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Charlie Hebdo attack



Charlie Hebdo attack: cartoonists show solidarity with Paris victims









Cartoonists and commentators from around the world have taken to social media to tweet their support for the 12 people killed in the gun attack in Paris
• Charlie Hebdo gun attack: latest developments

















A screengrab shows the homepage of satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo after gunmen stormed its Paris office and killed 12 people. Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images




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Wednesday 7 January 2015 11.52 EST







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Cartoonists and commentators displayed solidarity with French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo after the attack on its office in Paris on Wednesday, in which 12 people, including 10 journalists, have been confirmed dead. 
David Pope, cartoonist at the Canberra Times, posted this moving tribute:


— David Pope (@davpope)
January 7, 2015
Can't sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LqIMRCHPgK



Cartoonist @plantu of Le Monde posted this, which translates as “Wholeheartedly with Charlie Hebdo.”


— PLANTU (@plantu)
January 7, 2015
De tout coeur avec Charlie Hebdo. pic.twitter.com/8KwTipn3Wp



Magnus Shaw, a British writer, tweeted this cartoon of Charlie Brown, from the long-running comic strip Peanuts:


— Magnus Shaw (@TheMagnusShaw)
January 7, 2015
A terrible day for all cartoonists. #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/Ksbl89WLsE



Indian cartoonist Satish Acharya tweeted this:


— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya)
January 7, 2015
The little weapon! #CharlieHebdo #cartoon pic.twitter.com/VFFZD2f8Rz



Egyptian cartoonist Cheb Makhlouf published this illustration: 


— Jonathan Guyer (@mideastXmidwest)
January 7, 2015
Egyptian cartoonist @makhlouz publishes this illustration, in solidarity with the fallen at #CharlieHebdo. pic.twitter.com/sXVWOhhrWG



Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff published this tribute:


— Middle East Monitor (@MiddleEastMnt)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo #ParisShooting pic.twitter.com/H4IJlNpFKc



Dutch cartoonist Ruben Oppenheimer posted:


— Ruben L. Oppenheimer (@RLOppenheimer)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/15O4YC2KWg



Yannick Lemay from Québec, Canada, posted:


— ygreck (@ygreck)
January 7, 2015
#jesuischarlie #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/KEEpqGEKko



From a Spanish cartoonist:


— Paris P. Tuzun (@paristuzun)
January 7, 2015
Spanish caricaturists: "And this is our gun" #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/bwugTPh0Al



This strong image was posted by Philippe Henchoz: 


— Philippe Henchoz ن (@Philippe_VLG)
January 7, 2015
Le crayon est une arme dont les fascistes, fondamentalistes et autres totalitaristes ont peur. #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/cAsotPrNQ8



A tribute from Belgium-based newspaper De Standaard:


— De Standaard (@destandaard)
January 7, 2015
Solidair met #CharlieHebdo - http://t.co/buPxo988Dk - cc @RLOppenheimer pic.twitter.com/fKlL1mRjPv



French website Le Plus posted shared this cartoon:


— Le Plus (@leplus_obs)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo C'est la liberté qu'on assassine >> http://t.co/uvDK3N9Co3 pic.twitter.com/L81TX1Qwnr



Artist Tomi Ungerer tweeted this cartoon with the caption, “No freedom without freedom of press”:


— Tomi Ungerer (@TomiUngerer)
January 7, 2015
Solidarité avec #ChalieHebdo pic.twitter.com/3DWVu9bwg2



French illustrator Martin Vidberg tweeted:


— Martin Vidberg (@Vidberg)
January 7, 2015
Comment dessiner aujourd'hui ? Comment ne pas dessiner aujourd'hui ? pic.twitter.com/cNtJY6e7MK



Columbus Dispatch cartoonist Nate Beeler posted his cartoon originally published in 2010:


— Nate Beeler (@natebeeler)
January 7, 2015
RIP #CharlieHebdo cartoonists. My toon from 2010: pic.twitter.com/ahyyrlN57s



Cartoonist Loïc Sécheresse, from Paris, tweeted this vivid cartoon:


— Loïc Sécheresse (@loicsecheresse)
January 7, 2015
7 janvier 2015 / January 7, 2015 #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/Bs6LpzeZGl



Indian cartoonist Neelabh Banerjee tweeted:


— Neelabh Banerjee (@NeelabhToons)
January 7, 2015
Horrible attack.Cartoonists across the world are uniting against bloodshed and violence. @ibnlive @cnnbrk pic.twitter.com/QtTe9INeU9



