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There’s always a few cartoons of wheelchair users floating about, mostly they’re just crap and about as funny as concrete parachute though. Which is why it’s all the more awesome when someone goes and makes a comic strip about a guy in a wheelchair that isn’t just funny but pretty much sums up our attitude to life in a wheelchair perfectly. The fact that the creator is able-bodied just seems to make the whole thing even cooler. 

Dizabled is the online comic strip following the exploits of Leeder O. Men, a disabled character who pretty much does what he wants, enjoying the more adventurous and extreme wheelchair activities with an air of cool that we can only dream of.

The character evolved after it’s creator John Lytle spent time as an assistant at an adaptive weight training class and obviously got to know some pretty badass dudes in wheelchairs.

 When I started to lift grown men with their wheelchairs buckled to their bodies up to the chin-up bar for fifty pull-ups, I became irreversibly involved.  Leeder’s first stunt emerged in my sketch book shortly after.

Not everyone seems to like the strip though, or the fact that John isnt disabled himself, it’s worth checking out his complaint page, which can be just as amusing and entertaining as the comic itself:

“I saw your website last night, being a disABLED person myself, i was really liking it until i read that you’re not a disABLED person… i’m not sure how i feel about a person without any disabilities making cartoons with disABLED characters…… is any of the money you’re making from this going to any kind of charity for disABLED people? have you considered maybe having a disABLED person help you out with these comic strips also?”

“Your website is awful. you are just taking the mick out of disabled people and it is a disgrace. i have a good mind to sue you!!!”

Make sure you check out the strip for yourself and decide if you’re going to smile or sue.

Dizabled - The adventures of Leeder O. Men