Portland cartoonist John Callahan dead at 60

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2010/07/portland_cartoonist_john_calla_1.html

After a lengthy hospital stay, Portland-based cartoonist and musician John Callahan died Saturday, according to his longtime friend David Milholland. He was 60.

Callahan, a quadriplegic since a traffic accident at age 21, is best known for his cartoons that consistently stepped beyond the boundaries of political correctness and have appeared in nearly 100 newspapers and magazines.

"He was a loyal friend to a whole lot of very talented and unsung people," Milholland said.



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[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Neat guy.

Classic Portland character.

[Suich]

2. R.I.P., Mr. Callahan

I enjoyed his work.

[Warpy]

3. I've loved his stuff

He was weird, sick, horrible, all the stuff I love the best because it always made me laugh at the grotesque absurdity of it all.

RIP, Callahan. You will be missed.

[flying rabbit]

4. RIP

SIR.

[Bigmack]

5. Wonderful, sick, dark... I loved him! nt

[stevedeshazer]

6. More Callahan

Perhaps his most famous:

[uppityperson]

7. RIP John, may you be running through meadows now.

I am surprised he managed to live as long as he did with the injuries combined with not coming from a rich background. "Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot: The Autobiography of a Dangerous Man" is a great book about his life and the troubles associated with being quadriplegic. Quite a difference from Chris Reeves, but with a lot of the same problems.

He shall be missed.

[stevedeshazer]

8. More Callahan

[eridani]

9. Only a quadriplegic could get by with saying

"Son't worry--he won't get far on foot."

http://www.epinions.com/reviews/Don_t_Worry_He_Won_t_Get_Far_on_Foot_by_John_Callahan

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

10. that sucks

I was a big fan

[SunsetDreams]

11. RIP Mr. Callahan