After the shocking shooting at the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, cartoonists and illustrators the world over have responded in the most powerful and heartwarming way possible.
The 12 artists who worked for Charlie Hebdo stood for freedom of expression and freedom of the press and exercised those rights through their satirical cartoons and drawings. The illustrations below pay tribute to what they stood for.
1. He Drew First
Image by David Pope
2. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Image by Banksy
3.
Image by Il Giornaleo
4. Unstoppable Charlie Hebdo
Image by Joep Bertrams
5.
Image by Ruben L. Oppenheimer
6.
Image by Rob Tornoe
7.
Image by The Independent
8. He Drew First
Image by Rafael Mantesso
9. I Am Charlie
Image by Jamesuary
10.
Image by Ann Telnaes
11.
Image by JM Nieto
12. More Powerful
Image by Mac Leod
13.
Image by Orgulloy Satisfaccion
14. They died for the freedom of expression
Image by Nono
15. As if we needed more humorless editors
Image by Nate Beeler
16. I Am Charlie
Image by Magnus Shaw
17. Never!
Image by Korneel Jeuken
18.
Image by Carlos Latuff
19.
Image by Ayesha Mattu
20. Without Humor We Are All Dead
Image by New York Times
21. I Am Charlie
Image by Jean Jullien
22. Ducks (newspapers) will always fly higher than guns
Image by Boulet
23. The world has become so serious that humor is a risky profession
Image by Bernardo Erlich
24. What’s this little weapon?
Image by Satish Acharya
h/t boredpanda
