The reaction to the attacks against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo have been many.
In the French city of Lyon, the tragedy sparked a unique initiative. Cartoonists, printers and artists joined forces to print a one-off edition of “Charlie Héros” in homage to the victims of the attack.
A first edition was put online, then printed and handed out ahead of Sunday’s nationwide marches.
“We were shell-shocked,” said Jean-Charles Lavégie, artistic director of “Charlie Héros”.
“I just said ‘We should do a pirate version of Charlie Hebdo’, and my business partner, (cartoonist) Olivier d’Arfeuille, followed. So we sent emails to friends of ours who are cartoonists to see if they would be interested.
We immediately received messages of support, we received drawings from people who wanted to publish a hard copy of the newspaper and wanted to be in it.”
A second edition was printed with a new front page and handed out for free on Tuesday evening, the day before Charlie Hebdo hits the newsstands.
Pirate tribute to Charlie Hebdo goes like hot cakes in French city of Lyon | euronews, le mag
In the French city of Lyon, the tragedy sparked a unique initiative. Cartoonists, printers and artists joined forces to print a one-off edition of “Charlie Héros” in homage to the victims of the attack.
A first edition was put online, then printed and handed out ahead of Sunday’s nationwide marches.
“We were shell-shocked,” said Jean-Charles Lavégie, artistic director of “Charlie Héros”.
“I just said ‘We should do a pirate version of Charlie Hebdo’, and my business partner, (cartoonist) Olivier d’Arfeuille, followed. So we sent emails to friends of ours who are cartoonists to see if they would be interested.
We immediately received messages of support, we received drawings from people who wanted to publish a hard copy of the newspaper and wanted to be in it.”
A second edition was printed with a new front page and handed out for free on Tuesday evening, the day before Charlie Hebdo hits the newsstands.
Pirate tribute to Charlie Hebdo goes like hot cakes in French city of Lyon | euronews, le mag
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