AF2 Review: "Dead Wax" A William S. Burroughs Asemic Fanzine (Spain)

Cover page of Dead Wax: Las escrituras del Tio Bill (fanzine edited 

by Francisco Galvez) (Spain) (Dead Wax 2020)

Recently I posted an Asemic Front 2 update of work by mail art friend Spanish visual poet Ferran Destemple. One of his ongoing projects is an intensive exploration of asemics by William S. Burroughs (WSB). Destemple has both isolated asemic anti-signs created by Burroughs, and he has entered into an other-worldly dialog with the departed William Lee. 

Ferran Destemple also sent me a copy of Dead Wax fanzine from 2020. This fanzine is created by Francisco Galvez and made from WSB’s writing that includes asemic anti-symbols. Thus Dead Wax both chronicles WSB’s imagination and vital interpretations and collaborations taking place. To learn more about DeadWax:

https://deadwaxzine.tumblr.com/ 

I see in Dead Wax extended and astute reflections on masculinity, guns, colonization and other themes. This is an excellent publication for those interested in vispo, asemics as well as Beats.

From Dead Wax: Las escrituras del Tio Bill (Spain) (Dead Wax 2020)

WSB’s reputation rose beyond the literary and into the realm of popular culture during his lifetime. David Cronenberg brought Naked Lunch into the filmic realm, fully aware WSB had a popcult persona that influenced the ultimate narrative.

Ferran Destemple identifies the mytho-poetic aspects of WSB's life and at the same time reveals his own formidable talents to us.

- De Villo Sloan

June 2, 2025

Elbridge, New York

 

From Dead Wax: Las escrituras del Tio Bill fanzine (Spain) 

(Deadwax 2020)

From Dead Wax: Las escrituras del Tio Bill fanzine (Spain) 

(Deadwax 2020)