John Callahan
Birth date: January 01, 1951
Died: January 01, 2010
John Callahan's Books
This is an excellent retrospective on a pivotal decade in the development of comic books. Don't expect Superman and Spider-Man here, though ... this is devoted to what would have been called underground comix in earlier days, and alternative comics later on. Luckily, they're all just classified as c...
More sick humor, for them, like me, who like that sort of thing.
Callahan is a sick man. I respect that.
The traditional narrative about someone suffering a debilitating accident has the victim becoming stronger, braver, kinder, and more accomplished; going on to win athletic completions, taking up painting. Superman becomes a mensch and an advocate. This is not that story. Callahan does not try to bec...