Fantagraphics spotlights the intersection of art and language in thisinnovative new collection without peer in English that gathers thework of visual poets from around the world into one stunning volume.The alphabet is turned on its head and inside-out, with the resultsculminating in a compilation of daring and surprising verbo-visual gems.THE LAST VISPO is composed of visual poetry (a portmanteau of thewords visual and poetry) from the years 1998 to 2008, during a burstof creative activity fuelled by file sharing and e-mail, which made itpossible for the vispo community to establish a more heightened andsophisticated dialogue with one another.THE LAST VISPO features 148 contributors from 23 countries on fivecontinents. It includes 12 essays that illuminate the abundant history andthe state of vispo today. The anthology offers a broad amalgam of longtimepractitioners and poets new to visual poetry over the last decade,underscoring the longevity and the continued vitality of the art form.