Panel 1: Well, that's not very nice.

Panel 3: TBH, Fleshmaster is pretty much depicted as being right-handed, so his punches are more likely to snap Emp's head back to the left, but that's not how I wanted to lead the reader's eye. (Besides, no doubt he's throwing a variety of punches.)

Panel 5: To quote the Pitch Meeting guy(s): "Whoops!" "Whoopsie!"

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