This caroon was posted by Stephen Strydom, from South Africa:


— stephen strydom (@stephen_strydom)
January 7, 2015
"this is not a religion" #IamCharlie #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/d2cWyrDPSC



Julien Fabro of Piwee, a French creative site, posted: 


— Julien Fabro (@julienfabro)
January 7, 2015
Des illustrateurs rendent hommage en dessin aux victimes de #CharlieHebdo > http://t.co/qBlHu5RAia pic.twitter.com/CZ7iIkxUeb



French cartoonist Gilles Roussel tweeted:


— -Boulet- (@Bouletcorp)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/ay6ugiyvnd



French graphic designer Jean Jullien posted:


— jean jullien (@jean_jullien)
January 7, 2015
I am devastated by what just happened in France. #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/IxEbScqYFh



Journalist Gilles Klein shared this cartoon from French newspaper Le Télégramme :


— Gilles Klein (@GillesKLEIN)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo : l'hommage de notre dessinateur Nono (Le Télégramme, Britanny) pic.twitter.com/r10I7RdMAS



US Journalist Seth Fiegerman posted this cartoon from Indy Star:


— Seth Fiegerman (@sfiegerman)
January 7, 2015
This cartoon pretty much says it all #CharlieHebdo http://t.co/BrvOZKJspU pic.twitter.com/GwAbVMXYgn



Lucille Clerk posted this to Instagram:



And finally, a cartoon by Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes:


— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle)
January 7, 2015
Washington Post cartoonist @AnnTelnaes on #CharlieHebdo. http://t.co/kwtvbInWJC pic.twitter.com/Ipk9Q6y0RA



On social media, many expressed their support for the magazine by publishing its cartoons, including Charlie Hebdo’s controversial front cover “Charia Hebdo”, showing a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
The front cover below, which has also been widely tweeted, has the caption “Love is stronger than hate” and was published six days after the magazine’s offices were firebombed in 2011.


— SimonNRicketts (@SimonNRicketts)
January 7, 2015
Six days after Charlie Hebdo’s offices were firebombed, their front cover was this. “Love is stronger than hate.” pic.twitter.com/7YInU4Cc00



On social media many retweeted the last post from the magazine’s official account, which was sent just hours before the attack. The cartoon is of Isis’s self-styled leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, with a caption reading: “Best wishes. To you too, al-Baghdadi.”


— Charlie Hebdo (@Charlie_Hebdo_)
January 7, 2015
Meilleurs vœux, au fait. pic.twitter.com/a2JOhqJZJM



A French games developer pointed out that the cartoon in this week’s issue of the magazine attacked alleged anti-Muslim writer Michel Houellebecq.


— Katharine (@haikus_by_KN)
January 7, 2015
Irony is that this week's cover of Charlie Hebdo is an attack against Islamophobe writer Houellebecq pic.twitter.com/9NjY5B8QWo



Many commentators also posted a satirical New Yorker cartoon by Robert Mankoff on the issue of freedom of speech, which was first published in September 2012.


— Noreena Hertz (@noreenahertz)
January 7, 2015
A world without satire would look like this. Cartoon from the New Yorker 2012. pic.twitter.com/a6NmgyGF3H





— DavidKenner (@DavidKenner)
January 7, 2015
Another Middle East-themed Charlie Hebdo cartoon, asking readers for funds. "It's certain he can't rely on Qatar!" pic.twitter.com/EYaSkQfrfF



An account that reacts to news by posting in the style of Tintin tweeted this image, by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi:


— Le Petit XXIe (@lepetitXXIe)
January 7, 2015
#CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/REnwvn2WiN



User Thierry Puget, @titi1960, tweeted the image below, which was widely shared by those wanting to express solidarity with the victims of the attack. Within an hour after news of the shooting broke, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie began trending on Twitter worldwide:


— Thierry Puget (@titi1960)
January 7, 2015
#JESUISCHARLIE pic.twitter.com/4fkcjH0yaz



Media organisations, including Germany’s Bild (below), also shared the photo:


— BILD (@BILD)
January 7, 2015
#JeSuisCharlie #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/etjVN897lW



Officials used this picture to express their solidarity, including the US embassy in Paris:


— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie)
January 7, 2015
US Embassy in Paris changes Twitter pic to #JeSuisCharlie @USEmbassyFrance pic.twitter.com/amZEARKIHq




This article was amended on 8 January 2015. A cartoon attributed to Banksy was in fact by Lucille Clerk. This has been changed




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