Political cartoonists from around the world reacted with grief and words of support on Twitter after several of their French colleagues at the political satire newspaper Charlie Hebdo were shot and killed in an apparent terrorist attack in Paris on Wednesday. Here are the words and drawings of a few of them:
David Pope, political cartoonist for Australia's The Canberra Times:
Can't sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LqIMRCHPgK
— David Pope (@davpope) January 7, 2015
Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for The Salt Lake Tribune in Utah:
An attack on one is an attack on all. My thoughts are with colleagues in satire at #CharlieHebdo
— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) January 7, 2015
Nate Beeler, editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio:
RIP #CharlieHebdo cartoonists. My toon from 2010: pic.twitter.com/ahyyrlN57s
— Nate Beeler (@natebeeler) January 7, 2015
Ya think Tea Party conservatives will storm the Dispatch offices, guns a blazing, over my toon today? Nope. #FreeSpeech
— Nate Beeler (@natebeeler) January 7, 2015
Mark Fiore, Pulitzer-prize winning political animator, whose work appears on the San Francisco Chronicle website and elsewhere:
Don't these murdering assholes know that when you kill cartoonists we'll only target you even more? #charliehebdo
— Mark Fiore (@MarkFiore) January 7, 2015
Lalo Alcaraz, cartoonist behind "La Cucaracha," a syndicated political cartoon strip:
Cartoonists lives matter
— Mexican Judge (@laloalcaraz) January 7, 2015
Ann Telnaes, Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post:
Washington Post cartoonist @AnnTelnaes on #CharlieHebdo. http://t.co/kwtvbInWJC pic.twitter.com/Ipk9Q6y0RA
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) January 7, 2015
Joep Bertrams, cartoonist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands:
Charlie Hebdo. Nooit opzij. pic.twitter.com/MJwGKPQ8jU
— Joep Bertrams (@joepbertrams) January 7, 2015
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star in Indiana:
(Gary Varvel/Indy Star) pic.twitter.com/VPRqnzGAHC
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) January 7, 2015
Satish Acharya, editorial cartoonist in Kundapur, India:
The little weapon! #CharlieHebdo #cartoon pic.twitter.com/VFFZD2f8Rz
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) January 7, 2015
Brainless idiots have turned this planet into a graveyard!
— Satish Acharya (@satishacharya) January 7, 2015
YGreck, cartoonist in Québec, Canada:
#jesuischarlie #charliehebdo pic.twitter.com/KEEpqGEKko
— ygreck (@ygreck) January 7, 2015
Graeme MacKay, editorial cartoonist for the Hamilton Spectator in Ontario, Canada:
In solidary with @CRNetInt re: #CharlieHebdo - the pen is mightier than the bomb. Religious nut bars will forever be satirized
— Graeme MacKay (@mackaycartoons) January 7, 2015
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