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."
