Sure, but with ConTeXt you could do the same. In fact, the first example is just a sum of my mistakes, before I realized, that a TABLE
can be used to accomplish what you want.
\def\framedbox#1#2
{\hbox to 2em\bgroup
\setupframed[height=10cm,width=3cm,framed=off]
\framed[width=2cm,align=left]{#1}
\egroup}
\setupcolumns[n=2,]
\starttext
\title{\hfil A test}
\framedbox{}
\vskip -4in
\hskip 2.5cm{\lbox to 2.5cm{
\bTABLE
\setupTABLE[,2,3][frame=off, distance=4pt,align=vfil]
\bTR \bTD \input zapf \eTD \eTR
\bTD \input zapf \par \input linden \eTD \eTR
\bTD \input tufte \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
}}
\stoptext
And here is the almost-complete example. Just change some of the values accordingly please.
\setuplayout[width=130mm,]
\def\framedbox#1#2
{\hbox to 1em\bgroup
\setupframed[height=10cm,width=4cm,framed=off]
\framed[width=4cm,align=left]{#1}
\egroup}
\setuppagenumbering[state=stop]
\setupcolumns[n=2,]
\starttext
\title{\hfil \externalfigure[http://tug.org/images/logobw.jpg][width=6cm]}
\framedbox{}
\vskip -4in
\hskip 4.5cm{\rbox to 0.5cm{
\bTABLE
\setupTABLE[1,2][frame=off, distance=4pt,align=vfil]
\bTR \bTD \input zapf \eTD \eTR
\bTD \input tufte \eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
\externalfigure[context_logo.jpg]
}}
\stoptext

Second edit
What I had in mind, was to have a TABLEhead
and TABLEfoot
, respectively. Not this, really, since the former would eliminate the need to specify a setup for said footer, earlier in the document.
\showframe
\starttext
\setuplayout[footer=\textwidth]
\setuphead[chapter][header=none]
\setupfooter[chapter][]
\setupfootertexts[][{\dorecurse{8}{\framed{\externalfigure[context_logo.jpg]}}}]
\title{\dorecurse{1}{\externalfigure[mill.png][width=\textwidth,height=7cm]}}
{\lbox to 0.5cm{
\bTABLE
\setupTABLE[2,3][frame=off, distance=4pt,align=vfil,option=stretch]
\bTR \bTD \dorecurse{8}{\externalfigure[context_logo.jpg]\par} \eTD \eTR
\bTD \dorecurse{1}{\input zapf }\eTD \eTR
\bTD \dorecurse{1}{\input linden }\eTD \eTR
\eTABLE
}
\framed{\dorecurse{8}{\externalfigure[context_logo.jpg]\par}
}
\input cervantes-es
\externalfigure[mill.png]
\stoptext
