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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: 28 Cartoonists Pay Tribute To The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
In the wake of the horrific shooting at the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, illustrators and cartoonists around the world come together in solidarity with the 12 artists and ordinary people who died in that event by doing what they do best – drawing cartoons that express their thoughts and emotions more eloquently than words ever could.
Their messages range from anger and defiance to grief and hope, but there is a common thread. It is clear that, in their eyes, the people at Charlie Hebdo have died as martyrs who championed the freedom of expression and of the press, which are some of the core elements of a free society.
(h/t: reuters)
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1. He drew first
Image credits: David Pope
2. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Image credits: Lucille Clerc
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
EDITOR’S NOTE:Charlie Hebdo often satirized Christians as well (Image credits: Tommy Dessine)
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
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JerryMicheal 11 years ago
Thumbs up!!! An image is not enough to take someone's life :X http://bit.ly/1w2Rywk
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SaâdSaâd 11 years ago
No verse In Coran Or A Story In Islam Talks About Or Pushes You To Kill Those Who offense You, Yet They Do It..A Terrorist Is Not A Muslim.
JamesDuhachek 11 years ago
Why do most of the Middle Eastern countries have blasphemy laws where you can be imprisoned or executed for speaking against a religion.
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TeodoraManoilova-Konteva 11 years ago
Pen will be always mightier than the sword/gun/bomb. If not - I don't want to be part of this society.
AdamjonesAdam 11 years ago
nice work, ps.. there is no {{Muslim}{christian}{ Jews}}or bla bala terrorists } there ARE just Terrorists and moderates.
CynthiaMullaney 11 years ago
And now, they are in hell and there are no virgins and no way of getting back to tell the others.
RohanMukherjee 11 years ago
Here. https://www.facebook.com/smallEpics/photos/a.952450771451034.1073741825.170891269606992/991948334167944/?type=1&theater
ShaunDoyles 11 years ago
every paper in the world should run the cartoons on the front page every day for a year....
booHguy 11 years ago
I am French. I have never bought Charlie Hebdo newspaper. However, today I can not hold my tears
BrianStolzenberg 11 years ago
These are all "Brilliant!!" But is is time for the "Silent Majority" to get off their Butts!!
SumithPurkayastha 11 years ago
I agree as i mourn and grin to listen to ~ " does humour belong in music " Frank Zappa.ink will be more vibrant from this day to the "real".
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SarahAsif 10 years ago
No offense, but this is absolutely stupid. The art skills are nice, but the message is so inaccurate. Based on one incident in France, an entire religion & its followers were judged. How does that make any sense? Muslims find it offensive when you draw their religious idols because they respect them too much to believe any artist can capture their essence. If it's your 'freedom of speech' to mess with their religion, it's their freedom of speech to retaliate.
RuteCaralinda 11 years ago
We should respect religions, but no, I can not agree with radicalism moder atitud.
SyedaElisaRizvi 11 years ago
The people who killed innocent people must be beheaded now! And you the creator of the propaganda. Stop making these cartoons of mohammad.
Carla Jaramillo 11 years ago
Poignant. Such a senseless tragedy...Gratitude for these illustrations.
DannyBluesrite 11 years ago
If every child in the world who picks up a pencil to express its self becomes a potential enemy of the terrorist that must be a good thing
JulieBlanchard 11 years ago
I think maybe all humans and their stupid Gods should be destroyed and then the planet could heal and once again be a wonderful place
Jos van Hout 11 years ago
Thanx all cartoonists for being so brave. And also all muslims who react here in favour of humour and satire. Keep on fighting with pencils!
JosvanHout 11 years ago
Thanx all cartoonists for being so brave. And also all muslims who react here in favor of humour and satire. Keep on fighting with pencils.
Jenn Leach 11 years ago
So sad for the families of the slain at Charlie Hebdo. Prayers for them and for France. Je suis Charlie Hebdo aussi.
flying_panda 11 years ago
@ThomasNolan : no sir, they did not earn so much money for their drawings. This newspaper was not in good financial situation.
flying_panda 11 years ago
@Thomas Nolan No sir, they did not earn so much money with their drawings, thi newspape was not in a good financial situation !
