Panel 1: Oof. As seen in this panel's opening caption box, I have always had great difficulty in rendering "straight" text that's supposed to look like a typeset font. (In fact, I was arguably much better at this when I was younger; might be that I have less patience nowadays for the painstaking precision that crafting such fonts by hand requires.) No idea why I never just asked Dark Horse Production to sub in some actual typesetting, TBH.

Next week on the webcomic, we check in on the local cape scene (along with a quick peek at HeroNet) first glimpsed here before Emp makes her big entrance.

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. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new. Golly!

-Adam Warren