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Warren Hinckle III, the editor who first put them together, thought Steadman’s drawings were “evil-minded, twisted”. The duo’s journalistic adventures, a freewheeling blend of fact and fiction known as Gonzo journalism, influenced a generation of writers and satirists. Thompson while covering the 1970 Kentucky Derby that would change his life. ![]() ![]() In the 1960s his work appeared in Punch and Private Eye, but it was meeting writer Hunter S. He found his calling in a tiny advert for a Percy V Bradshaw illustration course: “You too can learn to draw and earn £££s”. ![]() Ralph Steadman was born in Merseyside in 1936 and grew up in North Wales.
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