Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (; 13 January 19387 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (), was a French comic strip artist and

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. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the ''

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'' newspaper offices. Cabu was a staff cartoonist and shareholder at ''Charlie Hebdo''.

Career

Cabu started out studying art at the

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in Paris and his drawings were first published by 1954 in a local newspaper. The

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forced him to be conscripted in the

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for over two years, where his talent was used in the army magazine ''Bled'' and in ''

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''. His time in the army caused him to become a strident anti-militarist and adopt a slightly anarchistic view of society.Obituary
in ''

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'', 7 January 2015. In 1960, after he left the Army, he became one of the founders of ''

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'' magazine. In the 1970s and 1980s, he became a popular artist, collaborating for a time with the children's TV programme ''

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''. He continued working in political caricature for ''

'' and ''

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''. His popular characters include ''Le Grand Duduche'' and ''adjudant Kronenbourg'', and especially ''Mon Beauf''. So spot-on was this caricature of an average, racist, sexist, vulgar, ordinary Frenchman that the word 'beauf' (short for "''beau-frère''", i. e., brother-in-law) has slipped into ordinary use. A 1973 drawing by Cabu attacking male politicians with the question "Qui a engrossé les 343 salopes du manifeste sur l'avortement?".("Who got the 343 sluts from the abortion manifesto pregnant?") gave the

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its familiar nickname, often mistaken as the original title. In February 2006, a Cabu cartoon which appeared on the cover of ''

'' in response to the Danish cartoons affair caused more controversy and a lawsuit. It depicted the Muslim prophet Muhammad under the caption "Muhammad overwhelmed by fundamentalists", crying "''C'est dur d'être aimé par des cons''!" ("So hard to be loved by jerks!"). From September 2006 to January 2007, an exhibition entitled ''Cabu and Paris'' was organised at the

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Death

Cabu was killed, along with seven of his colleagues, two police officers, and two others, on 7 January 2015 in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting when

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gunmen stormed the newspaper's offices in Paris. The

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320880 Cabu was named in his memory on 5 June 2016 by its discoverer

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.MPC 100610
5 June 2016

Personal life

Cabu was the father of the French singer/songwriter

Mano Solo Mano Solo (24 April 1963 – 10 January 2010), born Emmanuel Cabut, was a French singer. He was born in Châlons-sur-Marne on 24 April 1963 to the illustrator Cabu and Isabelle Monin, co-founder of the ecology-related magazine, ''La Gueule ouver ...

(24 April 1963 – 10 January 2010). He was succeeded by two unnamed relatives. His tombstone read... "the man who gave every moment a shot..." in

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Works

*''Le grand Duduche'' series : ** ''Le grand Duduche'' (1972) Dargaud ** ''Il lui faudrait une bonne guerre !..'' (1972) Dargaud ** ''Les aventures de madame Pompidou'' (1972) Square ** ''L'ennemi intérieur'' (1973) éd. du Square et Dargaud ** ''Le grand Duduche en vacances'' (1974) éd. du Square ** ''Passe ton bac, après on verra !'' (1980) éd. du Rond Point ** ''Maraboud'ficelle'', scénario de

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(1980) Dargaud ** ''À bas la mode !'' (1981) Dargaud ** ''Le Grand Duduche et la fille du proviseur'' (1982) Dargaud *''Le journal de Catherine'' (1970) – éd du Square *''Mon beauf'' (1976) éd du Square *''Catherine saute au Paf'' (1978) éd du Square *''Inspecteur la bavure'' (1981) Albin Michel *''Le Gros blond avec sa chemise noire'' (1988) Albin Michel *''À consommer avec modération'' (1989) Albin Michel *''Mort aux vieux !'' (1989) Albin Michel *''Cabu au Canard Enchaîné'' (1989) Albin Michel *''Tonton la-terreur'' (1991) Albin Michel *''Adieu Tonton'' (1992) Albin Michel *''Les Abrutis sont parmi nous'' (1992) Albin Michel *''Responsables mais pas coupables !'' (1993) Albin Michel *''Secrets d'État'' (1994) Albin Michel *''Les Aventure épatantes de Jacques Chirac'' (1996) Albin Michel *''Vas-y Jospin !'' (1999) Albin Michel *''À gauche toute !'' (2000) Albin Michel

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