The Joke's Over

{{Short description|2006 book written and illustrated by Ralph Steadman}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Joke's Over

| image = The Joke's Over.jpg

| caption =

| author = Ralph Steadman

| illustrator = Steadman

| publisher = William Heinemann

| cover_artist= Steadman

| pub_date = 2006

| country = United Kingdom

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = xviii, 396, 32 plates

| oclc = 70173319

| isbn = 9780434016068

| congress = NC1479.S79 A2 2006b (first), NC1479.S79 A2 2006

}}

The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories—Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me is a book written and illustrated by Ralph Steadman chronicling the odd and very often dangerous times when he met and worked with his friend Hunter S. Thompson. It contains some illustrations by Steadman created at the time of the events and some photos taken by Steadman or Thompson.

It was published in 2006 by Heinemann in the UK and, perhaps during the same year, by Harcourt in the US.

The book tells stories of what happened when Hunter and Steadman were working together, from their first joint work at the Kentucky Derby{{when|date=April 2018}} to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, published as a book in 1972.{{cn|date=April 2018|reason=WorldCat library records suggest that the account runs until Thompson's death in 2005}}