tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post7839802463340917096..comments2024-03-27T17:14:54.791-05:00Comments on Glorious Trash: Fear And Loathing In Las VegasJoe Kenneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-68651040360369014002020-08-24T22:34:51.863-05:002020-08-24T22:34:51.863-05:00eh, his Batman wasn't all *that* woke. And the...eh, his Batman wasn't all *that* woke. And the "serial harrassment" was entered into with those women's full knowledge and, often, enthusiastic participation; he got burned when a chick decided that he wasn't coming across with the industry "in" as quickly as she thought he ought. And Transmetropolitan (and Planetary) are still both very, very good.halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-10827966911380352872020-08-24T22:32:01.345-05:002020-08-24T22:32:01.345-05:00I honestly found "The Great Shark Hunt" ...I honestly found "The Great Shark Hunt" a better introduction to HST than "Fear And Loathing", because GSH has some of the only remaining non-drug-addled journalism he did--including the story that he was working on at the time he and Oscar Zeta-Acosta took the Vegas trip that happens in FLLV!halojones-fanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473935330204075559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-75897671610497489202020-08-13T10:55:26.818-05:002020-08-13T10:55:26.818-05:00Thanks for the comments!
Matthew -- I think it...Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />Matthew -- I think it's a great place to start, with the caveat that I don't think he ever wrote anything else in this style. Hell's Angels for example is very tame, almost dry at times. Some of the stories collected in The Great Shark Hunt are pretty fun, though. And that's funny to hear about Warren Ellis; isn't it interesting how so Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-40480066884283044322020-08-11T15:43:48.514-05:002020-08-11T15:43:48.514-05:00Joe, have your ever read The Dog of the South by C...Joe, have your ever read The Dog of the South by Charles Portis? Along with Fear and Loathing, Boy Wonder, Catch-22, Catcher in the Rye, Confederacy of Dunces, and Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, The Dog of the South has always been one of those books that really stuck in my mind and never left. I found it really humorous.TrueAimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03544049436682105288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3701602284718920546.post-24315284983625509742020-08-10T11:19:55.335-05:002020-08-10T11:19:55.335-05:00You know I've never read Hunter S. Thompson. I...You know I've never read Hunter S. Thompson. Is Fear and Loathing a good starting place? I've also always been interested in his Hell's Angel book.<br /><br />The character Spider Jerusalem from Warren Ellis's comic Transmetropolitan was based on Thompson. I've always had a love/hate relationship with Ellis's work though. Put it this way, he was praised for making Batman &Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.com