Caricaturist Renald Luzier (Luz) leaves Charlie Hebdo

According to Luz, working without killed colleagues has become unbearable for him

Renald Luzier (Luz), the leading caricatoon of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, leaves the publication.

In an interview with Liberal, Luzier said that his departure from the magazine in September was not related to the internal tense situation in the editorial office, he rather realized that working without dead colleagues became an unbearable load. “Each number has turned into torture,” said Luzier, calling the decision to leave the magazine with a very personal choice.

Luz began work in Charlie Hebdo in 1992. He was the author of the cover of the first issue of the magazine, published after the attack of radical Islamists to the editorial office of January 7 this year.

Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Renald "Luz" Luzier Resignes After Overs 20 Years with the Magazine. https://t.co/thvcalvr5o pic.twitter.com/uuuyf48pqgw

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The victims of the attack, which the militants called the revenge of Charlie Hebdo for cartoons on the Prophet Muhammad, became 12 people. On the cover of the first issue after the attack, an Islamic Prophet was again depicted - with a tear and a sign in the hands of Je Suis Charlie (“I am Charlie”). There was an inscription from above: "Everything is forgiven."

The slogan Je Suis Charlie has become a distinctive feature of public performances around the world as a sign of solidarity with Charlie Hebdo reporters.

The donations and income from increased circulations that began to enter the magazine led to disagreements in the editorial office regarding the use of money. Some employees accused the management of insufficient transparency. Fifteen out of twenty Charlie Hebdo employees, including the cartoonist of the Luza, called for all members of the editorial office in April equal owners of the publication’s assets, writes France-Presse.