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.
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.
ReplyDeletePeople 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.