Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in graphic novel reincarnation

Hunter S Thompson’s ‘gonzo’ account of a drug-addled road trip has been adapted into a graphic novel by artist Troy Little

Hunter S Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – intimately bound up in most readers’ minds with Ralph Steadman’s hallucinatory illustrations – is set to be turned into a graphic novel by the artist Troy Little.

The adaptation, the first ever graphic novel take on Thompson’s work, has been approved by the late rebel journalist’s estate, and will be published this October by Top Shelf Productions. Little, who has been nominated for an Eisner award for his Angora Napkin series, said he “agonised” over the project, because the work of Ralph Steadman, whose pen-and-ink illustrations peppered the original, “is so synonymous with Hunter you just know from the outset nothing can compare”.

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