Sadly John Callahan has passed away. He was 59 years old and died of complications from his spinal cord injury.
Known mostly for his cartoons, (which appeared for 27 years in Williamette Week), Callahan authored the biography Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot and a semi-autobiographical animation Quads. Callahan was the only quadriplegic who created a TV cartoon series , called Pelswick.
Read more here.
His site and work can be found here.
Related: Remembering John Callahan. ---Maybe that’s why I see some sense of irony in Callahan dying on the eve of the ADA anniversary. Much of his career was spent finding humor in the tragedies, ugliness and hypocrisies of life, and I can’t recall a single cartoon he ever did that begged for sympathy or compassion (or, in some cases, basic comprehension). He made fun of everything and everyone.
Rest in peace, John.
2 comments:
I'm so sad about this. Callahan was the first person I heard of who took disability and turned it on its head, imbuing it with attitude and kicking pity to the curb.
One of my favourite cartoons is the "don't worry, he wont get far on foot". Did an homage to it years ago http://theseatedview.blogspot.com/2007/06/dont-worry-she-wont-get-far-on-foot.html.
Lene,
I love that post! Thanks for posting it here.
Callahan was an important voice in the disability community and will be missed.
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