The comic book version is really great but it’s still the fourth version of this same story (fifth, if you include the audio book).Ĭonsidering Little’s cartooning skills, and his clear love for the source material and the creator, this version feels like a missed opportunity. The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas story has been told in Rolling Stone, the original novel, Terry Gilliam’s movie and now as this comic book. This adaptation, as great as it is, doesn’t add anything new. These are all words that we’ve read/seen/heard before, in one version or another. One of Thompson’s greatest literary gifts was the way he used language-he used it like a surgeon uses a scalpel swiftly, effectively, and without mercy-and this is perfectly illustrated by Little.Īnd yet, that is exactly where the book fails. Little’s use of Courier as the narration font is particularly great. The hallucinations and manic freak-outs are a delight in themselves, but the subtle (and not so subtle) changes in lettering effectively communicate the mentality (and sobriety) of the characters. The best part of this book is easily the lettering-the words are just as much a character as Thompson and Acosta, which is a testament to Little’s cartooning skills-he’s as clever a letterer as he is a cartoonist. He avoids any Ralph Steadman influence (within reason, Steadman was as much a part of gonzo journalism as Thompson) and was able to capture Thompson and Acosta in all of their brutality, menace, and savagery as they make their way through the Nevada desert. Through page layout, camera angles, and clever cartooning, he takes the source material and makes it his own. 1) does an amazing job adapting Thompson’s novel. Troy Little ( Super Secret Crisis War: The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Powerpuff Girls Vol. Gonzo) as they use cars, drugs, and violence to find the American Dream in southern California and Nevada. Thompson (aka Raoul Duke) and his attorney Oscar Zeta Acosta (aka Dr. For the uninitiated, Fear and Loathing follows the adventures of Hunter S. Thompson adapted and illustrated by Troy Littleįear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a super-duper faithful comic book adaptation of Hunter S.
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