Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot Paperback - 2018
by John Callahan; David Kelly
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
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- Title Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot
- Author John Callahan; David Kelly
- Binding Paperback
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Date 2018
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # G006283696XI4N00
- ISBN 9780062836960 / 006283696X
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.57 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress subjects Cartoonists - United States, Alcoholics - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 89040488
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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From the rear cover
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.
