Double Vision was a weekly column by Charlie Adley featuring cartoons by Allan Cavanagh which appeared in the Connacht Tribune.
After 27 years of writing, Charlie has called it a day for Double Vision. The column has been part of my life in one way or another since 2003, and since 2018 I had once again been contributing a weekly cartoon for Charlie’s blog version of the column. “After 27 years (and breaks for emigration … Read more
As Project British Self-Loathing approaches its final form this Thursday, here’s a cartoon about the news cycle “over there” featuring Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn. Did you know: in the UK you cannot be found guilty of murder if you tousle a blond wig during your trial.
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Bollock-headed man baby and Galway TD Noel Grealish appeals to his fact-free racist base in this cartoon from Charlie’s column over at Double Vision: “Why wouldn’t you share your hate, when there’s Grealish stirring up seven levels of vile bile, and he’s a politician, and he gets away with it? That’s why I was speechless. … Read more
Baggage reclaim cartoon from Charlie’s latest column: “Then came that most bizarre of rituals: the journey to Shannon Airport’s immigration and baggage hall. Up you go, up several flights of stairs and escalators, and then straight away down you go, down several flight of stairs…” More Double Vision cartoons here.
Yet another cartoon of this hateful kitchen mop of malice and avarice, this time in a rugby setting that I assure you was very topical at the time what with the Rugby World Cup being on and Britain still having a government (it’s from October, absolutely hot off the press this cartoon!) Of course this … Read more
Griffin’s Bakery on Shop St, Galway, which was opened in 1876, has unfortunately closed, and yet another cultural and business synapse of this city has been extinguished. The cartoon above depicts the front window of Griffins Bakery in what has become the regular fate of high street, family-run businesses in Irish cities. Charlie wrote about … Read more