2. Ralph SteadmanSteadman was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, and brought up in Towyn, North Wales. He attended YsgolEmrysApIwan (high school), Abergele, East Ham Technical College and the London College of Printing during the 1960s, doing freelance work for Punch, Private Eye, the Daily Telegraph,The New York Times and Rolling Stone during this time.Steadman currently lives with his wife in Kent, England.Steadman had a long partnership with the American journalist Hunter S. Thompson, drawing pictures for several of his articles and books.He accompanied Thompson to the Kentucky Derby for an article for the magazine Scanlan's, to the Honolulu Marathon for the magazine Running, and illustrated both Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. Much of Steadman's artwork revolves around Raoul Duke-style caricatures of Thompson: bucket hats, cigarette holder and aviator sunglasses.