[8] Because Beckett gave Johns free rein to design the book, he decided to include only five fizzles, but in both languages.

In addition, end papers, designed by Johns, were printed as four-color lithographs by William Law at Petersburg Press.

Johns took much of the imagery from his painting Untitled 1972,[10] but he also created numerals that introduce the fizzles and a "table of contents", which incorporates stenciled letters from his repertoire.

[11] Since then it has appeared in numerous shows,[12] including the landmark Museum of Modern Art exhibit: A Century of Artists’ Books, which ran from October 23, 1994 to January 24, 1995.

[22] Sets for this production were designed by Lucy Wilkinson,[23] it was directed by Jonathan Holmes, and Beckett's words were spoken by Alan Howard.