“[A] clenched fist set against a sheriff’s badge,” but no mention of peyote button in the center. Ironically enough, it seems like the writer doesn’t entirely understand that HST was a writer. That framing is probably due in part to the curator, who he quotes as saying, “We’ve all seen ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” — the movie! — but “all of Benton’s posters are so reserved, quiet and direct in comparison.” Sure, the starred-and-striped skull with swastikas in the its sockets was really ‘quiet.’ I guess it’s a generational thing, but my first plunge into campaign politics was reading Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72, almost certainly when Reagan was squaring off against Carter, so my memories of this are pretty concrete. Still, you’d think someone writing about a “Freak Power” ticket might ask about that livid green thing in the middle of the fist — the “freak” half of the equation.