"La Grosse Bertha La Grosse Bertha (""Big Bertha"") was a French weekly satirical magazine created in 1991 in opposition to the Gulf War. Its editor and publisher was Jean-Cyrille Godefroy and its first editor-in-chief was François Forcadell. The title of the magazine was an anti-militarist jibe; ""Big Bertha"" is the name of a massive piece of heavy artillery. The editorial team included humorists such as François Rollin, Philippe Val, Kafka, Jean-Jacques Peroni, Patrick Font, Kleude, Fredo Manon Troppo (Frédéric Pagès), Oncle Bernard (Bernard Maris), Gérard Biard, Docteur H (Hervé Le Tellier), Xavier Pasquini and also ""Charlie Hebdo"" alumni such as"
"Charlie Hebdo Charlie Hebdo (; French for ""Charlie Weekly"") is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Irreverent and stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication describes itself as above all secular, skeptic, and atheist, far-left-wing, and anti-racist publishing articles about the extreme right (especially the French nationalist National Front party), religion (Catholicism, Islam, Judaism), politics and culture. The magazine has been the target of two terrorist attacks, in 2011 and 2015. Both were presumed to be in response to a number of controversial Muhammad cartoons it published. In the second of these attacks, 12 people were"
"killed, including publishing director Charb and several other prominent cartoonists. ""Charlie Hebdo"" first appeared in 1970 as a companion to the monthly ""Hara-Kiri"" magazine, after a previous title was banned for mocking the death of former French President Charles de Gaulle. In 1981 publication ceased, but the magazine was resurrected in 1992. Its current editor-in-chief is Gérard Biard. The previous editors were François Cavanna (1970–1981) and Philippe Val (1992–2009). The magazine is published every Wednesday, with special editions issued on an unscheduled basis. In 1960, Georges ""Professeur Choron"" Bernier and François Cavanna launched a monthly magazine entitled ""Hara-Kiri"". Choron acted"
"staff of ""Charlie Hebdo"" continued with the publication, and the following issue print ran 7.95 million copies in six languages, compared to its typical print run of 60,000 in only French. ""Charlie Hebdo"" (; French for ""Charlie Weekly"") is a French satirical weekly newspaper that features cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. The publication is irreverent and stridently non-conformist in tone, is strongly secularist, antireligious, and left-wing, publishing articles that mock Catholicism, Judaism, Islam, and various other groups as local and world news unfolds. The magazine was published from 1969 to 1981, and has been again from 1992 on. ""Charlie Hebdo"""
"and Bernard Maris with one share each. Gérard Biard is the editor-in-chief of ""Charlie Hebdo"". On 5 May 2015 Charlie Hebdo was awarded the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award at the PEN American Center Literary Gala in New York City. In 2007 the Grand Mosque of Paris began criminal proceedings against the chief-editor of ""Charlie Hebdo"", Philipe Val, under France's hate speech laws for publicly abusing a group on the ground of their religion. The lawsuit was limited to three specific cartoons, including one depicting Muhammad carrying a bomb in his turban. In March 2007"
"French magazine depicted a jet hurtling downwards along with words translated as: 'Bad news... Putin wasn't on board'. Russian defence spokesman called cartoons 'a poorly-created abomination'. A Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said: ""If such, I dare say, 'artistry' is the real manifestation of 'Western values', then those who hold and support them are doomed"". Since 2016 Riss is now the publishing director of the magazine, and he owns 70% of the shares. The other 30% is owned by Éric Portheault. Notes Bibliography Charlie Hebdo Charlie Hebdo (; French for ""Charlie Weekly"") is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports,"
"euros. Le Canard enchaîné Le Canard enchaîné (; English: ""The Chained Duck"" or ""The Chained Paper"", as ""canard"" is French slang meaning ""newspaper""), is a satirical weekly newspaper in France. Its headquarters is in Paris. Founded in 1915 during World War I, it features investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as many jokes and humorous cartoons. ""Le Canard enchaîné"" does not accept any advertisements and is privately owned, mostly by its own employees. The name is a reference to Radical Georges Clemenceau's newspaper ""L'homme libre"""
"Le Canard enchaîné Le Canard enchaîné (; English: ""The Chained Duck"" or ""The Chained Paper"", as ""canard"" is French slang meaning ""newspaper""), is a satirical weekly newspaper in France. Its headquarters is in Paris. Founded in 1915 during World War I, it features investigative journalism and leaks from sources inside the French government, the French political world and the French business world, as well as many jokes and humorous cartoons. ""Le Canard enchaîné"" does not accept any advertisements and is privately owned, mostly by its own employees. The name is a reference to Radical Georges Clemenceau's newspaper ""L'homme libre"" (""The"
