A traffic accident when he was driving drunk at twenty-one put Callahan in a wheelchair as a quadriplegic for the rest of his days, and despite that, he had a long career as a cartoonist, sometime-songwriter and singer, and moviemaker.
He used to get a lot of hate mail from handicapped people until they realized he was making as much fun of himself as anybody.
AdÃos, John.
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This guy could offend anyone. When one of his cartoons pricked my sense of right and wrong that's when I really began to appreciate and look forward to his work.
People who are willing to go too far, in the way that John did, are always needed: the Emperor has no clothes!
Roll on John, roll on.
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