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
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
Panic attack cartoon from Charlie’s column. As someone who used to regularly suffer from panic attacks (and still has the odd one) I really identified with this one. “Two days ago, mentally and emotionally ready and eager to go to London, I zipped up my suitcase. Two hours later my entire body started to shake, … Read more
Artist James Gurney was in Dublin recently and completed this watercolour painting of a scene near College Green in 2 hours. Despite the quick turnaround the weather changed on him twice and he has to remove the painting he started and start again! James is the author and illustrator of the Dinotopia series of books … Read more
Galway Bay Hotel Wedding Entertainment: here is a selection of my live wedding caricatures from a recent wedding in the Galway Bay Hotel. It was nice to be back in the hotel, it’s been a while since I’ve done a wedding there (most of my weddings are all over the country!), not to mention I … Read more
On the Waterfront film still featuring Rod Steiger but with Marlon Brando replaced by our heroic scribe Charlie Adley. This cartoon illustrated Charlie’s weekly column in July where inspired by Galway Film Fleadh Charlie lists his favourite films, including On the Waterfront: “Let’s start in 1954 with Elia Kazan’s ‘On the Waterfront.’ Forget petulant Johnny … Read more