Charb

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Charb
Charb, 2 November 2011
Charb, 2 November 2011
Born Stéphane Charbonnier
(1967-08-21)21 August 1967
Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France
Died 7 January 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 47)
Charlie Hebdo offices, Paris, France
Nationality French
Occupation Satirical illustrator and journalist
Charb in Strasbourg, 2009

Stéphane Charbonnier (French: [ʃaʁbɔnje]; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), known as Charb ([ʃaʁb]), was a French caricaturist and journalist, best known for his work with Charlie Hebdo, where he became editor in 2009.[1] He was known for his controversial and thought-provoking illustrations and caricatures.

He was killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting in January 2015.[2]

Career

Charb worked for many newspapers, Charlie Hebdo, L'Écho des savanes, Télérama, and L'Humanité. He joined Charlie Hebdo in 1992 and was its editor-in-chief from 2009 until his death on 7 January 2015.[3]

His cartoons, which often feature, Maurice et Patapon, the anti-capitalist cat and dog, are caustic and irreverent. He used to draw the character of "Marcel Keuf, le flic" in Fluide Glacial.

His rubric in the weekly Charlie Hebdo was titled Charb n'aime pas les gens (Charb does not like people). He used to deliver a monthly chronic titled La fatwa de l'Ayatollah Charb (The Fatwa of the Ayatollah Charb) in the Fluide Glacial magazine. In the period of 2007-2008, he took part in the talk show T'empêches tout le monde de dormir on M6 as a set cartoonist. He was a long time supporter of the French Communist Party.[4]

2011 bomb attack and subsequent threats

On 2 November 2011, Charlie Hebdo was firebombed just before its 3 November issue was due; the issue was called Sharia Hebdo and satirically featured the Islamic prophet, Muhammad as guest-editor.[5][6] Charb and two co-workers at Charlie Hebdo subsequently received police protection.[7]

In September 2012, a man was arrested in La Rochelle for allegedly having called for the beheading of Charb at a Jihadist website.[8]

In 2012, he gave an interview in which he is quoted as saying, "I am not afraid of reprisals, I have no children, no wife, no car, no debt. It might sound a bit pompous, but I'd prefer to die on my feet rather than living on my knees."[9]

Charb was placed on Al-Qaeda's most-wanted list in 2013[10][11] after editing an edition of Charlie Hebdo that satirised Muhammad.[12] Also on the list was Lars Vilks, as well as three Jyllands-Posten staff members: Kurt Westergaard (whose cartoons Charlie Hebdo had published), Carsten Juste, and Flemming Rose.[13][14][15]

The week of the Charlie Hebdo attack, an eerily prescient Charb illustration in that week's issue comprised the observation that there hadn't been any terrorist attacks in France, with a caricatured armed jihadist fighter turning a customary French phrase to malicious use: "Wait!... we still have until the end of January to present our wishes", referencing a French tradition of offering New Year's greetings until the end of January.[16][17]

Personal life

He was the companion of former French Minister Jeannette Bougrab.[18][19][20]

Death

Charb was killed, along with nine of his colleagues and two police officers on 7 January 2015 in the Charlie Hebdo shooting when armed gunmen stormed the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices in Paris.[21][22][23]

One of the police officers killed, Franck Brinsolaro, was assigned as a bodyguard for Charb.[24]

Publications

Charb 2000 MRAP anti-racism campaign poster (translation: "I would hire you, but I don't like the color of ... uh ... your tie!")

Charb also illustrated the Petit cours d'autodéfense intellectuelle by Normand Baillargeon (Short class in intellectual self defense) and the Petit cours d'autodéfense en économie by Jim Stanford (éditions Lux; Short class in economical self-defense).