"Riss (cartoonist) Laurent ""Riss"" Sourisseau (; born 20 September 1966) is a French cartoonist and author. Since 1992, he has been working for the French satirical weekly newspaper ""Charlie Hebdo"". Sourisseau is the author of several books printed in France and his political cartoons appear often on the cover of ""Charlie Hebdo"" - ""un vrai paysan avec moins de grâce artistique"" as some have said.. He was present in the meeting during the attack at the ""Charlie Hebdo"" headquarters on 7 January 2015 and was hospitalised with a gunshot wound to the shoulder. From the hospital, he was able to"
"Hara-Kiri (magazine) Hara-Kiri was a monthly French satirical magazine, first published in 1960, the precursor to ""Charlie Hebdo"". It was created by Georges Bernier, Cavanna and Fred Aristidès. A weekly counterpart, Hara-Kiri Hebdo, was first published in 1969. Contributors included Melvin Van Peebles, Reiser, Roland Topor, Moebius, Wolinski, , Cabu, , Fournier, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Willem. In 1966 it published ""Les Aventures de Jodelle"", drawn by Guy Peellaert Hara-Kiri editions, subtitled """"Journal bête et méchant"""" (""Stupid and nasty newspaper""), were constantly aiming at established powers, be they political parties or institutions like the Church or the State. In 1961 and"
"are with the Charlie team, losers."" There are no other depictions of Mohammad within the issue. In the editorial, editor-in-chief Gérard Biard called for full secularism (""laïcité"") and regretted that the defense of ""Charlie Hebdo"" against previous threats and arson had often been half-hearted. He added: ""All those who claim to defend Muslims, while accepting the totalitarian religious rhetoric, are in fact defending their executioners. The first victims of Islamic fascism are the Muslims."" Describing the magazine as atheist, Biard wrote that the church bells of Notre Dame de Paris ringing for ""Charlie Hebdo"" had made the staff laugh. The"
"draw four cartoons for the issue of ""Charlie Hebdo"" released on 14 January, one week after the shooting. Riss is now the publishing director of the magazine, and he owns 70% of the shares. Participation in collective works Riss (cartoonist) Laurent ""Riss"" Sourisseau (; born 20 September 1966) is a French cartoonist and author. Since 1992, he has been working for the French satirical weekly newspaper ""Charlie Hebdo"". Sourisseau is the author of several books printed in France and his political cartoons appear often on the cover of ""Charlie Hebdo"" - ""un vrai paysan avec moins de grâce artistique"" as"
"Dargaud Société Dargaud, doing business as Les Éditions Dargaud, is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series, headquartered in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. It was founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud (), publishing its first comics in 1943. Initially, Dargaud published novels for women. In 1948, it started ""Line"", a ""magazine for elegant women"", as well as a French edition of the Belgian ""Tintin"" magazine. In 1960, Dargaud bought the weekly ""Pilote"" magazine from René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo, and Jean-Michel Charlier. Goscinny continued as editor of the magazine, and Charlier was album editor for a period. In October 1961, Dargaud"
"Le Figaro Magazine Le Figaro Magazine is a French language weekly news magazine published in Paris, France. The magazine is the weekly supplement of the daily newspaper ""Le Figaro"". The magazine is the first supplement of ""Le Figaro"" newspaper. It was established in 1978, when ""Le Figaro Littéraire"" was renamed as ""Le Figaro Magazine"". Louis Pauwels was functional in its start and was appointed its director. His daughter, Marie-Claire Pauwels, worked as fashion director of the magazine from 1980 to 2006. The magazine is part of the Figaro Group. The group also owns the daily newspaper ""Le Figaro"" and the"
"interior Raymond Marcellin ordered an immediate and permanent ban on publicity and on sale to minors. ""Charlie Hebdo"" was started immediately afterwards. Charlie in the title refers to General de Gaulle (said Georges Wolinski); but it was also the name of another magazine from Éditions du Square ""Charlie Mensuel"", named after the character Charlie Brown from Charles M. Schulz's ""Peanuts"". Hara-Kiri (magazine) Hara-Kiri was a monthly French satirical magazine, first published in 1960, the precursor to ""Charlie Hebdo"". It was created by Georges Bernier, Cavanna and Fred Aristidès. A weekly counterpart, Hara-Kiri Hebdo, was first published in 1969. Contributors included"
"guerre en philosophie"" used Botul as the primary source for his attack on Kant. Frédéric Pagès Frédéric Pagès (; born 1950) is a French journalist noted for his work with the satirical weekly, ""Le Canard enchaîné"". Pagès studied philosophy at University and worked as a high school teacher until 1985. At ""Le Canard enchaîné"", his humorous columns included ""Le Journal de Xavière T"", a spoof diary of Xavière Tiberi, the wife of Jean Tiberi, then mayor of Paris, and, from December 2007, ""Le Journal de Carla B"", a spoof diary of Carla Bruni, wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy. The last"
