7 cartoonists who have faced violence and threats for their work — salon.com

When it comes to lampooning political leaders and world religions, Charlie Hebdo cartoonists pull no punches. On Wednesday four artists at the weekly satirical magazine paid the highest price for their work. Stephane Charbonnier, Georges Wolinski, Bernard Verlhac, and Jean Cabut were among 10 employees shot dead at the publication’s offices in Paris. Two police officers were also killed. As French police conducted a massive manhunt for the suspected gunmen, tens of thousands of people, many holding pens, took to the streets across the country to pay their respects to the victims — and shown their defiance to what has been described as an attack on freedom of speech.

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