A panel from a comic strip inspired by the words of Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. (Gavin Aung Than/Zen Pencils)
Chris Hadfield may be living in space, far away from his fellow earthlings, but the Ontario-born astronaut has not forgotten to write home.
Hadfield, soon to be the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station, has attracted a robust online following with his steady flow of well-crafted and strikingly beautiful posts on social media sites like Twitter.
Adding to his popularity is his well-documented eloquence. Many of his tweets, for example, have had a literary quality to them.
One earthling recently inspired by Hadfield's words is Australian artist Gavin Aung Than, whose comic strip "An astronaut's advice" was based on Hadfield's response to a question on Reddit.
"A youngster asked if Hadfield had any advice for an aspiring astronaut, and this quote was his reply," the artist said of the words featured in his comic.
His full strip has been shared thousands of times since Hadfield himself re-tweeted the cartoon. The astronaut gushed that that it was a cute surprise to see his thoughts turned into something so nice.
His nod to the artist's comic site Zen Pencils was soon trending across the country. The number of unique visitors even managed to crash Than's website for a while.
Canada's lyrical astronaut
Than's comic had us thinking about other times Hadfield has impressed with his words. This writer, for instance, was rather stunned by his response to her question: can you describe what it was like to walk in space?
Without missing a beat, Hadfield spoke of letting go of the space shuttle to coexist with the universe.
"You realize you are in between the bottomless, empty blackness of the universe -- that just goes on forever on one side -- and the mesmerizing, roaring colours and textures of the world ripping by next to you on the other side," he said our 2011 interview.
"And it is just achingly beautiful. It is stupendously mind-stoppingly beautiful."
Listen to Hadfield's full description of a space walk below
And in case there was any doubt about how lyrical Hadfield can truly be, the astronaut recently collaborated with Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson to write a song about living in space:
"So sing your song. I'm listening. Out where stars are glistening. I can hear your voices bouncing off the moon."
"If you could see our nation from the International Space Station, you'd know why I want to get back soon."
You can watch the CBC Music produced song below.
Have you been following Hadfield's latest mission in space online? Have his constant updates made you feel closer to the cosmos?
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