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Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (, from oc, Tinhós), was a French
Tignous was born in Paris on 21 August 1957. He studied drawing at the Le WWF France pleure Tignous, un ami des Pandas
WWF. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
Tignous was the father of four children. He was buried in
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cartoonist
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. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine ''Charlie Hebdo
''Charlie Hebdo'' (; meaning ''Charlie Weekly'') is a French satirical weekly magazine, featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Stridently non-conformist in tone, the publication has been described as Anti-racism, anti-racist, sceptica ...
''.
On 7 January 2015, Tignous was killed in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting.
Biography
Tignous was born in Paris on 21 August 1957. He studied drawing at the École Boulle
The École Boulle is a college of fine arts and crafts and applied arts in Paris, France.
History
The École Boulle was founded in 1886 and is named after the cabinetmaker André-Charles Boulle, who is generally considered to be the preeminent ...
. After working in the comic book
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field, Tignous began doing cartoons for ''L'Idiot International'', ''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 ...
'', and ''L'Événement du jeudi''.
Tignous first began working at ''Charlie Hebdo'' in 1980, and then rejoined the weekly when it was reborn in 1992. He was also a contributor to the weekly news magazine ''Marianne
Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.
Marianne is displayed i ...
'' and the monthly publication ''Fluide Glacial
''Fluide Glacial'' () is a monthly Franco-Belgian comics magazine and a publishing house founded on 1 April 1975 by Gotlib, Alexis (comics), Alexis and . It's one of the most successful comics magazine in France, along with Métal Hurlant.
Since ...
''. In addition, he drew for ''Télérama
''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is dep ...
'' and ''L'Echo des Savanes
''L'Echo'' is a Belgian business newspaper, published by Mediafin and mainly distributed in Wallonia and Brussels. It is the French counterpart of the Flemish daily '' De Tijd'' which is its sister paper.
History and profile
''L'Echo'' origina ...
''.
Tignous was also active in the French role-playing world, with his illustrations featured in games like '' Rêve de Dragon'' and MEGA, and many illustrations for the magazine ''Casus Belli''. His work features in a 2015 cooperative card game, ''Les Poilus'' (''The Grizzled''), about the tragic and solitary experience of French soldiers in the trenches of the Great War.
Tignous was a member of Cartoonists for Peace as well as the Press Judiciare, an association of French journalists covering the legal system. He was one of the founding sponsors of ''Clowns sans Frontieres'', the French affiliate of Clowns without Borders International, and participated in CSF projects in the Philippines, Burma, and Nord Pas de Calais. In 2010, he published a book featuring cartoons of his signature panda
The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes use ...
s to benefit the French chapter of the World Wildlife Foundation
The World Wide Fund for Nature Inc. (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment. It was formerly named the Wor ...
, which called him "a friend of the pandas and the earth."WWF. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Père Lachaise Cemetery (french: Cimetière du Père-Lachaise ; formerly , "East Cemetery") is the largest cemetery in Paris, France (). With more than 3.5 million visitors annually, it is the most visited necropolis in the world. Notable figures ...
on 15 January 2015. The Franco-Lebanese jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf
Ibrahim Maalouf ( ar, ابراهيم معلوف, ; born 5 November 1980 in Beirut) is a French-Lebanese trumpeter, producer, arranger, and composer.
In 2022, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated at the Grammy Awards for his albu ...
played during a ceremony in Tignous's honour held in the great hall of the municipality of Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Montreuil (), sometimes unofficially referred to as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris in Seine-Saint-Denis. With a population o ...
.
Works
* 1991: ''On s'énerve pour un rien'' * 1999: ''Tas de riches'' * 2006: ''Le Sport dans le sang'' * 2008: ''C'est la faute à la société'' * 2008: ''Le ProcèsColonna
The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Martin V) and many other church and politica ...
''
* 2010: ''Pandas dans la brume''
* 2010: ''Le Fric c'est capital''
* 2011: ''5 ans sous Sarkozy''
See also
*List of journalists killed in Europe
This is a list of journalists killed in Europe (as a continent), divided by country.
While journalists in the European Union (EU) generally work in good conditions, there are cases of murdered journalists, and many of them remain unpunished. Thi ...
References
External links
Tignous page at Iconovox
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tignous 1957 births 2015 deaths French cartoonists Deaths by firearm in France Assassinated French journalists Journalists killed in France Terrorism deaths in France Victims of the Charlie Hebdo shooting Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Charlie Hebdo people 21st-century French journalists 20th-century French journalists