Woo, hoo... A page from the upcoming vol. 3 of EMPOWERED, my "sexy superhero comedy" published by Dark Horse Comics.

In fact, this is an excerpt from an 8-page story that was originally supposed to see print in an oversized anthology book that, alas, has been delayed indefinitely. (Hence the fact that I gave this page a title and credits caption, which is obviously not the norm for an EMPOWERED story.)

Anyhoo, this page was drawn far larger than the (8.5" by 11" copy-paper) norm for EMPOWERED; it's penciled as a 10" by 13.5" image on a ledger-sized sheet of special-ordered linen-finish cardstock.

You might note a bit of the "Oh! Great flava" to the last panel, here, as I'm quite taken with the big, multiple-image panels he uses to convey the more complicated rollerblade stunts in his AIR GEAR manga.

Er... The 8-page story of which this is part, "FEEL THE UBERBURN", should not be confused with the 8-page story I'm doing for the "Dark Horse Presents on MySpace" online anthology ([link]), which is something completely different... and in glorious full color, to boot! AND the latter story's intended for use in EMPOWERED vol. 4, for yet another difference. It does feature a somewhat similar title, though: "WHO DA UBERMENSCH?" (Sorry, can't figure out how to add an umlaut in DA's comment field.)

As fer EMPOWERED vol. 3, it already has a preorder page up on DH’s Things From Another World retail website: [link] Woo, hoo, again!