LeaWheeler 11 years ago
No insults here - Allah/God never came into it. Satire was used against fanatics too violent to be part of any civilized society
MichelleChant 11 years ago
I will repost this and so will my friends and theirs until these cartoons cover the globe.....we do not give in to terrorists....ever
MaureenCoffman 11 years ago
Love it. Wake up everyone don't let islam win take your countries back Assimilate or leave
Fatémé Ahmadi 11 years ago
These cartoons have Strong meanings.The terrorist should be punished with PEN.The pen is my weapon.
SteĉjoSchwichow 11 years ago
The image of Charlie Brown touched me deeply. I grew up saying "Good grief." Now that grief is deeply real.
Stephanus“stephworksofart”Sumadi 11 years ago
Awesome!! My condolence for charlie hebdo victim..
Khurram Khan 11 years ago
No one should make fun of others religion or prophets behind the shield of freedom of speech, but reaction was in human and unjustified.
Khurram Khan 11 years ago
Islam do not allow innocents killing. It's a self created version of Islam and Muslims hate them more than non muslims.
PavolMinarovič 11 years ago
Not complete!!! https://dennikn.sk/18827/shooty-strach/ https://dennikn.sk/16460/shooty-charlie-hebdo/
VeronikaBamfield 11 years ago
Check out www.jaromir99.blogspot.com for a great image by a Czech artist named Jaromir 99.
JosephShows 11 years ago
Tell me what it feels like to be so weak, that mere words cause you to kill.
LakishaHeath 11 years ago
It made me greatful for my life, laughter and inappropriate jokes that turn my day (life) around. Thank you thank you thank you.
Kalaxan Harleqane 11 years ago
I AM GAZA! When Israel Slaughtered all those Men,Women & Children in the undefended Gaza Refugee Camp there wasn't any such media outcry!
KalaxanHarleqane 11 years ago
I AM GAZA! Funny how all these Govts and Media Pundits (Puppets) are Proclaiming the Shocking "Egregiousness" of the Charlie Hebdo attacks i
MarioPadilla-Goodman 11 years ago
Que pienso? Que la humanidad es peor cuando se refugia en una religion. Que pienso? que la sonrrisa la tengo triste, Trato de no odiar hoy.
Larry Johnson 11 years ago
Nolan is an idiot and not worthy of reading. Maybe they will visit him one day.
LarryJohnson 11 years ago
These artists got it perfectly correct. Each and every one of the victims and artists are heroes in my book forever. I applaud them.
TamásTófalvi 11 years ago
Yeah, killing people is the worst crime but...what charlie did is not just innocent humor.
PatriciaWoodard-Gruen 11 years ago
Thank God whoever or whatever for those brave ,noble souls who still will stand up for ALL of our rights.
Steven Whittaker-Jones 11 years ago
Love the creativity, superb reaction to an event like this.
TiinaFischgrund 11 years ago
Je suis Charlie! The pen, or pencil in this case, is mightier than the sword!
ThomasNolan 11 years ago
The french journalists and cartoonists paid the ultimate price for insulting another religion even after several warnings.
Lukman Thalib 11 years ago
if only each other to mutual respect, perhaps tragedy will not happen
CarolienPlante 11 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/lesdiscrets/photos/a.10150096998731099.276493.158747751098/10152622566401099/?type=1&theater here's another one
Lisa Combest 11 years ago
This is amazing. Screw the evil people who try to tell us what to think, feel, and believe! The pen and the idea are always mightier!
YazanKhayyat 11 years ago
The Islam is never would be like this we are not a terrorists that damn criminals present their bloody plans in the name of it...
MohammadTaimoorSiddiqui 11 years ago
Best effing way to get back at these f***tards who know nothing about religion
11 years ago
Another cartoon to share https://scontent-b-nrt.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1909184_575693455908385_7506564318141564240_o.jpg?efg=eyJp
ChrisMooney 11 years ago
Virtually all of them being careful not to include any Islamic images. Let's be honest Pen isn't that mighty
ChrisMooney 11 years ago
Virtually all of them being very careful not to include any Islamic images. Let's be honest
PatriciaWoodard-Gruen 11 years ago
We are luckily still that we have people that stand up for all of us not with guns but their intellect and a touch of absurdist humor .
ElaineCardinal 11 years ago
Bravo..."the pen is mightier than the sword" Rest in the peace of the colours of each sunrise and sunset.
AleksjKovach 11 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcW5SWbyavI Humor ,a ?????!!!!!!!!! F**K OFF WHIT YOUR HUMOR IDIOTS!!!!
