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I can't get enough of John Callahan. He is a great comic, and has done amazing work.

. . .when you first open this book. Be especially careful not to eat or drink as danger of choking during a laugh spasm increases. Also, if you find yourself cutting cartoons out of this book to send (pointedly) to friends, try not to cut yourself. In fact, sharp instruments aren't such a good idea either, so maybe it's best to just send them their own copies which are, heaven knows, cheap enough. What makes Callahan so ridiculously funny is that he apparently spends a lot of time thinking and not very much drawing. What he thinks about are things like dogs reserving their seats in the movies by urinating around them, the exotic dancer vomiting up cake at the bulimia convention and of course the sherrif's posse that finds the fugitive's abandoned wheel chair in the desert and is told 'don't worry, he won't get far on foot'. The best way to use this book is to leave it in the bathroom when you have guests and listen for the howls of laughter followed by the gasping sounds as your company struggles to catch its breath. --Lynn Hoffman, author of THE NEW SHORT COURSE IN WINE and the forthcoming novel bang BANG from Kunati Books. ISBN 9781601640005

I've shown this book to many friends. Watching as they look through it, I have yet to find one person who does not laugh out loud, usually within the first few pages, and then it gets louder. Callahan spoofs holy cows others dare not touch.

"Do Not Disturb Any Further" is a collection of one-panel cartoons by John Callahan. In a cover blurb, "Far Side" cartoonist Gary Larson says of Callahan, "[H]e makes my own work look normal."Callahan may be the ultimate politically incorrect cartoonist. Nothing is taboo in this book. He mines humor from the following subject matter: AIDS, blindness, obesity, hell, baldness, suicide, anal sex, eating disorders, demonic possession, crucifixion, homelessness, and evolution, among others.Callahan's subject matter is well served by his ultra-crude drawing style. His grotesque human figures are ugly and misshapen (but oddly endearing!).I'll describe two typical cartoons from this book. A female Grim Reaper, accompanied by two Reaper children, encounters a man giving away free puppies. The little Reapers excitedly ask, "Mommy! Mommy! Can we kill the puppies?" In another equally warped cartoon, a man is confronting his topless wife, one of whose breasts has been replaced by a pirate hook. He exclaims, "You're going back to that surgeon and demanding a more attractive prosthetic device!"Is Callahan the most depraved and offensive cartoonist of all time? I don't know, but I do think he's one of the funniest. If you've got a strong stomach and a thick skin, enjoy!

John Callahan is nothing shy of brilliant. The title "Digesting the Child Within" demonstrates in itself the amazing sense of humor of the author. He has the keen ability to take issues and situations that seem humorless, and with his witt, make them really funny. Not unlike Larson he has the remarkable ability to think of the most absurd things and makes them hysterical. Everyone I have shown his books to has enjoyed them. Bar none.