There have always been lawsuits, lawsuits and lawsuits over copyright issues, but this case is special because what is being defended now is an author’s wish for his character to die with him. André Franquinthe creator of Gaston Lagaffe (1924-1997) said at the time that … Read more
Street Nicolas-Appert, Paris, where the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was based, a day after the killings. Photo Guillaume Galmiche. Licence CC BY 2.0. The idea of a “house of the press cartoons” was first mooted in 2007 by the cartoonist, and then by his widow, … Read more
Plantu retires Plantu in Le Monde, 5 December 1978 Jean Plantureux, better known as Plantu, has announced that he will soon be leaving the newspaper for which he has been drawing cartoons for 50 years. He is the second cartoonist to lose Le Monde this … Read more
The French cartoonist Xavier Gorce (1962) announced he was quitting Le Monde after the newspaper apologised for a cartoon about a sexual abuse scandal. In her apology to readers, Le Monde editor-in-chief Caroline Monnot said the cartoon should not have been published. The author said … Read more
