Cocoâs Choice: A Charlie Hebdo Cartoonistâs Road Back From Hell
Since surviving the 2015 attack on the French satirical magazineâs office, Corinne Rey has created a graphic novel and won national recognition in a manâs world.
The cartoonist Corinne Rey, known as Coco, in Paris in March. Six years ago, two armed terrorists forced her to unlock the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.Credit...James Hill for The New York Times
PARIS â For years after the attack on the Charlie Hebdo office, the most unbearable words for Corinne Rey, known as Coco, were, âIn your place.â Other people couldnât put themselves in her place at the satirical magazine. Others couldnât know what they would have done.