Ralph Steadman was born in 1936. He started as a cartoonist and through the years diversified into many fields of creativity. He has illustrated such classics as “Alice in Wonderland”, “Treasure Island” and “Animal Farm”. His own books include the lives of Sigmund Freud and Leonardo da Vinci and “The Big I Am”, the story of God. With American writer Hunter S. Thompson he collaborated in the birth of GONZO journalism, the definitive book in the genre being “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”, which was made into a feature film. “ (From Steadman’s website)

Für The Browse Cartoon, Caricature and Comic Festival stellte er eine Reihe großformatiger Zeichnungen zum Thema „British Politics“ (der letzten 30 Jahre) zusammen, die auch in Zusammenhang steht mit der Festival-Ausstellung des London Cartoon Museum „Broken Britain?“.

http://www.ralphsteadman.com