You can check out a selection of John Callahan’s work, which appeared in the New Yorker, Penthouse, Playboy, and for 27 years at the Portland newspaper Willamette Week, by visiting Callahan Online.
Following this accident, John Callahan decided to become a cartoonist, which he used as a form of therapy.
Callahan’s work was so controversial that it occasionally led to boycotts and protests against the Willamette Weekly.
John Callahan died due to complications with quadriplegia and respiratory problems on July 24, 2010.