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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

by John Callahan
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 05/07/2018

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In 1972, at the age of 21, John Callahan was involved in a car crash that severed his spine and made him a quadriplegic. A heavy drinker since the age of 12 (alcohol had played a role in his crash), the accident could have been the beginning of a downward spiral. Instead, it sparked a personal transformation. After extensive physical therapy, he was eventually able to grasp a pen in his right hand and make rudimentary drawings. By 1978, Callahan had sworn off drinking for good, and begun to draw cartoons. Over the next three decades, until his death in 2010, Callahan would become one of the nation's most beloved-and at times polarizing-cartoonists. His work, which shows off a wacky and sometimes warped sense of humor, pokes fun at social conventions and pushes boundaries. One cartoon features Christ at the cross with a thought bubble reading T.G.I.F. In another, three sheriffs on horseback approach an empty wheelchair in the desert. Don't worry, one sheriff says to another, He won't get far on foot. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot recounts Callahan's life story, from the harrowing to the hilarious.
ISBN:
9781684414703
9781684414703
Category:
Biography: general
Format:
CD-Audio
Publication Date:
05-07-2018
Publisher:
HighBridge Audio
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
137x163x18mm
Weight:
0.14kg
John Callahan

John Callahan became a quadriplegic after a car accident at the age of 21.

After he found he was still able to draw using a special technique he built a career as a cartoonist specialising in a particular brand of dark humour. He died in 2010.

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