He shoots...he scores!

When you finish a 500-page comics compendium (ta, PG) in a single sitting, that says something about the quality of the storytelling. According to the library information, Jeff Lemire's "Essex County" saga concerns: 1. Farm life, 2. Family Drama, 3. Hockey, and 4. Graphic Novels. To those, I would add the specific emotions of loyalty, betrayal, loneliness and regret. It's moving and plenty sad. Hockey here means ice hockey. This was one of those pop-cultural things - like the recent Mark Carney and Mike Myers humorous political vid - which remind me how central said sport is to the Canadian experience. One day, I'll have to watch those comedy shows DL raves about, "Letterkenny" and "Shoresy".