Ralph Idris Steadman is a British illustrator best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books.
Steadman in 2006
Steadman's film poster for Where the Buffalo Roam (1980).
Blue plaque on a house on the New King's Road, London SW6
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author. He rose to prominence with the publication of Hell's Angels (1967), a book for which he spent a year living with the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional article titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which further raised his profile as a countercultural figure. It also set him on the path to establishing his own subgenre of New Journalism that he called "Gonzo", a journalistic style in which the writer becomes a central figure and participant in the events of the narrative.
Thompson in 1971
Thompson's high-school senior portrait
Thompson in 1957 as sports editor of the Courier Commander, an Air Force newsletter
Self-portrait photo of Thompson c. 1960–1967