Nearly 150 works of art spanning six decades of cartoonist Ralph Steadman’s career are coming to Bates College this summer.

“Ralph Steadman: And Another Thing” showcases the artist’s sketchbooks, personal photos and handwritten notes alongside 149 original works, the college announced Monday. The exhibition begins June 6 and continues through Oct. 11 at the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston.

Bates Curator Samantha Sigmon said the collection will present newcomers and longtime fans an opportunity to “experience the unique mind and defining style of such a pivotal creative in American culture.”

Perhaps best known for his years of collaboration with journalist Hunter S. Thompson on projects including “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” Steadman built his legacy off a visceral, sometimes fantastical drawing style. His work has been shown on gallery walls, in picture books and in collaborations with brands like streetwear powerhouses Nike and Supreme.

“His art challenges us, teaches us and alters how we see the world,” said co-curator Andrea Lee Harris. “The exhibition offers viewers a glimpse into the artist’s creative force.”

Steadman, 89, was born in Wallasey, England, in 1936. He published his first cartoon in 1956, skewering then-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s decision to nationalize the Suez Canal Company, which would ultimately trigger the Suez Crisis, according to the Ralph Steadman Art Collection. He began honing his signature style in the 1960s, according to the collection.

“And Another Thing” features portraits of Virginia Woolf, George Orwell and Karl Marx, as well as nine portraits of U.S. presidents, including President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama and Richard Nixon. Works from Steadman’s “Gonzovation Trilogy,” which highlights extinct or endangered birds and animals, will also be featured.

Steadman also illustrated more than a dozen children’s books, including a version of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” and he authored a selection of his own children’s books, including “The Little Red Computer,” published in the late 1960s. Illustrations from both those books and others will be on display.

Sadie Williams, Steadman’s daughter and director of the Ralph Steadman Art Collection, said audiences are often surprised to see the range of the artist’s work.

“Many of his fans are very familiar with his collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson but do not realize that alongside that 35-year friendship and collaboration, is 60 years of illustrating children’s stories, a more than decade long working relationship with Ceri Levy about extinct and endangered birds and animals, and several collections of classic literary illustrations for novels,” she said in an emailed statement.

By viewing six decades’ of work, visitors can see Steadman’s development throughout his career, Williams said. She called him an “honest observer” of the world around him.

“He has a playful, infectious delight in nonsense which anyone from 5 to 85 can engage with. There is real alchemy in how he manages to translate his ideas into something visual that anyone can appreciate and engage with,” Williams said.

The exhibition opens with a reception from 7-9 p.m. June 6, the college said. Children’s origami workshops, a reception for returning students and a pair of film screenings — the documentary “For No Good Reason” and Terry Gilliam’s adaptation of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” — follow.

Museum admission is free, and all events are open to the public.