Artists worldwide respond to charlie hebdo tragedy with powerful drawings

illustrators worldwide respond to charlie hebdo tragedy with powerful drawings
above image by illustrator MAUMONT / via twitter

the tragic events that took place within the charlie hebdo offices in paris on january 7th, 2015 shocked the world. 12 people were killed when masked gunmen stormed the satirical magazine’s headquarters, find several of which include celebrated french cartoonists stéphane charbonnier (charb), jean cabut, bernard velhac, and georges wolinski. in the wake of the tragic developments, illustrators and cartoonists around the world are paying tribute to the victims, not with words, but through art. in the last 24 hours, hundreds of drawings have been uploaded to twitter — below, some of the most powerful.

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editor’s note (read more of the statement):

the images shown below are a result of the huge wave of emotions throughout the artistic communities that was caused by the attack against the french satirical magazine. in no way is there any justification for violence against a paper or artist expressing their beliefs, and let’s hope the current situation will not create a disproportionate reaction.

image by illustrator samuel eckert / via instagram

image by alex green / via BBC

image by oriol malet / via twitter

image by ixene dessinateur

image by cartoonist royston robertson / image via twitter

image by political cartoonist ruben oppenheimer / image via twitter

image by illustrator and graphic designer lucille clerc / image via twitter

image by telegraph cartoonist matt / via the telegraph

image by political cartoonist david pope / image via twitter

image by illustrator francisco olea / via twitter

image by political cartoonist ruben oppenheimer / image via twitter

image by illustrator jean jullien / image via twitter