DRAWINGS
ART SPIEGELMAN
THE
THE LOST CLASSIC BY
JOSEPH HONCURE MARCH
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RHYTHM
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rduof student ot Honor, He hadn't sen in ve tty
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son and et, but Mach had been a prog of Robert
Fro: a Amber, ond fnew hs way orund wanes os
tell osoround speakeosis. tome os much to the fn
‘1200 od sal of els, 1 the and Ahn of ht
hor ond othe cosps and eat of tr fine a tds
enysiearald March ingrvned he poem ew nes
day, ovr the sua of 1926, soon oer quting The
Ne Yerkr, hee he had been the Reding maga’
‘oot manosing oor or Jeu” the ta care to chee
ton th post He decid to make hs woy 0 0 posta
are hice undereten by an lg father
‘The poam wos considered to hott publish unt 1928,
hen oie ein of even hurd an ity cste—the
fone wth the Marsh fromapace-not rated by Pascal
Cov rch and Mai, early Id ad become
‘end whe seated n lpabetal pointy 2 rep schoo)
‘The book becons 9 mcs de scondl og band
Beton, March ined flowed up wih The Set Up, the
story a washed ip lack hve whi rin scare
to The Wid Pay, bt without oma hae The SUP
‘made the Ties besteler t, ond March moved to
Halaod, whee he wie on screen thot the
rot decd, Mos nc, he elaborated en the toy ond
proved dilogu fr Hels Angels, the 1930 tke thot
‘made ean Haow-—theentodimer cf Queenie
March became witer of documentaries fr the State
Department ond fete wie for The New York Ties
Mogan. Mead 1977, Ne 0 moor wos otk
‘ond unr opr, though the pots have hed a ght
Ir hale on: demi 1949 movie adaption of
‘The Set.Up, directs by Robert Wi, eran one ofthe
wove’ ret or Bosing fins 1975 Marchant on fin