#JeSuisCharlie
On 7 January 2015, two Islamic terrorists killed 12 people in an attack on the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo. For cartoonists around the world this atrocity brought home both the dangers and the value of their art. Freedom of expression, no matter how provocative, or even offensive, is something to cherish and defend as essential to a healthy democracy. Reaction to the Charlie Hebdo incident was one of overwhelming revulsion at the murders, and a strengthened commitment to freedom of expression.
Shocked at the slaughter of their French colleagues, Australian cartoonists were swift to respond.
Charlie Hebdo
David Pope, The Canberra Times,
Stuff Kills
Rod Clement, The Australian Financial Review,
Vive La France
David 'Macca' McArthur, ROY, Herald Sun,
Charlie
Peter Lewis, Newcastle Herald,
Le Doigt d'honneur
Jon Kudelka, The Australian,
Paradise Lost
Peter MacMullin, The Sunday Mail,
Hebdo
First Dog on the Moon, Guardian Australia,
Pencil is Mightier than the AK-47
John Tiedemann, The Daily Telegraph,
Back to Business
Warren Brown, The Daily Telegraph,
If Killing This Cartoonist
Andrew Weldon, The Sunday Age,