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| Born | Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac 21 August 1957 Paris, France |
| Died | 7 January 2015 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Tignous |
| Children | 4 |
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Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (born August 21, 1957 – died January 7, 2015) was a French cartoonist. He was known by his pen name, Tignous. He worked for a long time at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, which was famous for its funny and sometimes critical cartoons.
Sadly, Tignous was killed on January 7, 2015, during an attack at the Charlie Hebdo office.
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About Tignous's Life and Art
Tignous was born in Paris, France, on August 21, 1957. He went to the École Boulle to study drawing. After working on comic books, Tignous started drawing cartoons for other magazines. These included L'Idiot International and La Grosse Bertha.
Tignous first joined Charlie Hebdo in 1980. He came back to the magazine when it started up again in 1992. He also drew for other popular magazines like Marianne and Fluide Glacial. His drawings also appeared in Télérama and L'Echo des Savanes.
Tignous and Games
Tignous also worked in the world of French role-playing games. His drawings were used in games such as Rêve de Dragon and MEGA. He also created many pictures for the magazine Casus Belli. In 2015, a card game called Les Poilus (The Grizzled) featured his artwork. This game was about the difficult experiences of French soldiers during World War I.
Helping Others with His Art
Tignous was a member of "Cartoonists for Peace." This group uses cartoons to promote peace around the world. He was also part of the Press Judiciare, an group of French journalists who report on the legal system.
He helped start "Clowns sans Frontieres," which is the French part of Clowns without Borders International. This group sends clowns to help children in difficult situations. Tignous took part in projects in the Philippines, Burma, and Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
In 2010, Tignous published a book of cartoons. It featured his special panda drawings. The money from the book helped the French part of the World Wildlife Foundation. They called him "a friend of the pandas and the earth."
Tignous had four children. He was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris on January 15, 2015. A special ceremony was held for him in Montreuil. The famous jazz trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf played music there.
Tignous's Books
Here are some of the books Tignous created:
- 1991: On s'énerve pour un rien (We Get Annoyed for Nothing)
- 1999: Tas de riches (Pile of Rich People)
- 2006: Le Sport dans le sang (Sport in the Blood)
- 2008: C'est la faute à la société (It's Society's Fault)
- 2008: Le Procès Colonna (The Colonna Trial)
- 2010: Pandas dans la brume (Pandas in the Mist)
- 2010: Le Fric c'est capital (Money is Capital)
- 2011: 5 ans sous Sarkozy (5 Years Under Sarkozy)
See Also
- List of journalists killed in Europe
