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        The Tampa-based illustrator takes us to a downtown zoo of a different kind with his cutting-edge picture book, &lt;i&gt;Alphabhetto&lt;/i&gt;.
            by Julie Garisto
            Tracing back the origins of artist Josh PearsonÂ’s foray into the seemingly random associations of his alphabet ghetto, we arrive to Michigan in the 1980s, when the Tampa-based artist spent his childhood collecting random objects and dismantling them to create what he called Â“inventions.Â” This habit would find its way into his artwork, and at 17, when he began showing his work and illustrating for tattoo artists, he started incorporating colorful collages of magazine clippings after running out of supplies.&hellip;
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