http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/27/AR2010072705535.html

Whew...I thought one of the strippers had croaked.

Same here...I thought Crabby's ego ate him

I don't think it's fair to say that John Callahan invented shock humor, but he is was quite possibly the best living example of it.

He was never even a commercial success. Sad.

I didn't find nearly enough of his work, but I liked what I did see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSCMwOiczCs

Any humorist who's had that horrible a life has an infinite source of material.

Egads... I didn't even hear about this one... he released some books which were on the shelves for a few minutes about 10 years ago, but otherwise he was a difficult find...

And now Robert Schimmel.

Or whatever.

Man, that was just as informative as any Schoolhouse Rock I ever saw. Too bad you can't talk to kids like that on TV.

When I heard I rented every callahan book I had at the library. His one panel style is what got me into comics in the first place along with Gary Larson. Its depressing enough to turn me into a raging alcoholic. Bob Schimmel too.