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 3: Note that Empowered vol.7, where this story was originally supposed to appear, had established that Kozue can sew quite well. Also, I suspect that the rooftop's masonry might be uncomfortable on a bare butt, but she is a ninja, after all.

Panel 4: Ehh, I should've used a more "in-context" word balloon here, such as breaking the sentence up into separate, gasped word balloons to better convey dialogue delivered in the midst of heavy-duty action (however metatextually).

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