false 3734250 1 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 <i>and</i> 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>I Saw You</i> takes this phenomenon and makes it even better. <br><br>Julia Wertz has gathered the stars and soon-to-be-stars of the graphic art world, including Peter Bagge, Jesse Reklaw, Tom Hart, Sam Henderson, Laura Park, Emily Flake, Keith Knight, Janelle Hessig, Gabrielle Bell, Aaron Renier, Austin English, Corinne Mucha, Jeffrey Brown, Alec Longstreth, Minty Lewis, Joey Sayers, David Malki, Kazimir Strzepek, Ken Dahl, Shannon Wheeler, Shaenon Garrity, Rodd Perry, Abby Denson, Damien Jay, Sarah Glidden, and dozens more, to interpret these plaintive, hopeful postings in drawings that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disarmingly strange. 3778059 3 2 2009 I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections total:180|5:24|4:59|3:73|2:22|1:2| 180 621 342 39 3 1 false false Fri Mar 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 12:22:04 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 13:03:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu May 14 09:32:58 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 09:33:14 -0700 2009
If you’re unaware of Missed Connections, you should visit Craigslist.com immediately and click on the link for it. Missed Connections is a place online where people can post little love notes...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 08:28:55 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:14:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:56:20 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 14:18:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 05:41:37 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 21:18:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 15:26:52 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 16:45:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:52:10 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:01:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 24 23:40:15 -0800 2009 Tue Jun 16 20:08:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 22 20:17:53 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 02 08:53:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 11 13:03:08 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:05:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:50:25 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 19:53:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 08:07:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 08:08:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 10:35:52 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 06:58:25 -0700 2009 1 do in August?). But I knew I'd love this, because a) I love the...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 22:40:55 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 00:17:47 -0800 2009 This one had some great pieces scattered throughout, but most were mediocre at best.
Unless you want to help support indie comics published through a mainstream house, or you're a fan of more than five contribut...more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Oct 26 11:19:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 21:23:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:41:28 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:48:37 -0700 2009
Still, entertaining and mostly funny.]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:46:29 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:46:29 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 21:17:14 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 21:18:59 -0700 2009
Liked it though.]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:42:17 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 15:47:55 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:26:54 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:29:35 -0700 2009 and mega-creepy!!!! I didn't even know such a thing as "missed connections" existed till this graphic novel, but I wish I still was in that ignorant bliss b/c the whole concept is CREEPY/perverse/wierdo!]]>