barrie tomlinson Archives – Caricatures Ireland by Allan Cavanagh

Newsletter April 2026

30/04/2026 by Allan

Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote… welcome to my April 2026 Newsletter! Read on to see what I was getting up to in April written by a real human (mostly innocent, the salacious stuff is in my other newsletter). Barrie Tomlinson RIP I’m opening this newletter with an appreciation. Eagle and 2000AD fascinated, terrified, … Read more

The Origins of Eagle’s Doomlord

22/10/202125/04/2019 by Allan

[SEE BELOW FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE MASK’S ORIGIN! 05/11/2020] One of my favourite comic strips as a child was Eagle’s Doomlord. There was something utterly terrifying about this eventually-benevolent alien sent here to judge humankind, especially in the eerie early photo-strip days. I had an impromptu interview/conversation with former Eagle Editor Barrie Tomlinson … Read more