Levels of Insanity: Cartoons by Callahan

To be at the top of their game, cartoonists need to be fearless, brilliant and a bit crazy. Callahan is all three. They need to be fearless because they need to feel free to poke their satirical sword at nearly everything and that cannot be done if their concern is over retribution if their sword gores the wrong ox. Brilliance is also needed as a cartoonist has only the image and a short sentence to make the point. Finally, the unusual focus of their brain cells just seems to be an occupational necessity. The cartoons in this collection make fun of just about everything. My favorites are: *) A woman asks a man sitting on a toilet and reading a newspaper, "Why do you always have to distract yourself?" His answer is "I have `attention defecate disorder!'" *) A man is sitting in a dentist's chair and the television displays, "more about Michael Jackson but first this about Britney!" The dentist sticks his head in and says, "Are you numb yet?" *) A boy is sitting on Santa's lap and his request is "A lucrative rebuild-contract in Iraq!" Funny, twisted and oh so descriptive of the world we inhabit.

John Callahan is one of the greatest humor cartoonists that I have com across. This entire book (my introduction to Callahan) is filled with hilarious cartoons. If you dont laugh, you either think he's too mean or you just didnt get the cartoon. Amazing guy.

damn johns funny. and i love how his cartoons look like he's dipped a stick in mud and drawn directly onto paper - it distinguishes him from the 'newyorker' clones. fantastic ideas.