Vedic Horoscope for Callahan, John

American artist, Portland's famous quadriplegic cartoonist. He established his reputation with dark humor making fun of those with disabilities, using macabre humor, and often offending other races and ethnicities. Callahan suffered from alcoholism even as a young boy. In 1972 he was a passenger in a car driven by someone who had been drinking. A terrible collision with a utility pole severed his spinal cord and he became paralyzed from the diaphragm down. He continued to draw after the accident but with great difficulty. In 1978 he joined Alocholics Anonymous. Don Borkowski quotes him by email 12/1999