AphizeKazuhiko 11 years ago
islam is not terrorist... those terrorists were created by USA and France to picture Islam is bad religion. Islam is Peace.
EdwardFerrer 11 years ago
He suis Charlie. Stay the course, no terror will ever erase our freedom of speech,
AdvócátusDiábóli 11 years ago
certainly the cartoonists did not killed them.. Moronic bloodthirsty people..
Load More Replies... JerryMicheal 11 years ago
Thumbs up!!! An image is not enough to take someone's life :X http://bit.ly/1w2Rywk
Load More Replies... SaâdSaâd 11 years ago
No verse In Coran Or A Story In Islam Talks About Or Pushes You To Kill Those Who offense You, Yet They Do It..A Terrorist Is Not A Muslim.
JamesDuhachek 11 years ago
Why do most of the Middle Eastern countries have blasphemy laws where you can be imprisoned or executed for speaking against a religion.
Load More Replies... TeodoraManoilova-Konteva 11 years ago
Pen will be always mightier than the sword/gun/bomb. If not - I don't want to be part of this society.
AdamjonesAdam 11 years ago
nice work, ps.. there is no {{Muslim}{christian}{ Jews}}or bla bala terrorists } there ARE just Terrorists and moderates.
CynthiaMullaney 11 years ago
And now, they are in hell and there are no virgins and no way of getting back to tell the others.
RohanMukherjee 11 years ago
Here. https://www.facebook.com/smallEpics/photos/a.952450771451034.1073741825.170891269606992/991948334167944/?type=1&theater
ShaunDoyles 11 years ago
every paper in the world should run the cartoons on the front page every day for a year....
booHguy 11 years ago
I am French. I have never bought Charlie Hebdo newspaper. However, today I can not hold my tears
BrianStolzenberg 11 years ago
These are all "Brilliant!!" But is is time for the "Silent Majority" to get off their Butts!!
SumithPurkayastha 11 years ago
I agree as i mourn and grin to listen to ~ " does humour belong in music " Frank Zappa.ink will be more vibrant from this day to the "real".
Load More Replies... SarahAsif 10 years ago
No offense, but this is absolutely stupid. The art skills are nice, but the message is so inaccurate. Based on one incident in France, an entire religion & its followers were judged. How does that make any sense? Muslims find it offensive when you draw their religious idols because they respect them too much to believe any artist can capture their essence. If it's your 'freedom of speech' to mess with their religion, it's their freedom of speech to retaliate.
RuteCaralinda 11 years ago
We should respect religions, but no, I can not agree with radicalism moder atitud.
SyedaElisaRizvi 11 years ago
The people who killed innocent people must be beheaded now! And you the creator of the propaganda. Stop making these cartoons of mohammad.
Carla Jaramillo 11 years ago
Poignant. Such a senseless tragedy...Gratitude for these illustrations.
DannyBluesrite 11 years ago
If every child in the world who picks up a pencil to express its self becomes a potential enemy of the terrorist that must be a good thing
JulieBlanchard 11 years ago
I think maybe all humans and their stupid Gods should be destroyed and then the planet could heal and once again be a wonderful place
Jos van Hout 11 years ago
Thanx all cartoonists for being so brave. And also all muslims who react here in favour of humour and satire. Keep on fighting with pencils!
JosvanHout 11 years ago
Thanx all cartoonists for being so brave. And also all muslims who react here in favor of humour and satire. Keep on fighting with pencils.
Jenn Leach 11 years ago
So sad for the families of the slain at Charlie Hebdo. Prayers for them and for France. Je suis Charlie Hebdo aussi.
flying_panda 11 years ago
@ThomasNolan : no sir, they did not earn so much money for their drawings. This newspaper was not in good financial situation.
flying_panda 11 years ago
@Thomas Nolan No sir, they did not earn so much money with their drawings, thi newspape was not in a good financial situation !
LeaWheeler 11 years ago
No insults here - Allah/God never came into it. Satire was used against fanatics too violent to be part of any civilized society
MichelleChant 11 years ago
I will repost this and so will my friends and theirs until these cartoons cover the globe.....we do not give in to terrorists....ever
MaureenCoffman 11 years ago
Love it. Wake up everyone don't let islam win take your countries back Assimilate or leave
Fatémé Ahmadi 11 years ago
These cartoons have Strong meanings.The terrorist should be punished with PEN.The pen is my weapon.
SteĉjoSchwichow 11 years ago
The image of Charlie Brown touched me deeply. I grew up saying "Good grief." Now that grief is deeply real.
