Admittedly, I am a Hunter S. Thompson fanboy. His intelligence, his quirks, his fearless search for the “edge” has always spoken to me. The adventurous nature, the button pressing, the outside the box approach, is something that inspires my design and illustration every time I make something… so when I had the chance to create a book based on a person I admire, I jumped at the chance to tell the good Dr’s story.

This book was truly a labor of love. It was my first foray into Perfect-binding, constructing a hard cover book using book board, it might have even been my first trip to Jo-Anne fabrics to procure the canvas for the cover. It was definitely my first time using a laser cutter, and its something I incorporated into future projects, because those things are just so badass. I’m really proud of how this project turned out. Thompson was such a colorful personality, and I did my best to let that shine through the book. One of my favorite parts are the fold out pages which highlight Ralph Steadman’s iconic scratchy art style and give a larger canvas to show off his work. The copy from this book are all from interviews from people who knew him that I pieced together from different books I read about him, so it not only looks fun, I feel it tells a pretty interesting story of his life as well.