This anthology of comics inspired by real-life missed connection ads posted on Craigslist and in local papers around the country will tug at your heartstrings and make you think. Lonely hearts, romantics, and even cynics pore over missed connection ads in search of love, to gawk and giggle, or out of curiosity. These posted stranger sightings and chance encounters lay bare the truths and oddities of real-life loneliness and attractions and bring out the voyeur in the best of us. I Saw You tak... (show more)
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i loved this book... then again, i love these craigslist ads. it amazes me that people think they see the love of their life in everyday situation... (show more)
Julia Wertzin toimittama "I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real-life Missed Connections" (Three Rivers Press, 2009) sisältää pieniä sarjakuvatarinoit... (show more)
A very cool concept. I was expecting this to be mostly humor (like Wertz's other work), but she chose a variety of emotional tones and styles for this collection. Brilliant concept, though the individual vignettes are hit or miss. Some hit hard.
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Pretty solid effort, a few fall flat, but mostly the stories and accompanying artwork hit the feel of each ad (be it creepy, misguided, optimistic or sweet) right on the head.
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