"magazine was also very supportive of Henri Broch's debunking of paranormal claims. In general, articles on paranormal topics were marked as ""Blurgs"", an acronym for ""Balivernes lamentables à l'usage réservé des gogos"" (deplorable nonsense to be used only by the gullible). Since being bought by Mondadori, the magazine has adopted a less skeptical line. In 2004 ""Science & Vie"" sold 361,273 copies. In 2010 the circulation of the magazine was 281,000 copies. Science & Vie Science & Vie (; French for ""Science and Life"") is a monthly science magazine published in France. Its headquarters is in Paris. The magazine was"
"who had been active with the Vichy regime and had just freed from prison. Previous editor of the magazine was Marie France Wacquez. Rivarol (magazine) Rivarol is a French nationalist and far-right weekly magazine. The editor of the magazine, Fabrice Bourbon, was fined due to his article in the magazine, which allegedly regarded by a court as incitement to hatred against Jews. On 8 April 2016, around 600 fans of the magazine, attended a banquet in a Paris hotel, to celebrate the 65-year run of the magazine. The banquet included Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pierre Sidos, Yvan Benedetti, Alexandre Gabriac and"
"satirical magazine ""Charlie Hebdo"" on 7 January 2015, the day when the offices of the newspaper were attacked by masked gunmen who killed eight ""Charlie Hebdo"" employees. The title on the cover was: """"Les prédictions du mage Houellebecq : en 2015, je perds mes dents, en 2022, je fais ramadan."""" (English: """"The predictions of the sorcerer Houellebecq: In 2015, I lose my teeth. In 2022, I observe Ramadan."""") On the day of the publishing of the book and hours before the attack on ""Charlie Hebdo"", Houellebecq said in an interview for France Inter radio: The German translation (""Unterwerfung"") by Norma"
"In 1996, he co-created a literary magazine called ""NRV"" (a pun with the word ""énervé"", meaning ""angry""). In 2003, he co-founded ""Bordel"", another literary magazine (meaning literally ""brothel"" but mostly used nowadays as a curse word). Frédéric Beigbeder worked as a columnist for various magazines, including the French edition of GQ. Since 2013, he has been the executive editor of the French magazine Lui. In 2012, he replaced François Nourissier for Feuilleton Magazine, a weekly supplement of Le Figaro Magazine. From September 2005 to May 2007, he worked for the French TV show Le Grand Journal hosted by Michel Denisot."
"killed ""Charlie Hebdo""!"" Among the victims were cartoonists Cabu, Charb, Honoré, Tignous, Georges Wolinski, and the economist Bernard Maris. Charlie Hebdo issue No. 1011 On 31 October 2011, issue No. 1011 of the satirical French newspaper ""Charlie Hebdo"" left the presses two days before its official publication date. The issue was retitled ""Charia Hebdo"" in facetious celebration of Tunisian Islamist party Ennahdha's election victory. It elicited mixed reactions in social media. Muhammad, the founder of Islam, appears on the cover saying, ""100 lashes if you do not die laughing!"" in a caricature by cartoonist Luz. The issue announced, ""To fittingly"
"January 2015, denied the existence of any ""interpersonal commitment"" between Charb and Jeannette Bougrab while some of his colleagues confirmed it. Charb Stéphane Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated by Islamic terrorists during the ""Charlie Hebdo"" shooting on 7 January 2015. He worked for several newspapers and magazines, joining ""Charlie Hebdo"" in 1992 and becoming the director of publication in 2009. Due to the publication of Muhammad cartoons, Charb became subject to death threats from Islamists. From the time the magazine was"
"La Caricature (1830–1843) La Caricature was a satirical weekly published French periodical that was distributed in Paris between 1830 and 1843 during the July Monarchy. Its cartoons repeatedly attacked King Louis Philippe, whom it typically depicted as a pear. ""La Caricature morale, politique et littéraire"" was published from 1830 to 1843. Auguste Audibert was editor and Charles Philipon (1800–61) was director and main author. Honoré de Balzac and Louis Desnoyers assisted Philipon in writing some of the magazines issues. Primary artists were Honoré Daumier and Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville with caricature contributions from many artists including Henry Monnier, Alexandre"
"La Caricature (1880–1904) La Caricature was a satirical journal that was published in Paris, France, between 1880 and 1904. It had a lively and colorful layout, and made full use of the newly invented photogravure technology. Its focus was on social satire rather than political commentary. ""La Caricature"" covered the theater, news events, gossip and topical subjects such as the vote for women or seaside vacations. The founding editor, Albert Robida, left in 1892. The journal began to decline in quality, went through various changes of ownership and management, and eventually was merged with a rival tabloid. ""La Caricature"" was"
