Cartoonists worldwide reached for their pens on Wednesday in response to the horrific attack on the satirical Parisian newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which killed ten journalists and two policemen.
The attackers repeated shouts of “Allahu akbar” and claims of “aveng[ing] the prophet” make it likely that the newspaper’s publication of cartoons mocking the Islamic prophet Mohammed prompted the slaughter. But cartoonists around the globe made it clear they would not be intimidated into silence.
David Pope
https://twitter.com/davpope/status/552844593046097920
Jean Plantureux
De tout coeur avec Charlie Hebdo. pic.twitter.com/8KwTipn3Wp
— PLANTU Officiel (@plantu) January 7, 2015
“My heart is with Charlie Hebdo…”
Satish Acharya
The little weapon! #CharlieHebdo #cartoon pic.twitter.com/VFFZD2f8Rz
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) January 7, 2015
Bernardo Erlich
Atentado a Charlie Hebdo.http://t.co/TBlz9pBuI7 pic.twitter.com/3UrweOEYK0
— Bernardo Erlich 🍋 (@berlich) January 7, 2015
“The world has become so serious that humor is a risky profession.”
Dave Brown
Dave Brown – The Independent pic.twitter.com/S26CJX7iMG
— David Young (@DVD_YNG) January 7, 2015
Ann Telnaes
A cartoon defying the Paris terrorists http://t.co/ibkPITFnwi pic.twitter.com/RDmeXs3sCT
— Kemberlee Kaye (@KemberleeKaye) January 7, 2015
Ruben Oppenheimer
Brilliant political cartoon on #JeSuisCharlie #Paris attack: pic.twitter.com/L2vG1q0IMg
— Steve Friess (@SteveFriess) January 7, 2015
Francisco Olea
Cartoonist Francisco J. Olea (Chile) for #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/rzmJyP7lxI
— Gilles Klein (@GillesKLEIN) January 7, 2015
“To arms, comrades!”
Jean Jullien
Por la Libertad de Expresión #CharlieHebdo #JeSuisCharlie vía @jean_jullien http://t.co/WHaEm639fl
— Ana #TeamVox ❤️💛 ❤️ (@AnaIgualdad) January 7, 2015
Gary Varvel
This cartoon pretty much says it all #CharlieHebdo http://t.co/BrvOZKJspU pic.twitter.com/GwAbVMXYgn
— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman) January 7, 2015