Borb

Borb

<div><p><B>Selected for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016</B></p><p><I>Borb</I> by Jason Little (<I>Shutterbug Follies</I>, <I>Motel Art Improvement Service</I>) is the story of Borb, a severely alcoholic homeless man. Borb is a downtrodden urban Candide whose misfortunes pile up at an alarming rate. The narrative is presented as a series of daily newspaper strips as the author draws on the long and complex tradition of the comic strip slapstick vagabond archetype. At once hilarious, horrifying, and full or heart, <I>Borb</I> depicts the real horrors specific to present-day urban homelessness. <I>Borb</I> is Little's most complex and challenging work.</p><p><B>Jason Little</B> studied photography at Oberlin College, and now resides in Brooklyn with writer Myla Goldberg and their daughter Zelie Goldberg-Little. He has been drawing cartoons since he was a child. In addition to acclaimed <I>Shutterbug Follies</I> and <I>Motel Art Improvement Service</I>, he also created the Xeric Award–winning <I>Jack's Luck Runs Out</I>, as well as a number of short works for various cartoon anthologies.</p><BR></div>