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John Rich & The Big Picture, my first prose novel, is complete, and you can read all of it now on okjohnrich.site until July 25th. ✏️

omg. Just finished penciling the first chapter of Check, Please! Year 5 🥹

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Check, Please! is now updating (again) on Webtoon! BITTY & I was just posted online.

Look out for weekly #omgcp updates on Webtoon until the premiere of Check, Please! Year Five! 🏒🥧💕 Sign up for the Check, Please! newsletter here!

if you like gay hockey (books) or gay hockey (tv show) you’ll love gay hockey (comics)

omgcheckplease:

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Backstage before the hockey romance panel at BookCon 2026, and Rachel tells me she loves Check, Please! and is Kickstarter backer.

HUH????

You can now watch the entirety of the hilarious and insightful Hockey Romance Panel over on YouTube:

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Backstage before the hockey romance panel at BookCon 2026, and Rachel tells me she loves Check, Please! and is Kickstarter backer.

HUH????

to be deleted but THANK YOU for freaking out over whiskey he’s got so much baggage (and i’d like to give him more)

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raise your hand if you’d like to see Whiskey go absolutely feral in check, please! year five

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You Had Me at Hockey: A Look at One of Sports Romance’s Hottest Genres

HI! At BookCon2026, I’ll be on a panel that will certainly be a riot. Moderated by Bal Khabra!

Stephanie Archer (The Vancouver Storm series)
Kate Cochrane (Wake up, Nat & Darcy)
Emily Rath (Pucking Around)
Rachel Reid (Heated Rivalry)
Ngozi Ukazu (Check, Pleas
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Howdy. 👋

Not only will there be a new volume of CHECK, PLEASE! in the works…

But CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE will be…

…THE YEAR OF THE FROG. 🐸 🏒 ✨

Below, find a summary of what the newest volume of CHECK, PLEASE! will have to offer… highs, lows, and a whole new SMH!!

Samwell mens hockey’s favorite baker—and championship-winning senior captain—has graduated! How will the team survive?

Problems abound as their new captain, Dex, learns that the effortless balance Bitty maintained on the team isn’t as easy as it looks. Then, ultra-aloof Nursey must finally drop his “chill” and get vulnerable in a senior poetry seminar. And to make matters worse, Chowder faces the dreaded ‘SSGS’ and is having the worst season of his college career.

But when change arrives at Samwell hockey, it not only threatens to rip the team apart, but could destroy Dex, Nursey, and Chowder’s friendship forever. Before they graduate, to save their team and themselves, the three seniors must come together and ask the question:

‘What does Samwell hockey mean to you?’

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I can’t reveal any more spoilers, but I’ll leave you with that question—what does Samwell hockey mean to you? Look out for more Check, Please! news in the months to come!