Playboy, May 1988; Scar Strangled Banger: The Twisted Vision of Ralph Steadman by Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson (contributions by) - 1988

Playboy Enterprises, 1988 Near fine (bump to upper spine corner). "Ralph and I met at the Kentucky Derby in 1970, and it took me about 14 seconds to spot the Jekyll-and-Hyde quality in him. He looked straight, but I knew he wasn't. I don't think I'd even seen his work---maybe he sketched a little---but I recognized the fiend in him immediately --- that dark whistling sound that come with the shock of recognition. Here was this kinky fucking Welshman, first time in the United States, and I could tell just from talking with him that the way he saw things was unique, original, hopelessly twisted. He didn't know a fucking thing about the Derby. I'm from Louisville, so I knew all about that shit, and his perceptions convinced me right away that I had found a true monster, a man who would gnaw the ears off children. We understood each other---" (1722RO005). Soft cover. Near Fine.