DISTRESSED DAMSELS: EMPOWERED vol.12's secret identity shenanigans page!
Added 2021-02-03 14:00:04 +0000 UTCBehold, folks, the concluding page of an Empowered vol.12 riff on secret identity tropes that were unused in the series as a whole; the previous two pages have already been previewed to the Big Spender Patreon tiers, by the way.
A few words:
This page is a riff on an especially amusing subcategory of "Superdickery" in which Superman takes a break from tormenting Jimmy or Lois on a shocking and seemingly inexplicable cover illo in favor of tormenting Clark Kent on a shocking and seemingly inexplicable cover illo.
Note that the camera is from an earlier "secret identity tropes" Empowered vol.12 page which featured Civilian-Guise Emp as a suspiciously Peter-Parker-ish photographer at the "Planetary Bugle" newspaper.
However, I'm g-d infuriated by how I only now realized that, in place of the "NOT AN IMAGINARY STORY" blurb, I should've used the Empverse-specific "NOT A COUNTER-FACTUAL SCENARIO!" If I get a chance, I'll laboriously work up a lettering patch to switch out the phrases.
Next up is the page's rough:
...which, the extremely observant Patron might remember, uses an Distressed Emp pose traced from an earlier commissioned sketch set of a multiply lassoed Emp:
Yeahp, these somewhat random Emp DiD sketch sets I used to do for a generous and rough-sketch-appreciating friend often come in handy for poses I can reuse in the actual comic. Yay!
Anyhoo, that's it for this particular "unused capetrope"; onward to another!
TOMORROW ON THIS HERE PATREON: Prrrrrrrrobably work stages on another Empowered cover illo, though I might bump that a week or two in favor of a different post.
Comments
Somehow, I suspect even SuperEmpDickery will be self-deprecating and making fun of her body-image. Something like the time-loop hospital scene, sort of thing. OTOH, you could also have SED to be utterly off-the-rails unhinged loony Emp who's just letting all that stress out at the world. Oh dear...
Strypgia
2021-02-08 19:56:30 +0000 UTCCannot wait to see what lead to this page. The anatomy and everything look amazing.
KranberriJam
2021-02-05 15:08:11 +0000 UTCSurprisingly fun! I might tack on more such Dickery throughout the volume, come to think of it.
Adam Warren
2021-02-05 12:41:26 +0000 UTCFor the record, Civilian Emp's hands were supposed to be tied with her bra straps, but I didn't leave enough open space to show said bra flapping around in the wind. THE TRAGEDY
Adam Warren
2021-02-05 12:40:25 +0000 UTClol she pantsed herself? This is a fun page. very much like an early spider woman cover haha
JKurt
2021-02-05 00:22:37 +0000 UTCHe's changing his request style for a bit.
JKurt
2021-02-05 00:19:24 +0000 UTCLike Empowered, Spinnerette has the rare quality that made me buy the lot after discovering it online. :-)
Ian Marsh
2021-02-04 07:35:45 +0000 UTCNow there is an entire fun category of sketch work. Super Emp Dickery!
Strypgia
2021-02-04 05:47:42 +0000 UTCI am entirely fine with that.
Strypgia
2021-02-04 05:46:44 +0000 UTCIt's such a minor thing, but I love that Emp's got a real sense of strength to her form, where all of that practice with pose studies feels like it has taken your art to a whole other level here. A fun setup/angle too, this feels like it could be a hoot of an arc after the heavy V11.
Aidenke
2021-02-04 05:20:50 +0000 UTCThanks for mentioning Gretta Gravity. I just googled her and discovered a really good webcomic I never knew existed before.
The Silver Socialist
2021-02-04 04:14:26 +0000 UTCThat reminds me of the original Into the Spider-Verse event from the comics.
The Silver Socialist
2021-02-04 02:47:48 +0000 UTCAre you still doing the requests from December?
The Silver Socialist
2021-02-03 21:43:18 +0000 UTCGeorge Lucas said there's no underwear in space. Adam says... no bras... period !!
Will_K
2021-02-03 17:04:55 +0000 UTCGreat Scott! It's Nega-Emp!
Yildo
2021-02-03 16:49:24 +0000 UTCSo...I have a theory. If Spooky's curse made our Emp...let's say Emp Prime...a bondage magnet attracting distress away from other Emp's across the multiverse, and if we think of that distress as a flow toward her then it stands to reason it comes from somewhere. Or someone. My theory is that the villain of Vol. 12 is a version of Emp with a dominate personality whose "dominess" was accelerated by the flow of distress toward Emp Prime, to the point she became the source of distress. And now she's striding across realities capturing her doppelgängers. With each new damsel her power grows.
andrew
2021-02-03 16:39:11 +0000 UTCThanks, Adam! I absolutely love everything you've shared from volume 12 so far.
JoJack86
2021-02-03 15:35:11 +0000 UTCShe’s turning into Greta Gravity!
Ian Marsh
2021-02-03 14:46:11 +0000 UTCI swear EMP gets more top heavy all the time!
Ross Fisher-Davis
2021-02-03 14:29:15 +0000 UTC
