Election poster promoting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson" class="extiw" title="w:Hunter S. Thompson">w:Hunter S. Thompson</a>'s 1970 run for sheriff of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitkin_County,_Colorado" class="extiw" title="w:Pitkin County, Colorado">Pitkin County, Colorado</a>. The symbol of a two-thumbed fist with a peyote button represented the so-called "Freak Power" movement, Thompson's self-proclaimed base of support. Thompson wrote about his campaign in the article "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Aspen" class="extiw" title="w:The Battle of Aspen">The Battle of Aspen</a>", published in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_Stone" class="extiw" title="w:Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> magazine no. 67 (October 1, 1970).
Illustrated and printed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Benton" class="extiw" title="w:Thomas W. Benton">Thomas W. Benton</a> (1930–2007). Distributed in and around Aspen, Colorado by Benton, Thompson, and other "Freaks".
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