This is a fun idea and I'm glad I finally got a copy, it's a bunch of Craigslist "Missed Connections" turned into tiny, mostly one-page comics by a bunch of different artists. Wertz edited it as a mini a long time ago and then an agent sniffed it out at an expo and was like SAY NOW WERTZ LET'S US GET YOU SOME MONEY AND PRESTIGE PLEASE, which is my favorite kind of story to have a sharp little cookie get scooped up and rewarded for her efforts. Also Wertz draws a couple using her character and i

Fun little collection of comic artists riffing on real-life personal ads. They vary in length from a page to several, some are anecdotes of the creators actual experiences relating to personals, some use the sequential art medium to give the text a whole new (generally creepy) meaning. It was fun to see the variety of approaches and illustration styles (Wertz includes artists from both the published GN community and the zine community, which is very very cool), although I did see a prevailing th...

Well. It only took an hour to read. Ultimately, it was a pretty sad book. But I suppose you expect that from a book about people searching for love no? A lot of the 'missed connections' were rather sweet in and of themselves, and you could tell when the artist had chosen a rather creepy one for the shock value alone. I did enjoy the ones taken completely out of context though. All in all, I suppose it actually made me feel a little better for the dozens of stupid little crushes I develop about p...

This is bad oh so bad. So creepy and the art is meh. Reading it was excruciating. I hate it so much!!!

Too long and uneven to really be great; too short to be overbloated and awful.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 contributors found within, you can probably skip this one.

I remember I first saw this collection of comics in the same bookstore that Ginsberg first performed and rattled from the jowls of the Earth "Howl." I found it quirky. I didn't get to finish reading it due to my hosts itching to get me to something (in their minds) more culturally profound. I ended up spending an hour at the pier eating stale and salt crusted calm chowder in a greasy sourdough ball. I again picked it up a few days ago with the same odd feeling of connection and attraction and am...

This book is full of cartoons and graphic short stories based on real life ads found in Craiglist's missed connections section. I had no idea this existed, so that was surprise number one. Surprise number two was that such ads could inspire these comics and cartoon artists to create such amazing work. I loved immersing myself in their interpretations of what hides behind a missed connection ad, of what the person really meant, or what the encounter could have been like. I loved what Julia Wertz,...

This book combines two things I really like—comics and missed connections—and I like select stories in here, though the collection overall feels "off"/"weak". I would be very interested if this book were ALL w4w stories, but that won't happen, so at least more from the m4w (I think there was like, one?) and the w4w (again, like one) and the other sections. The organization/layout could be revised, too, like to sort it by w4m, m4w, etc & like, each contributor has their name all over the place: s...

Well put together collection of an interesting theme.

I SAW YOU . . . EDITED BY JULIA WERTZ: The next time you pay a visit to Craigslist (and I’m sure you check it every day now for the job postings), look under the “Personals” column and you’ll see a option titled “Missed Connections.” It’s where men and women seeking women or men recount a recent chance meeting with someone who captured their heart in the blink of an eye. Perhaps it was a short but sweet conversation over the purchase of a latte; or gazing into one another’s eyes on the train to

I have never once written a "missed connections" ad, nor even a M4W ad of any kind... but you know, sometimes I read them in The Reader or places like that... whole stories there, waiting to be told or experienced, some hopeful, some sad... This comics collection gets at a wide range of stuff and is hard to put down... pretty fascinating view of human nature... of shyness and hesitation as one fundamental basis for missing connections...

Admit it.... home alone with nothing to do with unlimited internet. You hop on craigslist for a quick laugh and a few hours later you're worried about the human race. You may even feel discomfort. The missed connections page is always great for a laugh or even a shutter. This compilation has the best of both worlds and alittle more. Some of these are just plain weird and she could of found funnier ones. Still a good group of awkwardness.

I've always been intrigued by the little soap operas-in-miniature that are encapsulated in missed connections ads, and this book will help feed that morbid curiosity of anyone who has read those sections and found themselves mentally embroidering upon the fragmented recaps of transitory connections. The artists in this collection seize upon all of the inherent humor, pathos, and let's face it--occasional skeeziness--of the ads in exactly the same way the average reader would, so as satisfying as...

Inspired by "missed connections" ads on Craigslist, this collection of comics is proof that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. A talented bunch of independent artists take verbatim entries and embellish. One or two are autobiographical and focus more on the assignment, rather than inventing a graphical story. In most cases, pictures compliment the stories well; there is a lot of repetition of theme, and some are more clever than others; "Trading Smiles" in which the cartoonist imagines tw...

This book combines two of my favorite modern-day phenomena: graphic art and Missed Connections.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 (or maybe “would-be-love” notes) about how they saw someone they were romantically interested in around town and neglected to say something. The posts can range from cute to creepy to wildly inappropriate, but, ei...

I ended up buying this book after having read most of Wertz' other work. I knew that this book was compiling work from several authors, so I knew that the artwork & storytelling abilities would differ from person to person. For the most part this is actually a pretty good book.The listings in this are pulled from craigslist as well as other venues, but seems to be predominantly craigslist. The stories run from funny to sad to downright tragic. We see possible reactions to these listings running

Fun read. I especially appreciated the artists who took the time not to depict the usual fat redneck salivating over hot girl angle.I want to do a comic of a craiglist mc I saw one time that started like this:"Glasses, Hoodie, Skinny Jeans on Bike - w4mI see you around school and at shows all the time, and I just had to get it off my chest: I think you're incredibly sexy. I love your tight jeans and dark eyes. You're always really funny, and I can't tell if you're flirting or just being nice." T...

These were fun little takes, some better than others--as is always the case with such collections--but worth my time.Some are nothing more than quick little jokes, while others take the time to give a heartfelt moment and how we react, why we react, or why we look for these "missed connections" with strangers.There's a movie poster for LOST IN TRANSLATION with the tagline: "Everyone Wants to Be Found." I think that sums up the theme of this collection.

would've given it five stars if wertz had curated & edited it just a little more heartlessly...but still a fun, quick read, and more variety than i expected.

I found this little anthology to be completely fascinating. Prior to reading this I was unaware of the whole concept of having a missed connection and further more people placing ads for them. The stories range from “oh I can relate to that” to “what...that’s so outrageous” all illustrated by talented alternative cartoonists. With all anthologies I read and review on here I like to share my “top 3” entries.Julia Wertz’s coffee shop cartoon which is also the cover. I was not familiar with her wor...