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DON WORRY HE WON GET FAR ON FOOT - JOHN CALLA...

The memoir of legendary cartoonist John Callahan?now a major motion picture Directed by Gus Van
Sant and starring Joaquin Phoenix  Jonah Hill  Rooney Mara  and jack Black In 1972  at the age
of twenty-one  John Callahan was involved in a car crash that made him a quadriplegic. As
Callahan had been a heavy drinker since the age of twelve (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. 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. Featuring more
than sixty of Callahan's cartoons  it's a compelling look at art  addiction  disability  and
fame.

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