Geranium Lake Properties, strenuous books blocked in cairns (part 2)

The Blues, Canto VIII, "The Six Interpretations"

Geranium Lake Properties, strenuous books blocked in cairns

The Blues, Canto VIII, "The Six Interpretations"

Geranium Lake Properties, all the fish love Chachi

The Blues, Canto VII, "Una carta dirigida al Presidente"

This series was initially a series of four or five panels, but as the images evolved into more panels, I realized I was making something that was becoming a little more epic. It seemed to me that I was illustrating an asemic opera called The Blues.

In this scene, Canto VII, Oriol replies to a request from the President of the Last Empire. Oriol is the person asemically represented by this panel. He is the author of the Last Book. The President has asked Oriol to adapt his book into a tube video. People can no longer can read written words, alphabets have become asemic. (The old books were recycled for toilet paper, Halloween masks and building materials like insulation.) In a letter (depicted here)the President cannot hope to read, Oriol politely declines.

Later, after his death, Oriol's daughter Yukosha will interpret the first line of the Last Book as: "Bahtnatchu feynd Min Veyshveysh ar8888ra ep88pe tem888met ast888erik gulp888plug tcha8ahct tcha88ahct noo88oon sci888ics ops8888spo." Or, on special occasions: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the end of times, so long, and thanks for all the fish, love, Chachi."

Geranium Lake Properties, Bahtnatchu feynd Min Veyshveysh

The Blues, Canto VI, "The Last Book"

Geranium Lake Properties, shield

The Blues, Canto V, "The Last Empire"

Geranium Lake Properties, curious shaker

The Blues, Canto IV, "Curious Shaker"

A child is born, his parents name him Moss. When he is eight years old, he discovers that he understands the languages of the earth. He calls himself Tiomquo Uvugrottuy, which he cannot translate into the languages of men. Most people call him Yellowjacket, Oriol, or the Man Who Speaks to Trees.

Geranium Lake Properties, Oracle of the Buried

The Blues, Canto II

Three soil-living characters predict the end of mankind. Not as grim as it might seem. Trees, plants and wildlife celebrate.

Geranium Lake Properties, The Blues, Canto III

GLP is an online cartoon published every Thursday and Sunday. And sometimes Tuesday.

Geranium Lake Properties, The Blues, Canto I

"The Descent of Machines"

An extra Tuesday edition of GLP.

Geranium Lake Properties, ressurection

The Blues, Prologue

"The Ascent of Books"

GLP is back! Every week on Sunday and Thursday.

April Fool's Day Cards Still Available

I will be mailing these postcards throughout the month of April. You just need to let me know where to send them.

Let us pause among the frescoes

My old computer has failed. I need a new computer. I need to fix some things. Geranium Lake Properties will be on a short hiatus, maybe 2 weeks, maybe less.

Revisit some of the old cartoons. Some of them (at least 61%) are pretty good.

I am still able to check my e-mail, so you may contact me at the usual place.

Love,

lcmt

Later variations of today's cartoon

Geranium Lake Properties, again

GLP is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, we didn’t build this cathedral, or, the worm’s impression

GLP is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday. This was supposed to be posted last Thursday, on March 27.

Geranium Lake Properties, featuring Mr. Hijinks

For a few months in 1992 and 1993, Yost produced a color weekly supplement to Geranium Lake Properties. Most of the Sunday strip was occupied with "Bicoastal Adventures Into the Starline, Featuring Mr. Hijinks".

Geranium Lake Properties, frost dreams of summer

GLP is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, we are written by trees

GLP is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, half caf soy mocha latter day sanity

GLP is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.

Geranium Lake Properties, first word of spring

Geranium Lake Properties is published twice a week, on Thursday and Sunday.