Worth 1,000 words: Heartbreaking cartoons mourning Charlie Hebdo attack
by Jan 8, 2015
As if to prove that pens are mightier than swords, cartoonists around the world reacted to the cold-bloodied assassination of their colleagues at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as only they can: with powerful drawings worth thousands of words.
Defiant, angry, poignant, irreverent and sobering, their drawings united cartoonists in grief, tried to make sense of the nonsensical, and sent a shared message: We must not, will not and should not be silenced.
Some drawings touched such a nerve they made one want to both laugh and cry.
Defiant, angry, poignant, irreverent and sobering, their drawings united cartoonists in grief, tried to make sense of the nonsensical, and sent a shared message: We must not, will not and should not be silenced.
Some drawings touched such a nerve they made one want to both laugh and cry.
Cartoon by David PopeHis drawing showed the lifeless body of a cartoonist and a hooded gunman holding a still-smoking rifle and saying: "He drew first."
In India, cartoonist Manjul drew a plane exploding in a fireball into the Eiffel Tower, its pointy top redrawn as the nib of an ink pen.
Cartoon by ManjulHere are some other heartbreaking cartoons from artists across the world:
Cartoon by Ruben L. Oppenheimer
By French cartoonist Boulet
Cartoon by Tommy Dessine
Art work done by Rafael Mantesso
The 12 people killed in the terrorist attack in Paris on Wednesday included some of France's leading cartoonists. Reveling in provocation and taking pride in their freedom to poke fun at anyone - be they popes, presidents, public figures or the Prophet Muhammad - they also faced frequent outrage and threats because of their work.
With inputs from Associated Press
http://www.firstpost.com/world/worth-1000-words-heartbreaking-cartoons-mourning-charlie-hebdo-attack-2035681.html
Carol Verde #CharlieHebdo will survive. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/charlie-hebdo-survivors-defiant/6006018 …
Richard Dawkins They shouted “We have avenged the Prophet Muhammad.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-30710883 … Some useful idiot will claim it had nothing to do with religion.
David B. Cohen Mindless Moral Equivalence Alert: RT @RushetteNY: MSNBC: Falwell suing Hustler same as Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/01/msnbc-
The Associated Press Egypt's leader el-Sissi calls for revolution in interpretation of Islam in face of militancy: http://apne.ws/1BCduoG
Is there outrage for dharma? People will say they don't understand dharma, without even trying to read th Bhagavad-Gita.
Kalyanaraman