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la.donna.pietra
09/01/09

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My mom and I were watching Evita when the news broke. My mom meant to pause the VCR and stopped it instead, so the TV flipped to news of the accident. Weirdest part? My mom decided to pause the movie during the funeral scene. I was seriously confused for about three minutes there.
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boobookitteh
09/01/09

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My parents were to make a long planned trip to London the first week September of that year. I remember being with the family down the Cape watching the news of Diana's death and my mother saying "I hope that's all over with by the time we get there"

No royalist, my Mom.
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LaComtesse
09/01/09

@boobookitteh: I kinda love your mom now...
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LaComtesse
09/01/09

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I'll forgive you the mourning-porn shirt, lady, because you are adorable and old and I'm sure it's coming from a good place...
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LucyPevensie
09/01/09

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Diana & I were almost exactly the same age, so I always felt a special kinship with her, as though we'd sort of grown up together. I stayed up all night with my girlfriends watching her wedding on TV, and I stayed up again with my husband watching her funeral on TV. I felt as though I'd seen her in and I wanted to see her out as well. It was so heartbreaking when she died, and it still seems surreal that she's gone. I've always wondered what she would have accomplished, how she would have grown into herself and matured, had she lived through that crazy summer.
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linnyt is a walking cliché
09/01/09

@LucyPevensie: my mom and diana were born the same year, got married the same year, had kids the same year and my mom was worried, in the back of her mind, that they would die the same year. i'm sure many other people felt like they had a personal connection to her even though they never met her. I guess that's what made it more tragic for a lot of people.
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Rare Affinity
09/01/09

I had an ambivalent attitude to Diana as she was only two years younger than me. We were expected to feel sorry for her when in point of fact she had a highly privileged life and deliberately set her cap at Charles AFTER he had dated and then dumped her older sister Sarah. As an aristocrat she would have been fully aware that aristocratic wives were there only to provide the heir and the spare and then both parties could have lovers as long as they exercised discretion. Rare was the Prince of Wales or King of England who didn’t have countless mistresses. I remember been alarmed and intimidated by the collective madness which seemed to seize the nation when she died. An otherwise sane member of staff solemnly brought in a poster bearing the legend: She was born a lady, she became a princess and died a saint! At first you could not say a word against Diana for genuine fear of being physically attacked and it was such a relief to find likeminded souls after a week or so brave enough to publicly wonder at the unprecedented emotional outburst. A year later, on the first anniversary of her death, the mourning was muted and it is now hardly marked at all. Even after a single year, people were beginning to feel somewhat embarrassed at how overly dramatic the response had been.
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Penny
09/01/09

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It looks like such a pretty day there...
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Rare Affinity
09/01/09

@Penny: It was wonderful weather in London and the Notting Hill Carnival was on so the streets of Kensington and Chelsea were filled with people celebrating that and not mourning the death of Diana.
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neurotickitten
03/31/09

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Am I the only one who wishes that the artists had drawn these women with superhero costumes on? I think Michelle Obama would look good in a spandex unitard. You could give Sarah Palin the ability to see Alaska all the way from her house!
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mbprice
03/31/09

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When are they going to do a comic book about my high school journalism teacher? She was one of the most (unrelated to me) influential women in my life!
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pandorasmittens
03/31/09

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Also, I wonder where that HRC image came from, because the cover image on the site is completely different and far more flattering.

file:///Users/Jennifer/Desktop/img-article---graphic-novels---hillary-c..._16401116959.jpg
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pandorasmittens
03/31/09

@pandorasmittens: Curses!

[www.bluewaterprod.com]
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megnificent
03/31/09

@pandorasmittens: Here's a larger version:

[www.tfaw.com])___344256?pagemode=popup&from=profile

The outfit is better, but the face looks less like her.
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bananastand
03/31/09

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They could have drawn Hillary without the front-butt. Jeez.
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deitybox
03/31/09

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Wow, that drawing of Condoleeza is positively demonic. It will haunt my dreams.
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Eeva
03/31/09

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Here's a look at the first page of Hillary's one: [www.thedailybeast.com]

I quite like the style it's drawn in.
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megscissorhands
03/31/09

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I am probably just imagining things, but Palin looks less like a caricature than the other women, who all seem to have a more "cartoony" look--especially Michelle Obama. Maybe it's 'cause Palin isn't smiling a big, honky grin like Princess Di? I don't know.

Quasi-educational comicbooks--get off my lawn!! (you can go on other people's lawns; I'm just really not that interested).
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bluebears
03/31/09

@megscissorhands: agreed. educational comic books sort of remind me of christian rock.
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gobblegirl
03/31/09

@megscissorhands: You know, I think it's because the Condi and Palin images could easily be taken from real photos. Possibly the Kennedy one too? While the others are more clearly imaginary scenarios.
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sybann
03/31/09

@megscissorhands: Sarah Palin is already a caricature. Hence the verisimilitude.
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elitza owns the last Enzo shirt
03/31/09

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Michelle and Condi look remarkably similar.
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tscheese
03/31/09

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Why did they make Hillary not look like...well, Hillary?

I drew a picture of Hills once. Let me see if I can dig it up.
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bluebears
03/31/09

@tscheese: yeah. I think thats the worst likeness of the group.
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whatsername
03/31/09

@tscheese: Obama, Clinton and Palin musta pissed off the artist, because, those people are not them.
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Samanthrax
03/31/09

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Poor Hilary doesn't look like she can breathe in that cover outfit, particularly in the groin area.

I think this is pretty cool. Hopefully they'll get a chance to highlight some lesser known females, cause lord knows I've had my fill of Saraj Palin and Caroline Kennedy.
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BabyJane
03/31/09

@Samanthrax: It's bad enough when my clothes don't fit in real life. I certainly hope if I ever become the subject of a Comic Book they can at least DRAW my clothes big enough!
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Sophie needs to study...damn
03/31/09

@Samanthrax: As much as I disagree with Sarah Palin, she should get her due. She's not from a family dynasty like Caroline Kennedy or first connected to political power via marriage like Hillary and Michelle.

She came out of no where, family in tow, and rose to the highest political office in Alaska. That's something.
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Samanthrax
03/31/09

@BabyJane: Yes, even in drawings, you must, MUST be a smaller size!
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bluebears
03/31/09

@Samanthrax: yeah. I'm most troubled by what is going on in the groin area. The top just seems to be ill -fitting due to her wonder woman boobs.
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BabyJane
03/31/09

@Samanthrax: I just want a cartoon pantsuit that fits! Is that so wrong?
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