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Feb. 11th, 2010 | 01:36 pm

Another little sketch comic I did.




I've always loved Maurice Richard, he was my father's favorite when he was a boy. There is no talking about the Rocket without putting a link to The Sweater, but if you're interested in him, read about the Richard Riot, his funeral, his status as a cultural hero, it's all very interesting indeed.

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Captain Constitutional

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from: [info]mr_cullen
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:41 pm (UTC)
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You know these really do come across as something a kid could understand and they are pretty awesome :V

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Kateness

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from: [info]modern_love
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:41 pm (UTC)
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You should seriously make a book of these. I'd buy like ten copies. :D

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Kaitzi

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from: [info]kaitzi
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:43 pm (UTC)
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Man, when I went to Quebec people wouldn't speak English to me. They're totally not equal :-D

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Cassandra

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from: [info]opaqueplanet
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:24 pm (UTC)
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Do you speak French to people when they come to your province? No? Why not?

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riicchan

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from: [info]riicchan
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:44 pm (UTC)
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Not only was he a darn good hockey player but he also had some magnificent eyebrows. We're talking runner-up to Leonid Brezhnev's here.

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from: [info]llemaire
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:46 pm (UTC)
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Maurice Richard is my hockey hero. Reading about the riot, his funeral, etc honestly brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for putting together this wonderful mini-comic!

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from: [info]bothwill
date: Aug. 16th, 2010 09:28 pm (UTC)
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I think Maurice was the kind of man that would make anyone love hockey. I never got the change to meet him but I understand why he's a hero to you, he's a hero for lots of people. I don't know much about hockey pool but I knew who Maurice Richard was, this tells a lot about his notoriety.

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space oddity

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from: [info]spaced_oddity
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:46 pm (UTC)
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I wish hockey still had that good ol' Stompin' Tom/the new $5 bill/Maurice Richard flavour to it. (if it ever did, that is; how can I know for sure)

My child self would enjoy these comics so much, but I think my adult self is enjoying them enough anyway!

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one of those regular weird people.

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from: [info]sterling_sky
date: Feb. 12th, 2010 09:19 pm (UTC)
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I wish hockey still had that good ol' Stompin' Tom/the new $5 bill/Maurice Richard flavour to it. (if it ever did, that is; how can I know for sure)


I was just thinking this. Now it's much more "Death & Head Injuries And Young Men Growing Up To Be Emotionally Stunted And Unable To Relate To Women Who Aren't Puck Bunnies, Ahoy!"

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I'm ten horses

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from: [info]entrenous88
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:48 pm (UTC)
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I now love Maurice Richard. <33333

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and then we lit it on fire

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from: [info]electricalgwen
date: Feb. 12th, 2010 02:00 am (UTC)
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YAY! \0/

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Ayame

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from: [info]minako134
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:49 pm (UTC)
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Yay for language! And Canadian hockey heroes! Both favorite topics of mine, although I'll admit I'm only a novice of the second one, after hearing all about Wayne Gretzky from Kevin Smith when I saw his Evening With Kevin Smith in Seattle a half a year ago or so.

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Kevin Phillips Bonnnnng (SS-TX)

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from: [info]gallo_de_pelea
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:53 pm (UTC)
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Oh, thanks for the link to that short! I saw it about 10 or 15 years ago on PBS and loved it, and here it is again! :D

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aladdinsane2007

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from: [info]aladdinsane2007
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 05:53 pm (UTC)
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please make a children's history book from these - it's seriously what this generation desperately needs

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liz

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from: [info]sakurakurakura
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 08:04 pm (UTC)
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omg carol. great icon!

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We're just strangers who know each other very well

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from: [info]gabsy
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:07 pm (UTC)
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I love his little half-shrug at the end!

I met him once, a few months, maybe a year before he died. I told him how much I admired him and I got his autograph. He was all alone at a stand, it was kinda sad.

