There are no word balloons, and as this is a poem, theres great flexibility and freshness to each and every page layout. Some illustrations are full pagers, some are spot illustrations in weird shapes, and some overflow to two pages. And hes not handcuffed into any formal page layout or size. Krieks illustrations employ black and grey tones with a moody effect. If you can imagine there was a month long collaboration where Eric Powell, Charles Burns and Will Eisner were all locked in a studio together, you will be able to envision exactly what this art looks like. It has the feel of a lost treasure one would find on a back shelf of some forgotten bookstore.

New York Times Book Review, upon original 1928 publication Its a cross between a graphic novel and a heavily illustrated epic poem. episodes that make the blood boil, and the hair agic pathos so deep as almost to defeat any faith in man. Review Quotes A ringside seat at a heavyweight bout is what is offered by Mr. Pansys complicated love life leads to a spell in prison and his career subsequently takes a nosedive but he continues to box until the fateful night his fight managers and opponent triple-cross him and he meets a grisly end at the hands of a vengeful gang. And drop you flat with a sock on the button. When he was in the ring, It was over before you knew it. This reprinting of the original, unchanged 1928 poem features dynamic, specially commissioned artwork by Erik Kriek that vividly conveys the story of Pansy, an up-and-coming black prize fighter who takes on all comers. When the work was first published it made the bestseller list, and in 1949 it was turned into an award-winning film featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. Book Synopsis Written in 1928, The Set-Up is a long narrative poem about the boxing underworld - a hard-boiled tragedy told in syncopated rhyming couplets.

About the Book The lost classic by the author of The Wild Party-Back cover.

The Wild Party by Joseph Moncure March