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Montreal-based comic artist Yanick Paquette presented his superhero portraits of patients with Morquio Syndrome in Longueuil on Saturday.

Paquette, whose work has appeared in DC Comics, had drawn the portraits for My Morquio Hero, an initiative to recognize the work of those fighting the rare genetic disease.

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Melissa Bilodeau is one of the heroes who had her likeness captured by Paquette.

“This picture shows that even though I have this disease, I have dreams and ambitions. And my ambition is to make the world a better place no matter how I do it,” she said at Saturday’s event.

Here are the images presented by Paquette.



































