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Here's the final version of a new Empowered illustration, the rough for which you can see here: [link] ...and an "in-progress" version of the half-completed piece here: [link]

Anyhoo, this sketch is meant as a reward for entries to this contest: [link] As a consolation prize for Empowered readers outside the US and Canada who weren't eligible for Dark Horse's "win a copy of the Empowered Deluxe hardcover" contest [link] , I had folks submit their fave characters in the journal's comments thread. Then, I was supposed to chose one entry and do an all-new sketch of the faved character in question. Well, given that only 9 characters total* were faved by non-US/Canadian readers, I decided to do a group shot of all of 'em at once.

So, here you go, Empowered readers; hope you like the illo! Thanks for all the kind words about your favorite Empverse characters, which were very much appreciated by this graphite-smudged wretch.**

More info on on Empowered Deluxe Edition Vol. 1: It collects the first three volumes of my ongoing "sexy superhero comedy" series Empowered in a big, bold, brawny, 712-page $59.99 hardcover printed on pretty, pretty paper and including 40-odd pages of bonus material.

The book's already on the shelves of your Local Comics Retailer, and should be available in conventional bookstores shortly. Alternatively, you can order it now from Dark Horses's online retail site here, at a 10% savings: [link] You can also preorder it from Amazon here: [link]

As mentioned above, in addition to 650+ pages of earlier material (printed on much nicer paper, this time), the book features a bonus section comprising 40-odd pages of extra material, as flogged by "Metatextual Emp" here: [link] That includes early developmental versions of what would later become Empowered, unused story pages, con sketches, story notes, logo variations, assorted work stages (roughs, pencils, color guides) for the series' front and back cover illustrations, and so on.

Here's a wee 6-page preview of said bonus section: [link]

In closing, I must of course paste in the requisite general-purpose Emp-related floggery: Print copies of Empowered's first six volumes (and a pair of one-shots in comics format) can be found on the shelves of your Local Comics Retailer or bookstore, or online at Dark Horse's retail website [link] or on Amazon.com [link] .

All the existing Empowered books can be purchased rather more cheaply in digital form as well, via the Dark Horse Digital store: [link] Note, however, that this Empowered Deluxe Edition will remain a "print-only" proposition.

*Plus Emp's supersuit, which kinda-sorta counts as a 10th character, but I didn't bother to draw it separately.

**As opposed to the more common phrase "ink-stained wretch"; I'm far more often inundated with pencil-lead dust than ink, nowadays.

Description
Here's the final version of a new Empowered illustration, the rough for which you can see here: [link] ...and an "in-progress" version of the half-completed piece here: [link]

Anyhoo, this sketch is meant as a reward for entries to this contest: [link] As a consolation prize for Empowered readers outside the US and Canada who weren't eligible for Dark Horse's "win a copy of the Empowered Deluxe hardcover" contest [link] , I had folks submit their fave characters in the journal's comments thread. Then, I was supposed to chose one entry and do an all-new sketch of the faved character in question. Well, given that only 9 characters total* were faved by non-US/Canadian readers, I decided to do a group shot of all of 'em at once.

So, here you go, Empowered readers; hope you like the illo! Thanks for all the kind words about your favorite Empverse characters, which were very much appreciated by this graphite-smudged wretch.**

More info on on Empowered Deluxe Edition Vol. 1: It collects the first three volumes of my ongoing "sexy superhero comedy" series Empowered in a big, bold, brawny, 712-page $59.99 hardcover printed on pretty, pretty paper and including 40-odd pages of bonus material.

The book's already on the shelves of your Local Comics Retailer, and should be available in conventional bookstores shortly. Alternatively, you can order it now from Dark Horses's online retail site here, at a 10% savings: [link] You can also preorder it from Amazon here: [link]

As mentioned above, in addition to 650+ pages of earlier material (printed on much nicer paper, this time), the book features a bonus section comprising 40-odd pages of extra material, as flogged by "Metatextual Emp" here: [link] That includes early developmental versions of what would later become Empowered, unused story pages, con sketches, story notes, logo variations, assorted work stages (roughs, pencils, color guides) for the series' front and back cover illustrations, and so on.

Here's a wee 6-page preview of said bonus section: [link]

In closing, I must of course paste in the requisite general-purpose Emp-related floggery: Print copies of Empowered's first six volumes (and a pair of one-shots in comics format) can be found on the shelves of your Local Comics Retailer or bookstore, or online at Dark Horse's retail website [link] or on Amazon.com [link] .

All the existing Empowered books can be purchased rather more cheaply in digital form as well, via the Dark Horse Digital store: [link] Note, however, that this Empowered Deluxe Edition will remain a "print-only" proposition.

*Plus Emp's supersuit, which kinda-sorta counts as a 10th character, but I didn't bother to draw it separately.

**As opposed to the more common phrase "ink-stained wretch"; I'm far more often inundated with pencil-lead dust than ink, nowadays.