Panel 1: That slightly too-long tail on Emp's word balloon bugs me a bit in retrospect, as I was clearly angling to make it as clear as possible who was speaking said balloon. Not like a shorter balloon tail would've been much of an issue, but 2017 Me was apparently racked by rampant "readability paranoia."

Panel 3: Yeahp, "Brain buddy" Mindf**k does indeed have a plan! Not much of a plan, as she admits, but still better than nothing, right?

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