Grrl Power

If you were wondering why Max hadn’t joined the fray yet, this is it. It’s not like she couldn’t have knocked some heads first, but she wanted to be sure the Interdictor’s shields wouldn’t interrupt her blast. She wasn’t that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

After I drew this page I realized I probably should have put it before the previous one, showing that Arc-SWAT has a way of interfering with the Fel shields. Jiggawatt’s attack only sets up small groups for ballistic attack, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So I guess Stalwart is a lefty? That or he’s pulling his punches because he doesn’t want to liquefy that thing he’s punching. Not because he’s concerned about the guy, but because liquid is less effective at knocking everything behind[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yes, Cora’s idea of gearing up for the big fight is proper battle armor. Granted, it’s mostly force fields full of <strike>food coloring</strike> holograms, but her for-serious battle getup has extra projectors and she also teleports in extra hard points[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Okay so, the pacing of this page is a little weird. If you read the panel order literally, it might seem like Maxima waited for the Fel ship the hit the atmosphere and dropped all the way down and started[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I forgot to put the brackets around the all the dialog, except panel 6, but everyone is speaking in some alien language or another. Okay, bear with me, I know I talk about Universal Translators a lot, but I’m not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

MEANWHILE… I wasn’t trying to be lazy when it came to drawing the inside of their ships. I was actually thinking about my lack of visionary futurism when it comes to designing stuff that I stick in the comic, like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I hate when I think of jokes that require me to draw weird stuff I have no idea how to draw. Well, I’ve never drawn an alien space station before Grrl Power, or an alien food court, or the inside[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Fun fact, your brain burns about 20% of a resting human’s calorie needs. Roughly 300 a day – not a LOT like Dabbler is saying, she’s emphasizing her point for a soundbite oriented press. Her point is 300 calories ain’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I think the press will ultimately have a bit more of a negative reaction to being lied to about Dabbler’s origin, but it was always the plan to come clean about it once existence of aliens was undeniable. It’s just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I didn’t mean to make Suzie seem like she’s a closet furry. It would turn the running gag I have going with Sydney into a running theme for the comic. And it’s not really that kind of a comic. Unless[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Needless to say, Cora’s photosynthesis would be more effective if she had more surface area. I guess she could have mechanical arms with solar panels or uh… wait, that wouldn’t help feed her. Uh, panels of translucent gel full of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Ooh! Press conference bombshell! Okay, before everyone gets too excited, Cora’s first line on the next page is, “Well, mostly.” For further explanation, you’ll have to actually wait for the actual page. The great filters Cora talks about, if it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Cora is definitely not a diplomat. There are better ways of telling a world that no one is coming for them because their toys all suck, but I guess she’s just getting straight to the point. I’ve talked about some[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Welcome to what’s informally known as the Archon Professional Ladies League. Informally, because no one calls it that. And definitely no one calls it “Lunch with my bitches.” But sometimes Max likes to sit down with educated professional ladies and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Dr. Frost has you in her chair, Sydney. She’s not going to prescribe you some drugs and kick you out of the door. There’s a paper begging to be written and published in American Psychological Association Journal. There are a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I had intended to write this slightly more seriously, then I thought of this and it amused me. Hopefully no one is too upset this session is going in a Sydney-esque direction. Dr. Frost may be able wrangle her back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Happy 4th to everyone who celebrates it! This is the 750th page of Grrl Power! Arbitrary round numbers FTW! Thank you guys so much for all your support over the years. It’s so awesome to be able to share these[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Peggy once mentioned to Sydney that after a while, one can zone out while exercising. This isn’t exactly what she meant. Sydney’s barely upright at this point. You know how some racetracks are in a loop, but they have that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Not everyone had a bad night of sleep. Well, okay, maybe they didn’t quite get enough sleep, but it wasn’t a bad night. A little awkward in the aftermath. And the afterhiro. Hur hur. Ug. That actually sounds kind of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney doesn’t frequent psychologists, but she’s been around them a few times in her life. Notably when she was younger and got diagnosed with ADHD, and a few follow-ups to tweak her meds. She’s being progressive about asking for help[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Hmm. I wrote a follow up page to this one, but in a rare moment of editorial discipline, I decided you guys could probably figure this one out, and I could just move on. Besides, that lets me cut back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It may seem a little weird that Sciona is bothering to try to talk to the clerk, but 1) She’s low on power, 2) She’s well aware of the existence of supers, and knows enough to know that they can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yeah, what did happen to Sciona, and what ever could this page have to do with that other conversation? Hmm. I complain about selective universal translators in shows, yet here I am saying these people are speaking in Spanish, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yeah, Sydney basically forgot that Maxima is a Lt. Colonel and she’s not even a Private yet. She’s just gotten used to being in the know. She found out about Arc-DARK, Dabbler, and aliens within minutes of entering the building,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney is concerned about information propagation. One person can keep a secret, but the more people who know it, obviously, the more chances of it slipping out somewhere along the line. She was so concerned with other people getting mind-plundered,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Max decided her sports bra-ish top wasn’t appropriate while on the clock. Okay so I clearly have no idea how an actual debrief goes down, and I apologize to people looking forward to a revisit of Sydney’s interview where she[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This is the most rich person thing Sydney’s ever done. She’s been… well, not rich exactly, but well on her way every since she got her first paycheck, but she has yet to actually spend any money in a flagrantly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Having your head in the clouds isn’t a criticism, it’s the goal! I know what you’re wondering. In that third panel, Cora is standing in front of part of a fajita station. This party isn’t just the one sad table[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It’s telling that Cora thinks there’s a chance that this after hours welcome back party might devolve into something else entirely. She’s obviously never had an office job. Or if she did, it was on a planet with very different[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Okay, so, there were some… mixed reactions to the previous page, which I would prefer not to reignite, so I’ll just say that while Dabbler was obviously listening in, her broader range of relationship experiences means she didn’t think anything[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I think it was a fair question, to be honest. Leon maybe could have put it more delicately, but if you’re coming up with a comprehensive list of solutions to Sydney’s conundrum, that question should be asked at some point.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This page takes place after about 30 seconds of recovery, hemming and hawing and Sydney saying something like “Upon reviewing this new data, I temporarily suspend my dating… thingy I said earlier.” But I thought I’d skip over that. Sydney[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Uh oh. Keeping in mind that Sydney and Krona are two of the most powerful beings on Earth (Krona far more subtlety, granted) this could go down in several ways. The building will probably still be there next page though.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This is a weird page because it kind of exists just due of the layout of the base. Granted, the hallway outside the elevators they were talking in for the last few pages was sort of a non-euclidean phantom zone.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Dabbler’s serious, succubi are actually so disease resistant they can cure some ailments venereally. Virological, bacterial, even some kinds of thaumitological conditions, like certain curses. It’s like a really thorough laying of hands. It’s not universal though. A cure for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Unlike vampires, succubi do not need permission to enter things. The should definitely still get it. It’s just more polite that way. I’m just saying they don’t have any weird hangups about it. Cora is aware that most societies will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I spent some time thinking about this, and really, Archon would probably wind up paying anyone the least amount possible for time travel incidents. Not because they’re cheap, but when it comes down to it, it’s logical. From Sydney’s point[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

