't happened in the forty-odd years since. (Er, knock on wood.)

Next week on the webcomic, Mindf**k's ghost—or "brain buddy," as commenters here amusingly put it—returns to clarify Emp's dire situation further, and also to explain Hannah's Plan From Beyond The Grave to aid our beleaguered heroine.

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