Heading: (Thompson, Hunter S.)
Author: Benton, Thomas W., artist
Title: Hunter Thompson for Sheriff
Place Published: Aspen
Publisher:
Date Published: 1970
Description:

Three color silkscreen poster with fist and peyote button image. 66x50.3 cm (26x19¾").

Signed by artist Thomas W. Benton in the bottom margin. Additionally signed by Hunter S. Thompson "HST" in gold ink, along with a golden thumbprint. Nearly a decade before fellow Colorado native son Jello Biafra ran for mayor of San Francisco, Hunter S. Thompson was blazing the way in his run for Pitkin County Sheriff on a platform of "freak power". In Aspen, Colorado, better known for its majestic natural surroundings and less-than majestic American elites, Thompson wrapped himself in the American flag and attempted the Leninist tactic of ‘boring from within‘. Like the more dour—and sober—revolutionaries of the sixties, Thompson did not succeed. However, he had a hell of a lot more fun and inspired a generation with his ‘gonzo‘ approach to life, literature and politics.

Some faint scuffing to black areas, pieces cloth tape at top and bottom edges of verso; near fine or better.