<div><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 Awardwinning<i>Jack's Luck Runs Out</i>, as well as a number of short works for various cartoon anthologies.</p></div>