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The Empress of Ice Cream

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from: [info]icecreamempress
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:15 pm (UTC)
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YAY ROCKET RICHARD

he was big here in the US too

most famous Canadian person of my youth

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Seanchaidh

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from: [info]seanchaidh
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:18 pm (UTC)
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I like it!

I also loved the sweater, too, but what introduced me to the Rocket even before that was a book called "The Value of Tenacity." Fun series that explored lots of historical characters, I should go looking for them again when I visit my folks.

http://www.librarything.com/work/743649

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rufftoon

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from: [info]rufftoon
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:27 pm (UTC)
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I remember that serie of books!
We had them at school and I swear every students were snatching it away from one another, especially when new ones would arrive.

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한국 사람이 아니다

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from: [info]talonvaki
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:19 pm (UTC)
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I love "The Sweater."

It's so hard for me to spend Canadian $5 bills because of it, too.

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rufftoon

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from: [info]rufftoon
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:25 pm (UTC)
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When I was young, Maurice Richard came to our school. My knowledge of hockey history was shaky at best (I knew my current Canadian players), but I knew he was important from stories my parents and grandparents told me.

Funny how these days, some people are complaining how there should be more francophone players in the Canadian's team, so the language subject is still very much important.

I love those little historical vignettes you're doing. I wish I had those in my history manuals at school.

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Cassandra

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from: [info]opaqueplanet
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:29 pm (UTC)
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Ah! De 'Ockey Sweater! I would read dis to my boys in a really t'ick Quebequoi accent when dey were little.

Seriously, Kate Beaton, I am surprised no one has approached you to illustrate history textbooks.

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alisa5179

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from: [info]alisa5179
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:29 pm (UTC)
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he he, I was going to add a link to "The Sweater" but you already did! Love your comics, btw!

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Jessie_D_Wheelie

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from: [info]jessiedwheelie
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:32 pm (UTC)
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When playing the Canadian version of Trivial Pursuit, "Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard" is my answer for every single sports question. Even if it has nothing to do with hockey.

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and then we lit it on fire

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from: [info]electricalgwen
date: Feb. 12th, 2010 02:01 am (UTC)
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Heee! I must try that. :D

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Alain

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from: [info]ndgmtlcd
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:39 pm (UTC)
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Most Canadians are too polite to say it but in Maurice Richard's day being a great hockey player meant that you had to skate well, and it meant that you had to control the puck well, and it meant that you had to aim and shoot well, and also, IT MEANT THAT YOU HAD TO BE TOTALLY BRUTAL AND VIOLENT. And Maurice Richard certainly was all of that.

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sialia

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from: [info]sia1ia
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:40 pm (UTC)
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I just showed this to my mom, who grew up in Montreal and followed the Canadiens, and she said it was cute. :D

I was also telling her about some of the other comics you've done, like the one about the prime minister who looked like a pug. There was a long pause, and she was like "Diefenbaker? Nah, he looked like an owl."

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 07:14 pm (UTC)
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hhaha! Great mom!

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Vinik

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from: [info]vinik
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 06:45 pm (UTC)
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Add me to the "You should make a children's book." crowd.

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Estara

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from: [info]estara
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 07:00 pm (UTC)
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On the same site as the linked Sweater video, they have a 45 minute documentary about Maurice Richards called The Rocket

The Rocket

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Knasty Mike

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from: [info]knastymike
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 07:04 pm (UTC)
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Between this and your Susan B. Anthony comic, you are proving yourself to be one amazing storyteller.

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chris

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from: [info]madmanofprague
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 07:16 pm (UTC)
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ARRRGH I KEEP EXPECTING A PUNCHLINE BUT IT NEVER COMES

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Ema

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from: [info]telemosquito
date: Feb. 11th, 2010 07:35 pm (UTC)
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I love his expression in the "Oh I'm just a hockey player, it's no big deal" panel.
Pure awesome-ness :D

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