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| birth_place = Tours, France| death_date = | occupation = Former cartoonist | years_active = }}Rénald Luzier (born 7 January 1972),ENCYCLOPEDIA,weblink Luz, Lambiek, Comiclopedia, January 10, 2015, March 3, 2019, known by his pen name Luz, is a French cartoonist. He is a former contributor to the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and drew the cover of the first issue of the publication following the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting, an image of Muhammad holding a sign reading "Je suis Charlie" under the slogan "All is Forgiven".WEB, Peralta, Eyder, 'Charlie Hebdo' Editor On New Issue: 'We're Happy To Have ... Done It',weblink NPR, 14 January 2015, 13 January 2015, Luz has contributed to a number of publications including La Grosse Bertha, Les Inrockuptibles, Magic, Ferraille, L'Écho des Savanes, and Fluide Glacial. He was awarded the Prix Tournesol at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2003 for his work Cambouis, a collection of his own fanzine that was published by L'Association in 2002. Luz narrowly missed becoming a victim of the Charlie Hebdo shooting (on his birthday) because he was late for workWEB,weblink Charlie Hebdo cartoonist escaped slaughter because he overslept and was 30 minutes late, Sam Webb, 14 January 2015, Mirror, UK, 7 January 2015, and turned up just in time to see the perpetrators fleeing.WEB, Exclusive Interview with 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoonist Luz,weblink Vice News (YouTube), 31 January 2015, Luz left Charlie Hebdo in October 2015. He later drew cartoons for Cahiers du Cinéma. In 2018, he published Indélébiles, a graphic novel about his 23 years experience at Charlie Hebdo.WEB, fr, Les premières planches d'Indélébiles de Luz, la BD qui raconte Charlie Hebdo de l'intérieur, 2018-09-18,weblink Le Figaro, 2018-09-27, . It was awarded the France Info Prize.WEB, 2019-01-16, "Indélébiles" de Luz, lauréat du 25e Prix franceinfo de la bande dessinée d'actualité et de reportage,weblink 2019-01-16, France Info (radio network), France info, fr,

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