Question: What nationality is the illustrator who Warren Hinckle paired with Hunter S. Thompson in the first Gonzo journalism?

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Warren Hinckle: Warren James Hinckle III (October 12, 1938 – August 25, 2016) was an American political journalist based in San Francisco.  Hinckle is remembered for his tenure as editor of "Ramparts" magazine, turning a sleepy publication aimed at a liberal Roman Catholic audience into a major galvanizing force of American radicalism during the Vietnam War era.  He also helped create Gonzo journalism by first pairing Hunter S. Thompson with illustrator Ralph Steadman.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a novel by Hunter S. Thompson, illustrated by Ralph Steadman.  The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents.  The story follows its protagonist, Raoul Duke, and his attorney, Dr. Gonzo, as they descend on Las Vegas to chase the American Dream through a drug-induced haze, all the while ruminating on the failure of the 1960s countercultural movement.  The work is Thompson's most famous book, and is noted for its lurid descriptions of illegal drug use and its early retrospective on the culture of the 1960s.  Its popularization of Thompson's highly subjective blend of fact and fiction has become known as gonzo journalism.  The novel first appeared as a two-part series in "Rolling Stone" magazine in 1971, was published as a book in 1972.  It was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1998 by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro who portrayed Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo, respectively.

Transmetropolitan: Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk transhumanist comic book series written by Warren Ellis and co-created and designed by Darick Robertson; it was published by the American company DC Comics in 1997-2002.  The series was originally part of the short-lived DC Comics imprint Helix, but upon the end of the book's first year the series was moved to the Vertigo imprint and DC Comics shut down the Helix imprint.  "Transmetropolitan" chronicles the battles of Spider Jerusalem, infamous renegade gonzo journalist of the future, an homage to gonzo journalism founder Hunter S. Thompson.

Ralph Steadman: Ralph Steadman (born 15 May 1936) is a Welsh artist best known for his work with American author Hunter S. Thompson.

Gonzo Today: Gonzo Today is an internet-based publication inspired by the writing and reporting style of gonzo journalism popularized by Hunter Thompson.  Among other pursuits, Gonzo Today interviews a wide range of notable persons, as noted by the New York Times obituary of poet and artist Heathcote Williams and includes other interview subjects such as artist Clayton Patterson, Ambrosia band members Mary Harris and Burleigh Drummond and former CIA agent and whistleblower, John Kiriakou.

Songs of the Doomed: Gonzo Papers, Vol.  3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream is a book by the American writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, originally published in 1990.  This third installment of "The Gonzo Papers" is a chronologically arranged selection of stories, letters, journals and reporting, allowing readers to see how Thompson's brand of "new journalism," also termed Gonzo journalism, has evolved over the years.  It is a collection of Dr. Thompson's essays and articles.  This collection is mostly made up of pieces from the Reagan era, but there are also some older stories, including excerpts from his unfinished first novel, "Prince Jellyfish", which is still unpublished, and "The Rum Diary", which was not published on its own until 1998.

Gonzo journalism: Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story via a first-person narrative.  The word "gonzo" is believed to have been first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style.  It is an energetic first-person participatory writing style in which the author is a protagonist, and it draws its power from a combination of social critique and self-satire.  It has since been applied to other subjective artistic endeavors.

The Great Shark Hunt: The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S. Thompson.  Originally published in 1979 as Gonzo Papers, Vol.  1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time, the book is a roughly 600-page collection of Thompson's essays from 1956 to the end of the 1970s, following the rise of the author's own gonzo journalism style as he moved from Air Force and sports beat-writing to straight-ahead political commentary.  It is the first of four volumes in "The Gonzo Papers" series.

Hunter S. Thompson: Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement.  Born in Louisville, Kentucky, to a middle-class family, Thompson had a turbulent youth after the death of his father left the family in poverty.  He was unable to formally finish high school as he was incarcerated for 60 days after abetting a robbery.  He subsequently joined the United States Air Force before moving into journalism.  He traveled frequently, including stints in California, Puerto Rico, and Brazil, before settling in Aspen, Colorado, in the early 1960s.

Michael Muhammad Knight: Michael Muhammad Knight (born 1977) is an American novelist, essayist, and journalist.  His writings are popular among American Muslim youth.  The "San Francisco Chronicle" described him as "one of the most necessary and, paradoxically enough, hopeful writers of Barack Obama's America," while "The Guardian" has described him as "the Hunter S. Thompson of Islamic literature," and his non-fiction work exemplifies the principles of gonzo journalism.  Publishers Weekly describes him as "Islam's gonzo experimentalist."  Within the American Muslim community, he has earned a reputation as an ostentatious cultural provocateur.

Supporting paragraphs: Warren Hinckle Ralph Steadman
Answer: Welsh