BLAST

One of the major differences between the creation of BLAST and BLAST 2 was the physical separation of the contributors. While Lewis was attempting to put together BLAST 2, he was fighting on the French Front. Many of the contributors still resided in London during the war; however, because Lewis was on the French Front, coordinating the different pieces of the magazine was infinitely more difficult. This was compounded by other contributors also participating in front line offensives or closely supporting the assaults. Additionally, Jessica Dismoor served as a nurse on the French Front. The difficulty of war time communication as well as the variability of Lewis' location likely contributed to some of the changes in style of the second edition of BLAST compared to the first.

This map shows that even though only two of the contributors plus Wyndham Lewis were fighting in the war, the war took a toll on all the contributors. The second issue reveals that the war hit all the contributors equally hard because of the tone and layout of the issue.