BENEATH THE COVERS: The personal story behind The New Yorker’s Charlie Hebdo cover (‘Solidarité’) “We have to work against intolerance with the weapons we have,” says Ana Juan, creator of next week’s cover “Solidarité.”
(used by permission of The New Yorker 2015) FOR FRANCOISE MOULY, picking next week’s New Yorker cover meant going to a deeply personal place: The Paris of her youth. It was a time and location of being influenced by, and then coming to know, cartoonists at the still-budding Charlie Hebdo publication, including Georges Wolinski and Jean Cabut (aka “Cabu”). Those men were among the five artists, and 12 people total, gunned down Wednesday at the satirical weekly’s Paris offices. In the immediate wake of that massacre, as Mouly began receiving sketches for next week’s New Yorker cover, she found her past and present lives colliding in ways she has rarely experienced.
Charlie Hebdo reveals first cover since attack: A ‘prophet Muhammad’ caricature, crying behind the sign, ‘Je suis Charlie’ LAST WEEK, upon celebrating his birthday, the longtime Charlie Hebdo cartoonist “Luz” was running late for an editorial meeting at the French satirical weekly’s Paris offices.
By the time he got there, masked gunmen had killed 12 people, including five of his cartooning friends and colleagues. Because Luz was born on Jan. 7, he was a survivor. This week, Charlie Hebdo is publishing what it is reportedly called “the survivors’ issue.” The cover is illustrated, perhaps fittingly, by Luz. The cartoonist Luz illustrated the next cover of Charlie Hebdo. It was “Luz,” who in 2011 responded to a firebombing of the publication’s offices by drawing a Charlie Hebdo artist kissing a Muslim man — in a direct attempt at returning fire through a cartoon instead of a cannon.
For Wednesday’s issue, Renald Luzier, who goes by the pen name “Luz,” has again responded to an attack with a French phrase and a provocative image for his cover. Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo publishes front page cartoon of Prophet Mohamed in first magazine edition since Paris massacre - Europe. Libération newspaper, now temporarily housing Charlie Hebdo operations, revealed the front page late last night.
The magazine, appearing for the first time since the terrorist massacre at its offices last week, will lampoon radical Islam and publish new cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, one of which on its front cover. It will also mock many of the politicians – in France, and around the world – who have championed the stricken magazine as a symbol of democracy and freedom. In other words, the grieving Charlie Hebdo will remain as scurrilous, anti-religious, anarcho-leftist and offensive as ever. New 'Charlie Hebdo' cover released.
Video Keywords Prophet Mohammed Islam USA TODAY'S Editor at Large/Media Columnist Rem Rieder discusses Charie Hebdo's new magazine cover that came out today and the mag to come out on Wednesday.
USA TODAY Video Transcript Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate) 00:03 We've got our first look at what would be the 00:04 first cover of Charlie and edit comments and see. Police seal off Paris in huge manhunt after 12 killed in Charlie Hebdo attack. French police scrambled to seal off central Paris on Wednesday night as part of a desperate manhunt for the perpetrators of the worst terrorist attack in France for half a century and the bloodiest single assault on western journalism in living memory.
The attack on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which left 12 dead, triggered a wave of solidarity, with rallies in defence of free speech in more than 30 French cities and in global capitals. President François Hollande declared a day of national mourning on Thursday with flags at half-mast for three days, saying the country had been “struck at its very heart”. But he vowed: “Freedom will always be stronger than barbarism.” World leaders also pledged they would not be cowed, but the longer-term impact on free expression was unclear in the wake of a mass killing of such brutality.
The two attackers then jumped into a small black Citroën that they had apparently arrived in and drove off. Charlie Hebdo attack: Twitter users trend #JeSuisCharlie after Paris shooting. After news broke of a shooting at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in France's capital, thousands included the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie in their Twitter posts.
By 1pm UK time, just two hours after the attack took place, 20,000 had joined the growing trend, seemingly in solidarity with the 12 victims - including the magazine's editor, two cartoonists and two police officers - of the four gunmen. Many also posted photos including the words 'Je Suis Charlie', with others commenting "the pen is mightier than the sword". Famous names to use the hashtag included Piers Morgan and Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany, as well as Jessica Pires - the wife of former Arsenal and France midfielder Robert. Charlie Hebdo has previously provoked fury for its controversial and non-conformist content. Charlie Hebdo attack: Thousands join vigils in Paris, London and around the world - Europe.
Journalists held up their press cards as members of the public silently raised pens in the air in a poignant symbol against what is being seen as an attack on freedom of speech.
The phrase “je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) has become a rallying call for people expressing solidarity with the victims around the world, with many Paris protesters wearing the slogan on stickers and painting it on giant placards. The mood was said to be sombre but defiant, with groups of friends quietly talking and comforting each other, trying to come to terms with the day's horrifying events. A vigil has also started in London’s Trafalgar Square.