Grrl Power

When I sit down to write a page, I know basically what I want to happen on it, and have a general idea of what the dialog will be. It takes some time to actually compose it and sort it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Guys, the more I write about Alari society, the more I like them. Not like. What’s the word? Hate. But also like. I hake them. They make me laugh, anyway, and that’s what’s important. But on a serious note, why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Ok, so that last panel, hopefully you can tell what’s happening there, but it’s a little small. I should have zoomed in more on Cora’s eyes. Basically she’d getting an alert. I think a lot of you have guessed the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Hey it’s another patented Grrl Power action sequence with 11 panels on a page. I await my Eisner nomination. For those of you wondering about the comic making process, the transcript for this page includes the word “meatwench” to distinguish[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

If someone tied Maxima to train tracks, the train would be the one in danger. Fortunately the language Ray and Cora are speaking has a perfect analog to the English word “Damsel” with the same connotations. I guess there are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney really is talking to someone. She’s thought about what she’d do in a situation like this and is being weirdly convincing about it. She’s cracking under the stress, despite putting on a collected front, and really thinks she’s talking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Here’s a cheery page for Xmas eve, eh? Can you just feel the spirit? So, presumably, Concretia knows where her body is. Like, she can home in on it. Now that she has rock-kinesis, keeping her away from herself would[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

While I was drawing the “vibration propagation” sequence, I couldn’t get the Aquaman “Loobloobloobloobloob” noise out of my head. Hopefully I’ve gotten it stuck in your heads for at least a few minutes. I haven’t decided if Concritia can straight[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I apologize for the multiple puns in the stinger. Except I don’t, because I laughed out loud when I thought of it. I try not to write Sydney as a stereotypical “A-Cup Angst” type. Sure, she has a lot of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I know, Sydney asking if Concretia can do marble lends credence to the suspicion that she is or is related to the Marble Maiden, referenced around… uh… hmm. I don’t actually recall. At some point early in the comic. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Something something Cyberpunk… I played a little bit of it last night. I think I’m still firmly in the opening tutorial bit. I haven’t even done a “Upgrade your cybernetics” bit yet, but I’ve shot some people and been driven[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So it seems obvious that someone has really studied every piece of footage with Sydney interacting with her orbs. Really, the game was given away in the bank parking lot. Well, most of the game. Mysteries still abound. You know,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I know, this seems kind of ultra hard core for Sydney – stuffing a pistol in someone’s mouth and doing her best to empty the magazine. In her defense, she immediately recognized Concretia when she turned around. She knew this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney has lost enough things to realize that when she comes back looking for the stasis pod, that “all those skyscrapers kind of look alike.” Sure, the tarps and the scaffolding make it more memorable than the other skyscrapers in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Enjoy this comic while having a happy Thanksgiving if you’re in a country that does that on this day and also if you’re so inclined. If not, then simply enjoy this comic, and bank my well wishes for the regional[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Apparently Hench Wench got her gorge under control. It’s been suggested that Hench Wench’s day job is a contract attorney. Makes sense to me. I don’t know if LLCs have officers or are referred to as charters. I did a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Okay, so I’m making fun of myself a little with this page. My actions scenes aren’t ever going down in the annals of comic book history for their intensity. There’s a lot of starting and stopping. Personally I think mid-combat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I would apologize for this page, but the middle two panels make me laugh every time. People talk a bit talk about sticking a boot up someone’s ass so far they can taste leather, but you know what, if they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

For the record, I think Muppets were primarily felt overtop of foam, but I could be wrong about that. I’m sure this is not recognized police procedure, but it turns out that blowing off Maxima’s clothes is a good way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Before anyone asks, “All of whose powers?”, that is the first line on the next page. My first question is, how did she discover this powerset? Did she get a summer job at a home and garden shop that just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Maxima wearing “goldenrod” underwear is the same thing as a white woman wearing beige undies. It’s an attempt to make the underwear invisible if their shirt is too sheer. It’s certainly not to look good. A beige bra is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Fun fact: This page was fun to draw. There are a number of reasons this guy might be trying to explosively de-dress Max. One hopes he’s not in league with paparazzi, though I’d wager a super slow-mo shot of that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Comic #888! The number of the guy who lives two stories up and like 4 apartments over from the beast! Depending on how the numbering goes on each floor. It might be different for hotels and apartments. The Beast seems[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I went back and forth on whether Max should have said “Get your face out of my chest.” or “off my chest.” They both work technically, but I figure past a certain cup size, “out” becomes an option, one might[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This sort of thing can only really go down a few ways. Max gets a face to the bosoms, or she takes a crotch or butt to her face. I mean, yes, technically, they could just collide in a less[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In the Grrl-verse, Supers can’t be deployed by a countries military against a foreign nation. They didn’t have any rules about that when Maxima and others were serving in Afghanistan and people realized that could escalate REAL fast. So now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Today is just not going according to anyone’s plans it seems. I’m pretty sure panel 1 is the best boot I’ve ever drawn. I know that’s a weird thing to fixate on, but between Maxima’s collection and the uniform boots,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Are* of Lube Spell: 0 physical damage. 4D6 damage to self-esteem, + additional 2D6 damage to self-esteem if the person who cast it stands around talking about their plans while you fall around like a newborn fawn chucked onto a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Just be thankful it’s freshly summoned lube. Sydney’s not actually correct about it being a cantrip. It’s like the level 6 version of “Lube.” Honestly I feel bad for whoever has to clean up after this fight. That stuff does[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In case you, like Torchy, were indeed wondering where the stasis pod was. This guy has a universal translator, but he’s one of those aliens with an insanely loud barky, clicky language that the translator isn’t able to set up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

