My figurative finger's hovering over the equally figurative button that would sound the dreaded Overdialoguing Alert as this upcoming scene goes quite heavy on the text due to Emp lecturing at some length. OTOH, this particular page isn't exactly overdialogued per se, though my hand lettering's somewhat excessively large "font size" arguably gives the page that kind of visual impression. By this point in the series, my gradually crappifying up-close vision was probably preventing me from pulling off the nicely petite font sizes seen back circa vol. 6. And speaking of which...

Panel 2: Here, a reference to a flashback scene from way back in Empowered vol. 6.

Panel 5: Here, a reference to a flashback scene from way back in Empowered vol. 7.

Next week on the webcomic, Emp's Machiavellian machinations are revealed fully as, dare I say, our heroine monologues excessively!

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. Golly!

-Adam Warren