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So while the children cried themselves into Alka-Seltzer-mouth spasms over busted up crayons, I worked on some art. Alright.

“Nixon is a serious pro football freak. He and I are old buddies on this front: We once spent a long night together on the Thruway from Boston to Manchester, dissecting the pro & con strategy of the Oakland-Green Bay Super Bowl game. It was the only time I’ve seen the bugger relaxed – laughing, whacking me on the knee as he recalled Max McGee’s one-handed catch for the back-breaking touchdown. I was impressed. It was like talking to Owsley about Acid…

"…He sure as hell wanted to talk about football. Once I got into the car we became instant buddies. He was good company. I enjoyed him. He got me on the plane, showed me all around. I almost dropped a zippo into the gas tank of his Lear jet.

Interviewer: On purpose?

Hunter: No, no, no. I liked him, at the time there. He was good company. That's all we talked about was football. I was warned that if I mentioned wars or tear gas or protests or anything like that he'd [inaudible].”

-Taken from Fear and Loathing…; Jacket Copy notes; as well as interview with Adam Bulger, March ‘o3: [link]

Additional sketches here: [link]
(Scroll down to the bottom.)

Description
So while the children cried themselves into Alka-Seltzer-mouth spasms over busted up crayons, I worked on some art. Alright.

“Nixon is a serious pro football freak. He and I are old buddies on this front: We once spent a long night together on the Thruway from Boston to Manchester, dissecting the pro & con strategy of the Oakland-Green Bay Super Bowl game. It was the only time I’ve seen the bugger relaxed – laughing, whacking me on the knee as he recalled Max McGee’s one-handed catch for the back-breaking touchdown. I was impressed. It was like talking to Owsley about Acid…

"…He sure as hell wanted to talk about football. Once I got into the car we became instant buddies. He was good company. I enjoyed him. He got me on the plane, showed me all around. I almost dropped a zippo into the gas tank of his Lear jet.

Interviewer: On purpose?

Hunter: No, no, no. I liked him, at the time there. He was good company. That's all we talked about was football. I was warned that if I mentioned wars or tear gas or protests or anything like that he'd [inaudible].”

-Taken from Fear and Loathing…; Jacket Copy notes; as well as interview with Adam Bulger, March ‘o3: [link]

Additional sketches here: [link]
(Scroll down to the bottom.)