Grrl Power

Cora and crew are a work-hard play-hard type of team. They've all been in high-adrenaline life or death situations with each other, and Cora has definitely run loyalty with all the guys. They aren't just hired hands, they're... well, not[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I'd wager Max is thinking that it might be time to have the talk" when she gets home. With Rowan, I mean. Going on a few dates under false pretenses is usually pretty inexcusable, but there are probably some circumstances[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Yup, Max's sass seems to have leveled up. Or maybe it's because she's not surrounded by subordinates? In between pages, Sydney did ask Max why she chose a hot shower over the mechanical space-latex scraping chopstick machine that she used[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Apparently cutting loose has Max feeling a little sassy. Max could do what she implied, but at this point, she has enough control over her powers that it shouldn't really be a problem. That is to say, she can set[...] Read the rest of this entry...

The trying-to-come-up-with-a-page-title me of right now as I'm posting this comic really wishes that writing-the-comic-page-in-the-past me would do better at sticking to a single theme per page. This page goes from explaining the prank from the previous page to computer[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Ahhhh! Done with the fight scenes for a few pages at least, and back to the characters being goobers. The meat and potatoes of this comic. Feels good. Also not having to draw a bunch of speed lines feels good[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I'm sure no one was surprised that Max wasn't for real murdered by this attack. But for the record, without ManaVore, Final Blade would have actually been able to pierce her armor, because of the crazy amount of magic behind[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Sure it takes two to backstab, but a storm of mirror images certainly helps. The neat part is, Final Blade is always a backstab, no matter which way the target is facing. If the target happens to know that, and[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Maybe she went to go eat some spinach, or took a Proton Energy Pills which gives her the power of 10,000 atomic bombs for ten seconds? Look, all things being equal, I'd rather have the power of 1,000 atom bombs[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Okay, website seems to be humming along now, but I lost some time dealing with it, so the final versions of the vote incentive will probably go up next Monday. One of the big problems with doing a huge arena[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I think the site is... fixed? Seems to be working. I may have some behind the scenes updates to do, but nothing that should affect you guys. Yes, I've already changed passwords and deleted a disused admin account. Hopefully it'll[...] Read the rest of this entry...

(Posting this to get caught up after the hack) Maxima wasn't really sure how to deal with Kaboomoid. He/it is a largely intangible explosion, and Max's powers don't exactly work well to directly make less explosions. She was considering burying[...] Read the rest of this entry...

It says a lot about the UCBA that they have a rule specifically addressing what portion of your body has to still exist in order for you to be considered a valid competitor. The 50% rule is strictly about being[...] Read the rest of this entry...

When you have a (functionally) indestructible sword, it kind of becomes a bit of an omni-tool. Granted, it'd be unwieldy to use a 2 meter long sword to trim your toenails, but you could do it. After which you could[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Not one of those space stations where the atmosphere is mostly sulfur dioxide and aerosolized mercury. That sword is going to make Max lazy. Almost all of her opponents this round are magical in nature, except for the guy who[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I calculated Max could cover 10 kilometers at Mach 10 in three seconds. And we all know how reliable my math is. Still, Max can move pretty fast. More than one person pointed out that modern security cameras are actually[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Maxima can obviously move really fast, and inertia has minimal effect on her organs, at least when she's providing the acceleration and vector changes via her own power, but there's a limit to how tightly she can corner relative to[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Super Hiro is about 80% as strong as Maxima, but his flight speed is just shy of supersonic. Anvil can theoretically out-strength anyone on the team by absorbing enough kinetic energy (being punched all-out by Hiro doesn't make her as[...] Read the rest of this entry...

You know... RAR" If you know what I mean. I don't, actually. I don't know why it's in quotes. I know what you're all wondering. The symbol on her phone is an eggplant with a bite taken out of it.[...] Read the rest of this entry...

In a comic book, this is one of those pages you register, but basically flip right past. It's transition, but I didn't have time to make the previous page and this one a double, so here we are. You know,[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Gosh guys, what could suddenly cause Ixah to rush off? My table at Vicente's is ready! I have a roast in the oven! I left the curling iron on! I have to go bet more money that I'm about to[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Say it ain't so, doc! I only came in with a case of magma!" I'm sorry, Mr. Fuji. It's definitely diamonds. On the plus side, the tumor removal should pay for itself." Doc, do you ever think it's weird our[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Dodging weapons fire, be it from a gun or a bow or even just a Roman Candle, as well as sword swipes, kicks, flails, punches, shuriken, paintballs, etc., is one of those times where having large, relatively unsecured body parts[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Events include Unlimited Class Charity, where strangely enough, you can't win by donating all of your organs. Well, unless you have really top-tier regeneration, maybe. Of course, it seems like a terrible idea for someone with massive regeneration to donate[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Prophylaxis, in case you don't know (that includes me, I had to google chess terms) just what it's called when you play defensively," or at least try to deny your opponent whatever strategy he seems to be going for. Like[...] Read the rest of this entry...