References

  1. ^ "Stéphane Charbonnier, dit Charb". Encyclopédie Larousse (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2015. 
  2. ^ Charlie Hebdo : les dessinateurs Cabu, Charb et Wolinski sont morts Le Figaro.
  3. ^ "Who were the victims of the Paris terror attack?". The Local. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015. 
  4. ^ S. Z., « Le soutien des intellectuels divise la gauche de la gauche », Le Monde, 4 June 2009, p. 11.
  5. ^ Stefan Simons (20 September 2012). "'Charlie Hebdo' Editor in Chief: 'A Drawing Has Never Killed Anyone'". Spiegel Online. 
  6. ^ Anaëlle Grondin (7 January 2015) «Charlie Hebdo»: Charb, le directeur de la publication du journal satirique, a été assassiné (French) 20 Minutes; accessed 7 January 2015.
  7. ^ Trois «Charlie» sous protection policière (French) Libération, 3 November 2011.
  8. ^ Un homme ayant appelé à décapiter le directeur de «Charlie Hebdo» interpellé (French) 20 Minutes. 22 September 2014.
  9. ^ ""Charlie Hebdo": Charb, Cabu, Tignous et Wolinski morts dans la fusillade". lepoint.fr. 7 January 2015. Je n'ai pas peur des représailles. Je n'ai pas de gosses, pas de femme, pas de voiture, pas de crédit. Ça fait sûrement un peu pompeux, mais je préfère mourir debout que vivre à genoux. 
  10. ^ Conal Urquhart. "Paris Police Say 12 Dead After Shooting at Charlie Hebdo". Time. Retrieved 7 January 2015. Witnesses said that the gunmen had called out the names of individual from the magazine. French media report that Charb, the Charlie Hebdo cartoonist who was on al Qaeda most wanted list in 2013, was seriously injured. 
  11. ^ Victoria Ward (7 January 2015). "Murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonist was on al Qaeda wanted list". The Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2015. 
  12. ^ "French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo attacked in Paris". BBC News. 2 November 2011. 
  13. ^ Dashiell Bennet (1 Mar 2013). "Look Who's on Al Qaeda's Most-Wanted List". The Wire. 
  14. ^ Conal Urquhart. "Paris Police Say 12 Dead After Shooting at Charlie Hebdo". Time. 
  15. ^ Victoria Ward. "Murdered Charlie Hebdo cartoonist was on al Qaeda wanted list". The Telegraph. 
  16. ^ "Le destin ... Le dernier dessin de Charb, apparemment tué dans l'attentat de #CharlieHebdo (via @AlexHervaud)" [Destiny... The last illustration by Charb, killed in the Charlie Hebdo attack. (via @AlexHervaud)]. Twitter (in French) (France: @AlexHervaud). 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015. 
  17. ^ "Charlie Hebdo: l'incroyable prémonition du dessinateur Charb" [Charlie Hebdo: illustrator Charb's incredible premonition]. La Libre (in French) (France: La Libre). 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015. 
  18. ^ Samuel Auffray, Ariane Kujawski, EN DIRECT - Jeannette Bougrab, compagne de Charb: "ils méritent le Panthéon", BFM TV, 08/01/2015
  19. ^ Charlie Hebdo: Jeannette Bougrab, compagne de Charb: "Il a été exécuté", Sud-Ouest, 8 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Charlie Hebdo": Charb "mérite le Panthéon", selon Jeannette Bougrab, sa compagne, francetvinfo.fr, 8 January 2015.
  21. ^ "Les dessinateurs Charb et Cabu seraient morts". L'Essentiel (in French) (France: L'Essentiel). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015. Le directeur de la publication et dessinateur satirique Charb (Stéphane Charbonnier) et Cabu seraient morts selon les informations du Point (via un tweet). Charb avait été annoncé gravement blessé selon plusieurs sources, que relayaient Le Monde et Le Figaro. 
  22. ^ "LIVE. Massacre in "Charlie Hebdo": 12 dead, including Charb and Cabu". Le Point. 
  23. ^ "EN DIRECT. Massacre chez "Charlie Hebdo": 12 morts, dont Charb et Cabu". Le Point.fr (in French). 
  24. ^ Attentat de Charlie Hebdo, l'un des policiers tués demeurait en Normandie; 7 January 2015.
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