With gratitude

I am overwhelmed by the response

I wanted to say how much I appreciate and am sincerely touched by all your notes of support. Because I work on my own and the amount of correspondence received since Friday evening, I’m still wading through all the emails so please have patience with me. I am truly grateful for your encouraging words, the letters written to the Post which you’ve shared with me, and your articulate views about the state of our free press. Thank you also to my fellow substackers for their posts.

My colleagues have been so supportive, for which I am also so very grateful. My wonderful colleague Steve Brodner suggested that other cartoonists create their own version of the killed cartoon, which I’ve included a few below (more to come; please send me yours).

Tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo murders. I’ll post my visual essay on the state of editorial cartooning today so please check back. I’ve also offered cartoonists rights organizations the free use of this piece so if any other press freedom websites would like to post it, please let me know.

(Barry Blitt)

(Steve Brodner)

(Dave Whamond)

(Emma Cook)