By “Variable,” Cora of course means “That depends on what I’m shooting and where I hit them.” I suppose that applies to most non-AOE weapons, really. My first draft had some Predator looking scrawl in panel 5 there, but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

He’s scratching his cheek, but I don’t think his cheek can itch. It’s probably an affectation. Achilles would be a real pain in the ass as a grappler. There are certainly beings who can simple muscle him off, no matter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The hardest part about being Cora is coming up with a UI that lets her pull from her quite frankly asinine arsenal in a quick and efficient manner. She hasn’t quite cracked the tech that makes the world slow down[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yes, Dabbler has a gun that fires backstab rounds. (See panel 2 if you didn’t notice.) Yes, yes, I’ve talked before about how people with fake limbs get them chopped off all the time. Well, Cora grew up with all[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

So it looks like word of Maxima’s stunt with the Fel has spread. I guess I could leave you guys speculating as to why aliens want to kidnap and auction her off, but… I mean, come on. It’s that or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I know everyone was expecting a “Viscera Cleanup Detail” level event here, but as little patience as Max has for dudes like this, she’s not going to atomize a guy for a first offence. Granted, trying to tug open her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Actually, Max, supers are kind of the one thing Earth has going for it, from a galactic POI at the moment, other than being the latest planet on the verge of dipping their toe into galactic society. That definitely gives[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

You’ve all been waiting for it. Ray and Maxima will meet soon. Sydney isn’t a lazy person necessarily, but it’s probably easy to imagine that when confronted with a frustrating job, she might gradually start putting less and less effort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yes, the race that communicates with smell but deals with verbal languages all the time would obviously have sound friendly names, and “Aster” certainly could have volunteered that information. But that’s not what Sydney asked. She asked how to spell[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I rarely ever have a characters voice in my head when I’m writing them. It’s why I’m always flummoxed when people ask “Who do you see voice acting the Grrl Power characters in the anime?” But Ray Cosmos 100% sounds[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I hate to side with the interstellar car salesman looking guy, but… he’s not wrong. So yeah. It is a small universe. Well, galaxy. Ray is an acquaintance of both Dabbler and Cora, and judging from their reactions, possibly an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Times Square seems to be a somewhat fluid designation. I thought it was just one intersection with a bunch of light up billboards, but a lot of adjacent areas seem to count themselves as part of it, I guess for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I’m sure no one will be surprised to learn that this page contains a Patreon cameo. Robert Nava asked if he could appear an alien in a Robert Nava disguise, and I was like, that fits in rather nicely with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Yeah. Earth is apparently open for business. At least some aliens seem to think so. The first panel here didn’t quite land like I’d hoped. I think if you look at it long enough, you can tell it’s a guy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

This is one of those transitional pages that doesn’t by itself contribute a lot. It doesn’t really land any big jokes or develop any characters (we already know Cora is a bit cavalier when it comes to distribution of ordnance,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

The alternate version of this page has Sydney bubbling Sandy like she obviously should have, then Sandy sneezes right in her face. We all know her shield is pretty darn good, but Sydney wasn’t “in the zone” just now. She[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

I’m trying to move things along here a bit. Don’t necessarily need to show every moment of Sydney going through superhero boot. Fining Sydney $10K for getting 13 million likes would be a little like fining an oil company $100[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

In some ways, Sydney is always the main character wherever she goes because she tends to always be the center of the attention. It’s not an intentional thing she does, but attempts to wean her into a higher level of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

When Peggy says “the course changes” she just means that most of the pop-up targets have either a civvie or bad guy option. The course doesn’t rearrange itself. No Shi’ar tech holo-suite danger room for Arc-SWAT quite yet. I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Sydney almost made a joke there about knowing where she could find a spare foot. But she didn’t. Making Sydney watch Seneca run the course is a little like getting Math to teach her martial arts. But sometimes seeing what’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...