There’s been a lot of speculation, and this finally confirms it. Time travel! This is why when the team arrived on Alari Prime, Harem got discombobulated, because suddenly there were twice as many of her, and half of her knew[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This scene would go down really different with just about any other Lieutenant Colonels in the military. Granted, there are fewer R. Lee Ermey types in the service these days, but glomping your XO is probably still generally frowned upon.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

It sucks to think about, but if aliens did come to Earth and went to the governments of Earth first, instead of landing in Times Square and being all “What up?” we might learn about aliens through the filter of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Nothing like quelling fears about alien invasions when people are distracted with wondering what said aliens look like naked. This page is my fault for designing aliens who look like fit and sexy humans with different skin tones and minor[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

“What I said wasn’t what you heard me say, what I said was the thing I’m saying now. I just said it, so it was definitely the thing that I said. Memory is fallible, and if you recorded what I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Kind of weird that Arianna didn’t offer her own last name in that exchange but it will derail the page when Sydney hears it so I’m saving it for later. Cora’s last name is apparently Zylstra, at least according to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

There was a plan in place to get Sydney down without anyone noticing. Cora had a flight path and everything. But that all went out the window when they realized the gig was up, alien wise. They just forgot to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Aren’t most news sources these days “The Daily Panicker”? Arianna chose her job, not because it was easy, but because it was hard. She didn’t count on Sydney, whose presence adds a minimum of three standard deviations to… well, pretty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...