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150 Creators On Charlie Hebdo Benefit Issue Of Spirou

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Long standing French family-friendly comics anthology Spirou is publishing a special Charlie Hebdo tribute issue this Friday. It's a strange shift in tone, as if The Simpsons were to promote Lost Girls.

Oh, they did.

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The titular hero Spirou is the one who wears the Je Suis Charlie shirt, unveiled as Clark Kent might for Superman. It reveals a sense of righteous purpose from a character with is usually seen in far lighter fashion.

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150 creators have contributed to this tribute issue. Editor Florence Mixhel recgnising the jarring tone told RTBF that "We are not Charlie Hebdo and we shall never be, but we share the desire for creative freedom."


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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