Panel 1: Whither are those defeated hivemind mecha being tossed? The answer will be presented in a Guest Artist one-shot—Empowered: Hellbent or Heaven Sent, with art by my bud Ryan Kinnaird—that will be serialized here when I get around to posting the anthology Empowered Unchained in a few years from now.

Panels 2 & 3: Sound the Big Pouty Lips Alert for Emp in these two panels, folks, but be aware that panel 3's shot was even Bigger and Poutier than seen here, as I'm pretty sure I slapped in an art patch to reduce the size of Emp's soupcollers in this shot.

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