Originally Posted by
Khrz
How far back are you gonna dig ? That one is at least 30 years old...
And then again, this is a weekly, illustration-based satirical journal. Its inception predates its title. It is the direct successor of Hara-Kiri, a leftist magazine that reveled in gross, vulgar, offensive humor. After being banned for making fun of the death of Charles de Gaulles (and here again, I'm not going to delve into the context of the era, or even why they made fun of that), Charlie Hebdo was born.
This is the spirit they were carrying on. Outrageous, offensive humor.
So yeah, you're going to find a whole lot of drawings and illustrations that are insulting and offensive, to the Jews, Christians, Muslims, Handicapped, Bankers, politicians, cops.... A bunch. That was the point. Since the mag reacted to the news weekly, you're still going to be out of context and forced to make up your own.
Edit Charb was married to an algerian, daughter of a harki for fuck's sake, and Cabu was your typical hippie leftist pacifist...