Panel 1: Ehh, sound the dreaded Overdialoguing Alert, as Emp’s rambling on the right side of the panel wasn’t strictly necessary in dramatic terms and could’ve been left off without much impact to the scene. That bit about the taste of adhesive is reasonably amusing, sure, but adds too much text to a single panel like this. (For the record, said riff was suggested to me by someone, shall we say, active in the BDSM community, who likewise noted that she despised said unpleasant residue.)

Panel 3: Only now noticed that I switched the baboon-faced supervill’s handedness from panel 2 to 3, as the roll of duct tape should’ve been in his right paw in the previous panel—or in his left paw in this panel. After spending countless miserable wintertimes wrapping and rewrapping duct-taped insulation around frozen then thawed water and drain pipes in my unheated cellar, you’d think I’d have remembered which hand holds the roll of tape. Then again, sometimes you do have to switch hands when winding tape around bulkily insulated pipes, but I’m not sure that concept would apply here.

Panel 4: Emp is looking comparatively tiny in relation to the still-unnamed supervill in this shot; perhaps this could be excused as my tribute to Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) and its often “Suddenly Gigantic for Dramatic Emphasis” bad guys. (Or not.)

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! (No idea what as to exactly that might be at this time, though; these commentaries are written much further out from posting than are my often last-minute Patreon updates.)

-Adam Warren