Panel 1: Gotta say that my long-ago design decision for how to depict those "wing thingies" has really come back to bite me in the butt ever since, as those g-d things are very challenging to draw. (In fact, eventually you will see a slightly different visual variation on 'em...)

Panel 3: Note that the between-line spacing on my hand lettering varies a fair bit, while the lines of text also tend to shift vertically as I write 'em. In theory at least, this tendency could be corrected by the use of an Ames lettering guide to construct fixed guidelines for the text, as I was trained to do in lettering class at the Kubert School long ago, but for some reason I've always absolutely despised using an Ames guide. (I'd rather use a software font, TBH.) Also, note that I'd have to ink my lettering if I used an Ames guide, as opposed to the pencil-based format I used here; after all, those guidelines need to be erased in such an old-school analog media approach.

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, along the lines of the same material that was eventually reworked into Empowered. (No idea as to exactly what 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