Panel 1: That's the cryocape "Arctic O'Shaughnessy" from the SuperDirty Jobs scene back in Empowered vol. 8 in case you'd somehow forgotten his supranym, the pun inherent to which is apparently a tad obscure for some folks. (As in "Arctic Ocean," okay?)

Panel 3: I quite like the use of that circular outline/gutter thingie to draw attention to Emp's VORPP-charging hand. Nicely done, 2017 Me!

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