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.

Panel 4: I used the rare "single period" balloon here to indicate that Emp had just stopped herself in mid-sentence. 

Panel 5: Ouch. That "DOZEN" looks like crap, probably because I used graphite shading inside the lettering that wound up getting darkened too much when the contrast level for the rest of the page's dialogue was adjusted in Photoshop. Clearly, I should've redone the text or erased the graphite shading inside it. (Oh, well.) 

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.