Panel 2: Tough times afoot for "dem Brawn-E Boyz," looks like! (Note that the riff of Emp opponents shrieking "AAAAAA" never fails to amuse me as well.)

Panel 3: Hardpoint survived! But will dem Brawn-E Boyz be able to say the same thing?

Panel 5: Apparently so, as dead men are rarely heard to cough or groan.

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