#JeSuisCharlie: Cartoonists Respond To Paris Massacre With Powerful Drawings

If you target cartoonists, the response will be a flood of cartoons sketched with sharp satire and stunning speed.

Break one, thousand will rise #CharlieHebdo #JeSuisCharlie #raiseyourpencilforfreedom pic.twitter.com/3n5fOEmrwJ

— Lucille Clerc (@LucilleClerc) January 7, 2015

#CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/15O4YC2KWg

— Ruben L. Oppenheimer (@RLOppenheimer) January 7, 2015

Can't sleep tonight, thoughts with my French cartooning colleagues, their families and loved ones #CharlieHebdo pic.twitter.com/LqIMRCHPgK

— David Pope (@davpope) January 7, 2015

“Weapons of mass creation,” drew another cartoonist, detailing the resilience of those fighting back.

If they want us, artists, to stop expressing ourselves by using fear…it worked the other way around #JeSuisCharlie pic.twitter.com/HFlZ1vIpq5

— Daniel Lucanu (@TheDanidem) January 7, 2015

[DATA] +2.100.000 Tweets de solidarité #JeSuisCharlie publiés aujourd'huihttp://t.co/SBK4ffdloA pic.twitter.com/lmVc9dAnGL

— Twitter France (@TwitterFrance) January 7, 2015

This is the most powerful posted on Instagram. The empty desk of one of those killed posted by his daughter. “Dad is gone” it reads. No cartoon – just a heartbreaking snapshot of real life.

Papa est parti pas Wolinski

A post shared by Elsa Wolinski (@wolinskiki) on Jan 7, 2015 at 7:08am PST