Regald 'Luz' Luzier
Regald ‘Luz’ Luzier, 43. Leading cartoonist of the
Charlie Hebdo cartoon magazine has revealed to a French magazine that he was
quitting. He said he was unable to cope
with the 'grief, pain and anger' which followed 12 people - including many of
his colleagues - being murdered by Islamist gunmen in Paris in January.
Those massacred during the attack were targeted for
publishing blasphemous cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.
Luz famously drew the front cover picture of the
survivors' edition which followed the terrorist outrage, but has been wracked
by demons ever since.
Earlier this month he said he was giving up
drawing the Prophet, and last night he told Liberation newspaper that he wanted
'to remain the master of my life as much as possible, especially in the short
term, and after what we lived through'.
Luz narrowly escaped being murdered himself after he arrived at a Charlie Hebdo conference late after oversleeping on his birthday, January 7.
When he got to the office he found fellow cartoonists and editors lying dead in pools of blood.
