Action ensues!

Panel 2: ROLL FOR INITIATIVE!

Panel 3: Gotta say that I'm rather fond of these two capes, especially Rokk Kandee; I hope to work in more appearances by her, at least, in future Empowered stories.

Panels 4-6: I am perhaps inordinately fond of the pagecount-saving storytelling riff of "off-panel action conveyed solely by sound FX," and not just because said riff saves me a whole lotta worktime by not requiring visual depiction of the action. I just find the riff pleasing, for reasons I can't quite explain.

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.

-Adam Warren