We continue serialization of 2013's one-shot Empowered: Nine Beers with Ninjette (as collected in the anthology volume Empowered Unchained), featuring sweet B&W art by Guest Artist Takeshi Miyazawa and lettering by Susie Lee.

Panel 1: Ehh, I might've been better served by leaving off the double dashes (or, as my old editor used to correct me, "double hyphens") between her word balloons and just rolling punctuation-free with her stylized and "semi-meta" dialogue, an unusual approach I've used before (or since) on several occasions.

Panel 4: Note that this might be the only time I've directly addressed Ninjette using her limb wrappings as a weapon (IIRC).

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 projects The Last Party and The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren