Some time ago I came up with a comic strip called Slapsticks that poked fun at goings-on in the NHL and the sub-culture of the game of hockey. The cast on the right features a handful of hockey sticks and other objects typically found on the bench during a hockey game.
After a half-dozen or so strips I found myself too busy to maintain the site at slapsticks.ca so I had to shelve it for a while. I’m hoping to revive Slapsticks here on my personal blog and will begin by posting a few of the original comics. Soon after I’ll try to post one here on a regular basis during the NHL hockey season.
So if you haven’t met the cast yet (I know, hard to believe), starting from the top right we have Sherwood and Ferland (paying homage to two of the original wood stick manufacturers), Easton (the new guy made of composite materials), GT (a Gatorade bottle), Tape and Puck.
Perhaps the most impressive thing, ahem, about Slapsticks is it’s created entirely in Microsoft Paint – and it shows! It’s quite a challenge to get creative in Paint but as long as I keep things confined to the bench I should be fine.
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