Reactions to the attacks in Paris: solidarity drawings
"I am Paris" is the message of one of many hashtags under which people have been expressing solidarity and a spirit of resistance. The drawings are spreading quickly in the social media.
Logo: #PeaceForParis
The Eiffel Tower as a peace sign: the drawing by Jean Julien is probably getting the heaviest circulation in the social media, turning up not only on the Internet but all over the world. People are putting it on T-shirts, their bodies and houses.
Long live "savoir-vivre"
Johann Sfar, one of Paris's best-known comics artists, reacted immediately to the attacks. In his instagram account (https.://instagram.com/joannsfar/), he spread this message: #Parisisaboutlife.
Paris, don't let them get you down!
... writes caricaturist #Baudry from Paris, transforming the French capital into a single pool of blood divided into halves by the River Seine. Yet the image is also an expression of defiance. He dubbed it "Paris Rage."
Blood-drenched flag
This drawing by caricature artist Carlos Latuff also quickly spread under the hashtag #JeSuisParis. The red, white and blue French flag morphs into a shroud with the blood of victims issuing forth.
Eiffel Tower in a stranglehold
Paris's best known landmark, the Eiffel Tower, turns up in a drawing by @MarianKamensky as well. It makes a reference to "Alladin and His Magic Lamp," the fairy tale. But this time, "IS" lets the genie out of the bottle, and the evil spirit has the tower in its deathly grip.
Symbols of mourning
A message from artist Chaunu showing the country united in sadness and the moon shining dramatically in the background. The woman is wearing a red Jacobin Cap - a symbol of uprising during the French Revolution.
This cannot be the end of freedom!
@Elinoux drew Marianne, a figure of national importance during the French Republic who was immortalized as the combatative leader in Eugène Delacroix' painting "La Liberté guidant le peuple" (Liberty Leading the People). Showing Marianne in tears, Elina brings the nation's past struggles to mind.
Grieving by drawing
@BryanSaintpaul posted this drawing in various social networks and under different hashtags. It seems to show how confusing the events have been. In the center, the Eiffel Tower is rocked by a detonation.
Worldwide solidarity
Under the hashtag #Marseilleendeuil, the southern French city of Marseilles expresses its own grief - a city also strongly populated by people from Arab countries. @Pierromensa drew "La Bonne Mère Pense à Paris" (The Grandmother Thinks of Paris).