Stephanus“stephworksofart”Sumadi 11 years ago
Awesome!! My condolence for charlie hebdo victim..
Khurram Khan 11 years ago
No one should make fun of others religion or prophets behind the shield of freedom of speech, but reaction was in human and unjustified.
Khurram Khan 11 years ago
Islam do not allow innocents killing. It's a self created version of Islam and Muslims hate them more than non muslims.
PavolMinarovič 11 years ago
Not complete!!! https://dennikn.sk/18827/shooty-strach/ https://dennikn.sk/16460/shooty-charlie-hebdo/
VeronikaBamfield 11 years ago
Check out www.jaromir99.blogspot.com for a great image by a Czech artist named Jaromir 99.
JosephShows 11 years ago
Tell me what it feels like to be so weak, that mere words cause you to kill.
LakishaHeath 11 years ago
It made me greatful for my life, laughter and inappropriate jokes that turn my day (life) around. Thank you thank you thank you.
Kalaxan Harleqane 11 years ago
I AM GAZA! When Israel Slaughtered all those Men,Women & Children in the undefended Gaza Refugee Camp there wasn't any such media outcry!
KalaxanHarleqane 11 years ago
I AM GAZA! Funny how all these Govts and Media Pundits (Puppets) are Proclaiming the Shocking "Egregiousness" of the Charlie Hebdo attacks i
MarioPadilla-Goodman 11 years ago
Que pienso? Que la humanidad es peor cuando se refugia en una religion. Que pienso? que la sonrrisa la tengo triste, Trato de no odiar hoy.
Larry Johnson 11 years ago
Nolan is an idiot and not worthy of reading. Maybe they will visit him one day.
LarryJohnson 11 years ago
These artists got it perfectly correct. Each and every one of the victims and artists are heroes in my book forever. I applaud them.
TamásTófalvi 11 years ago
Yeah, killing people is the worst crime but...what charlie did is not just innocent humor.
PatriciaWoodard-Gruen 11 years ago
Thank God whoever or whatever for those brave ,noble souls who still will stand up for ALL of our rights.
Steven Whittaker-Jones 11 years ago
Love the creativity, superb reaction to an event like this.
TiinaFischgrund 11 years ago
Je suis Charlie! The pen, or pencil in this case, is mightier than the sword!
ThomasNolan 11 years ago
The french journalists and cartoonists paid the ultimate price for insulting another religion even after several warnings.
Lukman Thalib 11 years ago
if only each other to mutual respect, perhaps tragedy will not happen
CarolienPlante 11 years ago
https://www.facebook.com/lesdiscrets/photos/a.10150096998731099.276493.158747751098/10152622566401099/?type=1&theater here's another one
Lisa Combest 11 years ago
This is amazing. Screw the evil people who try to tell us what to think, feel, and believe! The pen and the idea are always mightier!
YazanKhayyat 11 years ago
The Islam is never would be like this we are not a terrorists that damn criminals present their bloody plans in the name of it...
MohammadTaimoorSiddiqui 11 years ago
Best effing way to get back at these f***tards who know nothing about religion
11 years ago
Another cartoon to share https://scontent-b-nrt.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t31.0-8/1909184_575693455908385_7506564318141564240_o.jpg?efg=eyJp
ChrisMooney 11 years ago
Virtually all of them being careful not to include any Islamic images. Let's be honest Pen isn't that mighty
ChrisMooney 11 years ago
Virtually all of them being very careful not to include any Islamic images. Let's be honest
PatriciaWoodard-Gruen 11 years ago
We are luckily still that we have people that stand up for all of us not with guns but their intellect and a touch of absurdist humor .
ElaineCardinal 11 years ago
Bravo..."the pen is mightier than the sword" Rest in the peace of the colours of each sunrise and sunset.
AleksjKovach 11 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcW5SWbyavI Humor ,a ?????!!!!!!!!! F**K OFF WHIT YOUR HUMOR IDIOTS!!!!
AphizeKazuhiko 11 years ago
islam is not terrorist... those terrorists were created by USA and France to picture Islam is bad religion. Islam is Peace.
EdwardFerrer 11 years ago
He suis Charlie. Stay the course, no terror will ever erase our freedom of speech,
AdvócátusDiábóli 11 years ago
certainly the cartoonists did not killed them.. Moronic bloodthirsty people..
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