Tignous

Tignous, born Bernard Verlhac, is an artist I cannot write about lightly. A Charlie Hebdo cartoonist from the 14th arrondissement of Paris, he spent his life turning satire into a weapon against the powerful, only to be murdered in the 2015 attack on the magazine. That an illustrator could be killed for drawing is a brutality I refuse to file away neatly. Behind the jokes, satire is an act of courage, and his 2009 Prix France Info confirms he was a serious talent, not just a provocateur. I want to keep remembering him as someone who fell defending the freedom to laugh.

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Name (English)

Tignous

Name (Japanese)

ティヌス

Reading

てぃぬす

Born

August 21, 1957 – January 7, 2015

Origin

14th arrondissement of Paris, France

Occupation

cartoonist / caricaturist / editorial cartoonist / journalist / painter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 2015 victim of terrorism
• 2009 Prix France Info

• Official sitehttps://www.iconovox.com/dessinateurs/tignous.html
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tignous
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3528336

Tags

• cartoonist
• caricaturist
• editorial cartoonist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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