Soon after news of the deadly attack on the office of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, this old New Yorker cartoon began to make the rounds on Twitter.
This prescient cartoon was actually by Michael Shaw, presented by Bob Mankoff in this article http://t.co/wBzxL9UpT8 pic.twitter.com/qDmIPfsUu7
It captured much of what many cartoonists around the world felt upon hearing the news.
David Pope, the political cartoonist for The Canberra Times in Australia, shared this image:
Can’t sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LqIMRCHPgK
Some images were more provocative — such as this one from Dutch political cartoonist Ruben L. Oppenheimer:
The Washington Post‘s Ann Telnaes also expressed her solidarity:
#JeSuisCharlie: Cartoonists react to the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris http://t.co/Ush2eQPO1F (@anntelnaes) pic.twitter.com/KQa0762OAg
And the cartoonist at the Montreal Gazette offered his religious views:
Gazette podcast with James Mennie on Charlie Hebdo #charliehebdo, #JesuisCharlie http://t.co/FwVwYCoZTc pic.twitter.com/6PtI2QMxBn
Satish Acharya, an editorial cartoonist in India, said:
The little weapon! #CharlieHebdo #cartoon pic.twitter.com/VFFZD2f8Rz
Gary Varvel, the political cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, noted:
My response to the terror attack on #CharlieHebdo. http://t.co/TxQICVIUZs @indystar pic.twitter.com/WhEgFVC7Ik
The Spanish satirical publication El Jueves said it was a bad time for humor.
France’s Le Monde expressed its solidarity with Charlie Hebdo.
De tout coeur avec Charlie Hebdo. pic.twitter.com/8KwTipn3Wp
And James MacLeod, an editorial cartoonist with the Courier and Press in Evansville, Ind., depicted the tragedy this way:
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Read original article – Published January 07, 2015 1:03 PM ET
United In Grief, Cartoonists Show Solidarity With ‘Charlie Hebdo’
