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 6: Okay, so the term "primed IED" doesn't sound especially ninja-relevant, but this was still the most striking and apt phrasing I could work up; I briefly considered working in references to previously mentioned ninja explosives and pyrotechnics (as seen in Empowered vol. 7, where this story was originally meant to appear), but that would've taken too much text to set up properly in this one-shot.

Once again the g-d webcomic serialization hamstrings this sequence just a tad, as the ellipses after Young Ninjette's line in the last panel will be left hanging until next Monday. (I'll likely tack this page into the next installment's commentary so readers can follow the dialogue more easily.)

Next week, prepare for some dire unpleasantness as Ninjette's hard-drinking father makes another appearance in our tale...

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