You know, for an unlimited class tournament, this is all pretty low-key so far. Max's previous round started off with quite a bit more action, but maybe it'll escalate. Probably not to One Punch levels of chopping 1/20th of the[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I tried to come up with a cooler name for Maxima's sword than Mana Vore." It's not bad, but it's a little obvious. But the only other option I came up with was Weave Nosher," which sounds like farmer named[...] Read the rest of this entry...

It's hard to see, but there is a door behind Dabbler's little drafting table, if you need to know where Anvil came from. Anvil obviously can't teleport or anything, but her Sergeant Sense was tingling. It's been a low buzz[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Obviously, Dabbler should run this up the chain of command. As a civilian specialist," there is surely a hierarchy she's supposed to answer to, or there would be if Archon, and Arc-SWAT specifically was the size of a single company.[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney, don't go around the vault full of magic weapons pulling swords from their sheaths without reading the little tags attached to them. Your glasses can translate Dabbler's notes. The Antagonistic Dancing Practice Rapier does pretty much what its nom[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Once upon a time, just after Max got her powers, there was an incident or two (or five, several of which went unreported to the authorities - by which I mean her mom and dad) where she would demonstrably point[...] Read the rest of this entry...

And fade to black. Or a dark, low saturation blue. Cause that's the color of her sclera. I think in real life, dark sclera might be quite off-putting, but that's because 99% of us would assume its an indication of[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Edit: Okay, I fixed the typo in panel 2, and I did another pass on the looked-like-a-strap-on in panel 3. It was admittedly a little distracting once it was repeatedly pointed out. I don't blame you guys. It did look[...] Read the rest of this entry...

She likes him because he challenges her. And by likes," I mean she hasn't killed him yet for challenging her. Or for being an arrogant ass. No, the story about the MIT/CERN kid isn't Deus's backstory, but it apparently is[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Well of course there's unknown chemicals, he's only got 5 test tubes full of stuff that reacts a certain way when you stick a specific other chemical in it." There's probably a shorter name for that. But it's unlikely that[...] Read the rest of this entry...

References: Sciona used a cut-out-the-distance-between-things artifact stolen from the Twilight Council's black vault to create the Skybreaker, which Deus, by way of Vale, stole and turned in into the backbone of his not-a-Stargate program. Full disclosure, everything I know about[...] Read the rest of this entry...

When Maxima came back from her first... well, not date, I guess. After she ditched the bar with Rowan. Date" to me implies a prearranged thing, but whatever. They met at the bar, then went to a second location, so[...] Read the rest of this entry...

A normal 2 handed sword weighs 5-8 pounds (granted, there's a very broad range of what constitutes a two handed sword"), whereas a bearing sword weighs 14-15 pounds, and are roughly 7 and a half feet long, including the handle.[...] Read the rest of this entry...

See, page title comes from Maxima being shown at three different ages there across the bottom of the page. Granted, the older version is a bit speculative. And sure, there's more than just the three ages. Maybe 9 year old[...] Read the rest of this entry...

The sword I designed for Max isn't the one she chose when she visited Cora's Starforge. That one can accept channeled power to increase its cutting ability. This one is the more defensive mana eater that had been discussed briefly.[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Honestly if Sydney had gotten an 11-alarm Indian dish like atomic lamb korma, her body might not have even noticed the meat. I like a little spice when I get Indian, or a little heat on my Thai Fried Rice[...] Read the rest of this entry...

...She drinks a cinnabar drink, she drinks a hydrargyrum drink... And oh, look, even in the rare cases where she gets knocked down, she does get up again. I should note that inducing vomiting if someone swallows mercury is not[...] Read the rest of this entry...

We've only seen transition Maximillia" once before, and at the time, I managed to not turn that flashback into a whole long side-story. I'm sure I could do 40 pages on that period of her life, no problem. But don't[...] Read the rest of this entry...

I know what we're all thinking. If we could eat metal, we'd all like to try Gallium. For the few of you who weren't thinking that, and wondering why the rest of us were, it's because Gallium's melting point is[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney hadn't called on the part of her brain that stores normal meat dishes, and then suddenly the dam broke, and every recipe, meat related or not, spilled out. Maxima does have an extensive shopping list, but an Earther can't[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Fogo de Chao is my go-to for fancy restaurants. Birthdays, wanting to suffer from a delicious meat coma, other reasons... I'm sure there are some. It's not really a Valentines Day place. Because the meat comas aren't conducive to post-V-Day[...] Read the rest of this entry...

Working out is hard when you can lift the entire gym. The bottom-left panel is supposed to be a hypothetical Everglades post-maximum Maxima event. I assumed Willy Crocman would make that obvious-ish, but the background could also be interpreted as[...] Read the rest of this entry...