Borb

Selected for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016 "What makes Little's approach and execution so impactful is the way it subverts the wacky expectations of the medium. Chestnuts like pratfalls, farts and dentures flying out of mouths are coupled with their real-life spouses: gruesome compound fractures, life-threatening food poisoning, and gory, debilitating oral surgery. This dichotomy is most deftly rendered when the protagonist's frustrating loss of a belt leads to a series of trouser drops presented simultaneously with punch-line rhythm and a sense of heartbreaking hopelessness."--The Chicago Tribune "When we talk about something "being human" or a "universal experience," what we hope to mean is that there are things--emotions and feelings, regardless of how they're gotten to, that bind us through basic empathy: shared recognition and understanding of a thing lived or felt. The fundamental achievement of Jason Little's Borb is the manner in which he harnesses that attention, underpinning the trials and tribulations of his main character with equal amounts of mirth and despair."--The Onion A.V. Club "Little's elegant linework, minimal dialogue, and unwavering focus on the man's day-to-day struggles are powerful, giving us a gruesome, slapstick view of society's underbelly." -- Publishers Weekly "Borb is rich in the way that Little is able to present shocking and dark themes in short, light spurts to give the reader an overall greater depth. While Borb is a comic strip, its impact is novelistic in every sense."--Cleaver Magazine "[...] There is no way this book will not get a reaction out of you. It is an early contender for book of the year."--Mental Floss