29 Cartoons Around The World Honor The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
The terrorist attack on the workers at Charlie Hebdo has shocked the world. On 7 January 2015, two Islamist gunmen forced their way into and opened fire in the Paris headquarters of Charlie Hebdo, killing twelve, including staff cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Honoré, Tignous and Wolinski. To pay tribute to the bravery of the cartoonists, many cartoonists have created illustrations dedicated to this tragedy.
Charlie Hebdo is a French satirical weekly newspaper, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Irreverent and stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication describes itself as strongly anti-racist and left-wing, publishing articles on the extreme right, Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, politics, culture, etc. According to its former editor Stéphane Charbonnier (“Charb”), the magazine’s editorial viewpoint reflects “all components of left wing pluralism, and even abstainers”.
Here are 29 Cartoons Around The World Honor The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting.
(h/t: reuters)
1. He drew first
Image credits: David Pope
2. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Image credits: Banksy
3.
Image credits: Il Giornaleo
4. Unstoppable Charlie Hebdo
Image credits: Joep Bertrams
5.
Image credits: Ruben L. Oppenheimer
6. We have avenged you
Image credits: David Fitzsimmons
7.
Image credits: Rob Tornoe
8.
Image credits: The Independent
9. He drew first
Image credits: Rafael Mantesso
10. I am Charlie
Image credits: Jamesuary
11. Oh no, not them
Image credits: Tommy Dessine (EDITOR’S NOTE: Charlie Hebdo often satirized Christians as well.)
12.
Image credits: Ann Telnaes
13.
Image credits: JM Nieto
14. More Powerful
Image credits: Mac Leod
15.
Image credits: Orgulloy Satisfaccion
16. They died for the freedom of expression
Image credits: Nono
17. As if we needed more humorless editors
Image credits: Nate Beeler
18. I am Charlie
Image credits: Magnus Shaw
19. Never!
Image credits: Korneel Jeuken
20.
Image credits: Carlos Latuff
21. What we do best…
Image credits: Dwane Powell
22.
Image credits: Ayesha Mattu
23. Without humor we are all dead
Image credits: New York Times
24. I am Charlie
Image credits: Jean Jullien
25. Ducks (newspapers) will always fly higher than guns
Image credits: Boulet
26. The world has become so serious that humor is a risky profession
Image credits: Bernardo Erlich
27.
Image credits: Zero
28. What’s this little weapon?
Image credits: Satish Acharya
29. I prefer to die standing than live on my knees
Image credits: Buzzfeed
