RIP Georges Wolinski

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Rest in peace Georges. We will miss you and your talented friends.

 

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[goldust40]

[Comicopolis]

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Very very sad! A great reminder of the need to continue to insist on our rights of free speech and expression!

[BustedFlush]

Sad thing.

[ComicConnoisseur]

Very very sad! A great reminder of the need to continue to insist on our rights of free speech and expression!

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I find his death not only sad, but very disturbing.

RIP.

[Tri-Color Brian]

I didn't know who he was...but that is definitely not a good way to go...

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I didn't know who he was...but that is definitely not a good way to go...

 

From the Comiclopedia:

"French satirical cartoonist Georges Wolinski was born in Tunisia in 1934. His family moved to France in 1946, where he attended grammar and high school. He studied Architecture in Paris from 1952, but didn't finish his studies. By 1960, he started contributing cartoons, illustrations and a series of comic strips to the satirical monthly Hara-Kiri. These comic strips were based on political or erotic themes: 'Ils Ne Pensent Qu' à Ça' ('They Only Think of One Thing'), 'Histoires Inventées' ('Invented Stories') and 'Hit-Parades'. Wolinski's sharp cartoons soon also found their way to publications like Action and France-Soir.

 

During the student revolt of May 1968, Wolinski co-founded one of the most mordant satirical magazines, L'Enragé (the Enraged), with Siné. He also expressed his philosophy in the comic strip series 'Je Ne Veux Pas Mourir insufficiently_thoughtful_person' (I Don't Want to Die an insufficiently_thoughtful_person') and 'Pas Que la Politique Dans la Vie' ('There is More to Life than Politics')

 

Wolinski was one of the original contributors to Hara-Kiri's weekly counterpart, Hara-Kiri-Hebdo, from 1969. The magazine was soon renamed to Charlie Hebdo and Wolinski served as editor-in-chief from 1970 until 1981. In 1977, Wolinski became an editorial cartoonist of the Communist daily L'Humanité. Wolinski's drawings can additionally be found in the daily Libération, the weekly Paris-Match and L'Écho des Savanes.

 

Veteran cartoonist Wolinski was killed at age 80 during a terrorist attack on the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo on 7 January 2015. Editor-in-chief Charb, cartoonists Tignous and Cabu and economist Bernard Maris were also killed in the attack."

 

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[comicjack]

What a way to go,nice tribute to him BB. (thumbs u

[Griff]

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So Sad to see such creativity taken down by extremists. You have to wonder about folks who are threatened by cartoons and comics

[Marvel Zombie]

 

Wolinski and the other creative Hebdo-geeks gunned down in Paris in cold blod by these bastards. Its a tragedy.