We continue serialization of Empowered vol. 12, which proved to be the final volume of the series in this specific graphic-novel format, though I was unaware of that unfortunate reality when I started work on the book.

One major contributor to "that unfortunate reality" was the fact that, not far into vol. 12, I became belatedly cognizant that I was running out of the singular type of 2mm pencil lead that the series' last few volumes were drawn with, despite previously accumulating a large and very expensive hoard of said lead before the manufacturer stopped making 'em. (Well, technically the manufacturer did continue making those pencils, but changed their graphite composition in a manner that rendered them useless to me.) I was never able to find a replacement lead, despite years of fruitless (and also expensive) experimentation.

Continued tomorrow! 

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, work-in-progress updates on developmental projects such as fantasy comics Crazy Witch, The Chaste and the Chained and The Last Party, vintage con sketches, work stages on covers, "damsel in distress" commissions, life drawings & much, much more—remains available for Patrons' perusal.