We continue serialization of Empowered vol. 12, which proved to be the final volume of the series in this specific graphic-novel format, though I was unaware of that unfortunate reality when I started work on the book.

Note that the unusual lettering trick of having word balloons extending off-panel and hence being only partially readable at most is a riff dating as far back as Empowered vol. 2's climactic hospital scene. The idea is that the fact of the characters speaking is more important to the storytelling than what they're actually saying; as much as I like doing this on occasion, this is a much bigger "ask" when dealing with third-party letterers who have never, ever addressed such a concept before.

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.