"I am Charlie" everywhere, on land and at sea

Just after the announcement of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, an image became the symbol of refusal of thousands of people: "I am Charlie".

Faustine Loison Published on

Three simple words in white and grey on a black background, with a typography that resembles that of the newspaper.

Thousands of people have taken this image and made it their profile picture on social networks. Even institutions such as the United States Embassy in France or the Paris Opera have also put this logo on their websites.

And during the support demonstrations organized all over France, the signs "I am Charlie" are present. Several regional and national dailies have taken inspiration from it for their Thursday headlines.

The slogan has spread like wildfire in a thousand ways: on electronic signs on French motorways, on SNCF trains and displays, and on JCDecaux advertisements.

"I'm Charlie" also appears all over the world. It can be seen drawn on an Indian beach, in gigantic letters in Berlin at the top of the largest German press group Axel Springer Verlag, or on the illuminated signs of New York's famous Times Square district.

The image is even taken over by Charlie Weekly himself. The site is now reduced to this slogan, which is available in several languages, with the Arabic version first.

But who is behind this symbol?

And it is without wanting to, that Valérie Nataf, journalist for TF1, flushes out the author of this emblem: Joachim Roncin. She tweeted on Wednesday "I don't know who invented it, but it's fine with me. I'm Charlie." and Joachim Roncin answers him "Vnataf I made this picture because I have no words."

Joachim Roncin is artistic director and journalist for the women's magazine Stylist. Less than an hour and a half after the attack, at 12:52 pm, he published this logo on his twitter account @joachimroncin.

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This idea came to him from the game book Where's Charlie? Where's Charlie? , in which he plays a lot with his son and whose goal is to find the drawing of the bezel character in complex illustrations.

"It's very strange what's happening, it's totally beyond me."yes of course"a kind of representative of fear"fb-root"I didn't have many words to express all my sorrow and I just had this idea to do I'm Charlie"//connect.facebook.net/fr_FR/all.js#xfbml=1"What I meant was that it's like someone touched me, I feel personally targeted, it kills me, what.

Since then, he has been solicited by Internet users who thank him for this idea, which sums up the general feeling so well. The tweetos also ask him for permission to use this logo and, "fb-post" but he specifies:

The message and image are free of any use, but I would regret any commercial use. #Jesuischarlie

- joachim (@joachimroncin) January 8, 2015

Charlie is also at sea

And the world of the sea, too, expresses its amazement and rejection of this violence. Many professionals have changed their profile picture to display these three words, such as the Facebook page of the scientific schooner Tara Pacheco (helmed by Fernando Echavarri) (ESP) https://www.bateaux.com/yacht-club/

Publication by Tara Expeditions . In this article, we will see how to roll up long ends. In this example the technique is described for a right-handed person.

Or the Polynesian surfer, Michel Bourez, who posted "fb-post" Tahitian version

Publication by Michel Bourez . In this article, we will see how to roll up long ends. In this example the technique is described for a right-handed person.

And the Franco-Chinese Dongfeng Race Team, although currently racing in the Volvo Ocean Race (and in the lead), also delivered this message. Skipper Charles Caudrelier as well as sailors Thomas Rouxel and Éric Peron have posted on Facebook from the Arabian Sea:

Publication by Charles Caudrelier . In this article, we will see how to roll up long ends. In this example the technique is described for a right-handed person.
Publication by Volvo Ocean Race Lorient . In this article, we will see how to roll up long ends. In this example the technique is described for a right-handed person.
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Publication by boats_com . In this article, we will see how to roll up long ends. In this example the technique is described for a right-handed person.

Joachim Roncin has made available a high definition version ( Publication ) of this simple and meaningful symbol, a symbol that speaks all languages.