Wellp, after losing the last two work weeks to debilitating drawing-hand pain, I've been forced to abandon my optimistic plans to make an August 2021 production push on Empowered vol. 12 in tribute to my ridiculous productivity on Empowered vol. 8 during August 2013. (Oh, well.) I'm hoping to make some decent progress on the book in the second half of the month, but I don't dare push my drawing-table time too high, lest I trigger another g-d bout of high-level pain.

In any event, Empowered vol. 12 is almost certainly my last major project to be drawn via analog media, as after this I'll need to get serious about working digitally in Clip Studio Paint (or the like) to lessen the stress on my drawing hand. End of an era, folks!

Today’s Patreon update: In an attempt to scratch 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. 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.