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My Take
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.
Overview
Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (French pronunciation: [tiɲus], from Occitan: Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. On 7 January 2015, Tignous was killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tignous
- Name (Japanese)
- ティヌス
- Reading
- てぃぬす
- Born
- August 21, 1957 – January 7, 2015
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rooster
- Origin
- 14th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- cartoonist / caricaturist / editorial cartoonist / journalist / painter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2015 victim of terrorism
- 2009 Prix France Info
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.iconovox.com/dessinateurs/tignous.html
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.