Panels 2 & 3: Not quite sure why I wrote the sound FX "SHRPP" in both of these panels, unless it's taking Emp an unusually long time to peel that duct tape from her mouth. Might be the case that I once again ran afoul of my creative practice of masking off all the other panels on an Empowered original page with copy paper to prevent graphite smudging; unless I instead use tracing paper as a masking medium (which is a somewhat expensive approach), continuity errors can often occasionally pop up because I can't see what I wrote or drew on the previous panel.

Panel 4: Yeahp, that's why Emp's hands were bound in front of her—so she could work the Lotus Node's control panel.

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching 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