SMOKE IN YOUR EYES: Heartthrobs
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December 5th, 2011 at 9:17 am
This is awesome! Oh how I wish I had been with you guys for the later half of the story!
December 5th, 2011 at 9:54 am
every young girl’s fantasy, and every grown woman’s mortification.
December 5th, 2011 at 10:07 am
I love this story – you totally captured the weird spell celebrity casts upon us mere mortals. I also love your drawings, I love the cartooning – so, so good! Fave line: “pre-internet stalking tools.”
December 5th, 2011 at 10:29 am
Mari!!! This is AMAZING!! It really happened this way… you brought me right back to that day. What a memory, a gift for story telling and drawing
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December 5th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
This is great: Funny how everyone spends a lot of time analyzing why the band doesn’t live up to expectations and generally making judgments about people at the party… only to realize that maybe the right thing to do in this situation is just have a good time!
December 5th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Only because the story is so well told and so well drawn will I associate my mortified, star struck name to it
December 5th, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Thanks for reading, pals, and thanks for your kind words! It was definitely one of the more surreal evenings I’ve had. (And yes, I still have the underwear–sorry, Roger.)
December 5th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
The very first frame brought me right back to my early high school days when I had the magazine pix all over my walls, too. I have trepidation about meeting famous people because I’d hate for my naive expectations to be shattered. Great story and comic–wish I could have been there!!
December 5th, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Only two months ago, I went to a party where I felt gut-punched in the stomach because a colleague INTRODUCED ME TO SHAUN CASSIDY, who was also a random party guest. WHO I THEN TALKED WITH FOR A HALF HOUR. Holy shit, he was so dreamy. He was a delight–kind, funny, down-to-earth. And when he realized I was pregnant, he laid his hand on my stomach. (Not Roger Taylor’s underpants, but still.) Thanks for your fabulous story, beautifully told.
December 6th, 2011 at 7:04 am
Great story and drawings! I can relate to it so much (not that I’ve partied with the boys, but I’ve met them). Believe, me Simon was not an asshole at all when it happened
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December 9th, 2011 at 1:33 pm
Ahaha! This comic is awesome, what a great story and beautifully told! And that feeling of mortification mingled with excitement is captured peeerfectly.
December 9th, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Another great story, beautifully told! I think the only good, easy interactions I have are the ones I never think about again, so then I forget them all and am left only with the awkward memories.
December 13th, 2011 at 10:14 am
For those who are interested, here is a photo of me and Roger Taylor from that evening: http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinaomi/6494077951/in/photostream/
April 11th, 2012 at 1:52 am
Been a secret fan of yours for some time. Another great story. Just reading the words “Duran Duran” makess me feel old, but immediatley sucked me into the story line. I guess we do get a little crazy over celebrities.