The deleted scene begins (sort of)!

Yeahp, the first image above is the published version of Empowered vol. 9's page 103; the subsequent image below is from the original version of "Power Stripped," which kept on rolling as of page 105 in a very different direction—a Ghost-Writer-free direction, you'll no doubt be pleased to hear.

Page 104 is the same in both versions, howeva, so you'll get one last dose of the ol' GW on Monday before we move on to the new scene and setting hinted at in panel 2 of the unused iteration above. Yay? (As usual, the week-daily webcomic format is ill-suited indeed for my narrative shenanigans.)

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. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new. Golly!

-Adam Warren