Panel 1: I quite like this shot of a battered but rallying Ninjette, even if Decade-Ago Me screwed up the placement of that blade in her forearm a bit; it's supposed to have been driven between her radius and ulna, but doesn't quite look that way here. Oh, well.

Also, gotta like the way she addresses the cuckolded Ayakami with the buddy-ish honorific "Masahiro-kun."

Panel 8: "Fujibayashi" is the name of a real—okay, supposedly "real"—ninja clan, IIRC. ("Jounin" would be the title of the clan's leader, BTW.)

Next week, brace yourselves for the climactic violence of Empowered vol. 7!

Today’s Patreon update: Probably another dose of Vintage Con Sketches, from the late-90s/early-2000s era when I was cranking out a ton of ’em.

-Adam Warren