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Gonzo: A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Paperback – 14 Oct 2010

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  • Paperback: 180 pages
  • Publisher: Self Made Hero (14 Oct. 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1906838119
  • ISBN-13: 978-1906838119
  • Product Dimensions: 17.1 x 1.6 x 24 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Good as an art piece- failure of a Biography.
By Andrew on 26 Dec. 2010
Format: Paperback
On the final run up to Christmas while looking for stuff to buy for my relatives, I noticed out of the corner of my eye in the graphic novel section of the bookshop I was in, a bold, orange spine with the word 'Gonzo' over it. As a moderate fanboy, I had to take a look. Was this a new book on the great Doctor of Journalism himself, Hunter S. Thompson? In the graphic novel section? I had to see what it was about, so I flicked through it and I liked the look of it enough that I made a mental note to come back to it later.

One Christmas present later and I had devoured it in a couple of hours, the focus being on the images rather than the words, making it a very quick graphic novel to get through. I had nothing against the artwork, as most of it was really quite nice and inspired at times-- noting especially the section around the middle, when HST lived in San Francisco during the beat scene - the hub of counter-culture at that time - and in the ending, when he finally commits suicide. This, coupled with the death of Richard Nixon, the presidential embodiment of almost everything Thompson detested, was nice imagery, and signalling the end of an era.

I do believe it's strictly for the fans, however, as some parts, if you weren't already acquainted with HST's life and works in some basic way, would be confusing to follow. It is clear that the book focuses on Thompson's place as a struggling writer to successful journalist in the political arena during the 70's and the culture at that time, but as a biography it is a framework at best. It feels like a bare surface account rather than any kind of meaty insightful thing. Obviously this is one of the limitations and hurdles of using the graphic medium for a biography.Read more ›
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
No point mentioning those bats...
By Sam Quixote TOP 500 REVIEWER on 15 Nov. 2011
Format: Paperback
Having read "Fear and Loathing" both "Las Vegas" and "On the Campaign Trail `72" and "The Rum Diary", Hunter S. Thompson's legendary life already felt unreal and cartoonish just from the antics he gets up to in those books and the hilarious, evocative, desperate and vivid syntax he used in describing what he saw lent his books the feel of surrealism amidst the chaos of the time.

Which is why a graphic novel of his life, focusing mainly on his glory days in the 60s and 70s, was always going to fall short of Thompson's rich description of his own life. That said, the book isn't that bad. It shows Thompson as always the rebel, from nearly being arrested at a teen in the 40s, to being forever on the road after leaving job after job until he joined Rolling Stone (under his own terms of course).

It shows his work in parallel with the turbulent times, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy Assassination, the Equal Rights movement all providing backdrops to his books "Hell's Angels", "The Rum Diary" and "Fear and Loathing". His own life had plenty of drama from running on the Freak Party ticket as Sherriff of Aspen to run-ins with political giants like Richard Nixon.

The rest of his life, the 80s, 90s, and 00s, is dealt with in a few short pages and shows the great writer's decline into drugs and drink, and the inability to once more regain the energy and excitement of his most famous books.

This is an interesting summary of one of the most interesting writers of the 20th century but by no means comprehensive nor does it give the reader an idea of the genius of Hunter Thompson's words. For that reason alone I heartily recommend anyone wondering what Thompson was like to pick up "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "The Rum Diary" which do him more justice than this slim comic book could achieve.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
An unbalanced but occassionally brilliant biography of an unbalanced but frequently brilliant writer
By Jonathan on 19 Mar. 2012
Format: Paperback
I have been a fan of Thompson's work for many years. From Hell's Angels, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, to The Great Shark Hunt and The Curse of Lono, Thompson invented and defined the skewed, off-kilter participant journalism that became known as 'Gonzo'.

While a big fan of his work, I am also aware that he was a brilliant but often unpleasant and contradictory man. A libertarian with a passion for drugs and guns; yet a staunch defender of democracy and pointed critic of America's lurch to the right. It's fair to say that in his later years he struggled to recapture his magic and traded on his reputation.

But when Thompson was in full flow, with a cause to champion and enemies to thwart, his reporting was vivid and incisive; somehow capturing details others missed with caricature, at once exaggerated and razor sharp.

In the foreword of this book, Thompson's sometime editor, Alan Rinzler, laments Thompson's squandered potential and Bingley's narrative reflects this. It's a poignant, nuanced portrait of a complicated man whose reputation came to overshadow him. The illustrations by Hope-Smith are not the best I have seen, his linework is occasionally sloppy and Thompson himself is often drawn as little more than a hat, sunglasses and a snarl. But this is perhaps apt. He does capture Thompson well in the quieter moments of the book, which is also where Bingley and Hope-Smith's portrait really hits home.

Their biography does skim over what I describe as Thompson's 'late flourish' - his doomed project as the night manager at the O'Farrell Theatre and his wonderful book, the Curse of Lono (1983).Read more ›
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