Panel 3: This concluding image of romantically cloak-wrapped Mindf**k and Spooky was derived from some verra nice "couple cosplay" of the two characters from a decade or so ago (ouch), but I don't have easy access to links of said cosplay at the moment. (Oh, well.)

Anyhoo, that's the end of this flashback, folks; next week on the webcomic, back to "real time" on Object 524 as Spooky and Emp commandeer the Vorpal Sword and set out on the next stage of their perilous journey.

Today’s Patreon Update: As I've done the last few months, I'm taking off the third week of July from putting up new Patreon content, as I just can't keep up an every-weekday posting schedule while struggling to make progress on Empowered vol.12. (In the near future, I'll probably switch to an every-week schedule of Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posts, which would avoid these week-long breaks.)

However, my vast archive of years of Patreon posts—extensive Empowered previews, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.