Welcome to the second round of the Sunday (today, technically Monday...I was gone most of yesterday) Comics Indie Compilation Triple Play. Today's Entry, I Saw You, is especially interesting given its creation process. Let's jump in.
The Comic: I Saw You: Comics Inspired By Real-Life Missed Connections
By: Edited by Julia Wertz, contains entries by her and several, several others.
By: Edited by Julia Wertz, contains entries by her and several, several others.
Type: Compilation
Content Rating: Though individual entries vary in content, overall it's definitely an R, mainly for language and sex.
Plot: I Saw You is born of an intriguing premise. All the comics in it are based off of "Missed Connection" personals ads from Craigslist. The resulting stories are often interpreted in fun ways, it's neat to see different artists' interpretations of things like what the posters looked like, and the emotional blend is rich too--humorous takes, sad ones, downright creepy ones, just plain odd ones. It's an entertaining slice of human strata. The artists are mostly up-and-coming or unknowns, though there are a few minor indie stars in the mix, such as Peter Bagge (best known for Buddy Does Seattle and his magazine Hate), Jeffery Brown (the graphic novel Unlikely) and Sam Henderson (freelance).
Personal thoughts: Like Fat Chunk, I Saw You isn't inexpensive and covers a nice broad range of topics and art styles, and with the way it was written is sociologically interesting as well. The anonymity of the internet from which this project was born yields some interesting behavior study possibilities. And it's good for a laugh, if not so much a "ha ha" laugh-out-loud laugh as an everyday, knowing, smirking sort of laugh.
Holden Out.
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