Panel 1: Best prepare yourselves for a whole lotta whimsically stylized, too-short, truncated Ninjette feet in this volume, nitpickers! (Though, of course, Present-Day Me will likely be the primary nitpicker re: this riff.)

Not sure if this is proper shibari (Japanese ropework) technique or not, as I probably just winged it rather than looking up “real” binding reference. For some reason, I don’t particularly like drawing shibari one bit, and only include that in a damsel-in-distress commission if the client absolutely insists on it.

BTW, a cetain mangaka once passed along a book of Japanese bondage photography via my late friend Toren Smith, after the artist saw I had been doing a bunch of DiD commissions. The book started off sedately enough with some viable if low-key shibari reference before suddenly and thoroughly taking a turn for the dark ’n’ disturbing. Candle wax—so much candle wax! (The primary consumption of candles in Japan, this book posited, was for dripping wax on trussed-up nekkid ladies.) Nose hooks that yanked the model’s nose upward for a pig-like appearance! More damsel-dangling suspension than Cirque du Soleil! Macro-lens extreme close-ups on female drool! Enemas, enemas, enemas—and so much more! Yikes! 

That book of photography rolled notably more hardcore than required for my work, so I passed the rather noisome tome along to a friend with rather more, ah, inclusive tastes—but even he found it a bit much to deal with, IIRC.

Today’s Patreon update: As it’s a Wednesday, time for the $5+ Patron tiers to get their weekly dose of commissioned damsel-in-distress content! This time around, we’re (probably) serializing a story fragment featuring a familiar lass imperiled by the goofy yet numerous “Pint-Size(d) Ninja Platoon.”

-Adam Warren