Artists'' book comprised of black-and-white photographic images interspersed with text, both by F. Deschamps. "The Return of the Slapstick Papyrus is a visual detective novel which addresses issues concerning imagery and power. The volume contains 132 pages, 87 photographs, 17 odd-plot twists, and 39 funny parts. The jacket copy gives some ideas as to the content and where I wanted to go with it: ''In 1998, just before the Eat the Rich Campaign, Rogue Savage is hired by the sinister Doctor Francisco to trace a mysterious large bird. Rogue''s twin brother Rusty, the notorious Egyptologist, disappears. The lovely and intelligent Professor Katherine, mistress of many languages, will guide and perhaps teach Rogue the mystery of the shadows behind the Sigma Parlors. This masterful tale of intrigue and suspense often appears to go nowhere and eventually does.'' Again, as with Life in a Book, my purpose is to treat serious ideas in an entertaining manner. The book grapples with issues concerning the power struggle between the First World and the Developing World. The culminating insight and the central message of the book is that all power is based on separation. The key to the narrative is the Slapstick Papyrus, a document of 2000 year old jokes, which serves as a visual index to the entire story since all the drawings in the papyrus are based on photographs in the book. The hieroglyph is the perfect symbol for a visual artists'' book which uses imagery to create meaning, much as any ideograph does.'' -- excerpt from F. Deschamp''s Project Statement