Je Suis Charlie

Sketching can tell a story; it can be a response to events, good or bad. Today's sketch is in response to the events in Paris yesterday.

This sketch was simple to draw, but deciding on the concept was difficult. I had something to say, but what?

• Cartoons don't kill people. People kill people. (Too much like the NRA slogan.)
• People shouldn't die because of a cartoon, nor should they kill because of a cartoon.
• "If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." --quote from Star Wars IV, A New Hope
• Je suis Charlie.
• I looked at Buzz Feed's  23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting to see how various cartoonists handled the event. Powerful images that made me laugh and cry at the same time.

My final choice was to draw a crowd of people standing behind a Je suis Charlie banner. Each person held a pen, ready to add their images to the growing mass of images and words that have already responded to this tragedy.