Panel 2: How did she know that? Or was Emp legitimately possessed by the spirit of the late and, presumably, nigh-omniscient Titanium Magnolia? Hmmmm.

Panel 3: "Plus-sized behind" being a tad too reminiscent of Sistah Spooky's snarking re: Emp's posterior, but by this point I'd kinda run out of different ways to express Cephalopunk's gluteal contempt for Emp, and defaulted to said oft-used phrase.

Panels 4-5: Say, what's with those FX in the background?

Panel 6: Say, what's with this possibly familiar sound FX?

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