Panel 2: The piratically costumed goofballs of Advanced Restraint Research make a brief return! Note that the image on the screen in the background is from the Empowered vol. 3 scene in which Emp was first victimized by the ARR!-tech restraint membrane and the treacherous "Maura."

Panel 3: The term "th' doggone planet" amuses me perhaps more than it should, folks.

Today’s Patreon update: In an attempt to scratch 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, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.

-Adam Warren