"Rivarol (magazine) Rivarol is a French nationalist and far-right weekly magazine. The editor of the magazine, Fabrice Bourbon, was fined due to his article in the magazine, which allegedly regarded by a court as incitement to hatred against Jews. On 8 April 2016, around 600 fans of the magazine, attended a banquet in a Paris hotel, to celebrate the 65-year run of the magazine. The banquet included Jean-Marie Le Pen, Pierre Sidos, Yvan Benedetti, Alexandre Gabriac and Robert Faurisson Established in January 1951, the magazine was started as a meeting point, for those who had collaborated with the Nazis or"
"Islamic groups protested, saying the drawings ridiculed Mohammad and his companions. They demanded ""exemplary punishment"" for the paper's editor and the cartoonist. Bangladesh does not have a blasphemy law, although one had been demanded by the same extremist Islamic groups. On November 2, 2010, the office of the French satirical weekly newspaper ""Charlie Hebdo"" at Paris was attacked with a firebomb and its website hacked, after it had announced plans to publish a special edition with Muhammad as its “chief editor”, and the title page with a cartoon of Muhammad had been pre-issued on social media. In September 2012, the"
"and is very autobiographical. It also appeared in ""No sex in New York"" in 2004 on the initiative of the French left-wing daily Libération. In 2005 he published ""Retour au collège"" which was a big success. Encouraged by this, Sattouf created the very macho and ambivalent character ""Pascal Brutal"". From 2004 to 2014, he published a weekly strip in the satirical French weekly ""Charlie Hebdo"" entitled ""La vie secrète des jeunes"", recounting real life anecdotes. The strips have been republished in three volumes, one in 2007, the second in 2010 and the last one in 2013. In late 2014, he"
"Charb Stéphane Charbonnier (; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb (), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated by Islamic terrorists during the ""Charlie Hebdo"" shooting on 7 January 2015. He worked for several newspapers and magazines, joining ""Charlie Hebdo"" in 1992 and becoming the director of publication in 2009. Due to the publication of Muhammad cartoons, Charb became subject to death threats from Islamists. From the time the magazine was firebombed in 2011, he lived under police protection until his assassination. The police officer protecting Charb on 7 January 2015 was"
"L'Express L'Express () is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ""L'Express Styles"", and a job supplement, ""Réussir"". ""L'Express"" was co-founded in 1953 by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, future president of the Radical Party, and Françoise Giroud, who had earlier edited ""ELLE"" and went on to become France's first minister of women's affairs in 1974 and minister of culture in 1976. When founded during the First Indochina War, it was modelled on the US magazine ""Time"" and the German magazine ""Der Spiegel"". ""L'Express"" is"
"Lefred Thouron Lefred Thouron is a cartoonist and writer born in Nancy, France in 1961. His first cartoons were published in 1984 in ""Hara-Kiri"". Following, his work will be published in the weekly news magazine ""L'événement du Jeudi"", the daily ""Libération"", ""7 à Paris"", ""La Grosse Bertha"" and ""Charlie Hebdo"" (which he left in 1996 following the «Patrick Font » controversy). Having authored 20 or so books, Lefred currently works for the icon of French irreverent political press, ""Le Canard Enchaîné"", where he is one of the chief contributors with Pétillon and Cabu; ""l'Équipe magazine"" where he publishes a weekly"
"government services and reports from the other media. It also publishes satirical cartoons and jokes. The factual and jocular columns are cleanly delineated. Every issue includes short political news (""Mare au Canards""); weekly profile (""Prises de Bec""); news from the media world; sections of press clippings (typos and malapropisms found in the French press) ""Rue des petites perles"" and ""À travers la presse déchaînée""; the section which highlights the two most absurd or incomprehensible sentences of the week by politicians, respectively hanging them up on the ""mur du çon"" or awarding them the ""noix d'honneur""; as well as its ""Sur"
"designer Jean-Louis Forain. The magazine lasted 85 issues and was made up entirely of editorial cartoons by Caran d'Ache and Forain, caricaturing society and its scandals from an antisemitic, pro-Army viewpoint. He died in Paris on 25 February 1909 at the age of 50. Caran d'Ache Caran d'Ache was the pseudonym of the 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist Emmanuel Poiré (6 November 1858 – 25 February 1909). ""Caran d'Ache"" comes from the Russian word ""karandash"" (карандаш), meaning ""pencil."" While his first work glorified the Napoleonic era, he went on to create ""stories without words"" and as a contributor"
"Le Soir (magazine) Le Soir is a French language weekly news magazine published in Brussels, Belgium. Founded 1928 it is one of the oldest magazines in the country. ""Le Soir"" was established in 1928. The magazine is owned and published by Rossel et Cie SA on a weekly basis. Its headquarters is in Brussels. Marc Pasteger is the editor-in-chief of the magazine. The weekly provides the political, economic, social and cultural news. The magazine also features articles about celebrity news and offers a TV guide. Between February 2007 and June 2007 ""Le Soir"" had a circulation of 56,492 copies. The"