La Grosse Bertha

La Grosse Bertha (English: "Big Bertha") was a French weekly satirical magazine created in 1991[1] in opposition to the Gulf War. Its editor and publisher was Jean-Cyrille Godefroy and its first editor-in-chief was François Forcadell. The title of the magazine was an anti-militarist jibe; "Big Bertha" is the name of a massive piece of heavy artillery.

The editorial team included humorists such as François Rollin, Philippe Val, Kafka, Jean-Jacques Peroni, Patrick Font, Kleude, Fredo Manon Troppo (Frédéric Pagès), Oncle Bernard (Bernard Maris), Gérard Biard, Docteur H (Hervé Le Tellier), Xavier Pasquini and also Charlie Hebdo alumni such as Arthur, Cabu, Willem (who designed the front page), Georges Wolinski, Gébé, Stéphane Charbonnier[2] and Siné. Among the artists were Honoré, Bernar, Lefred Thouron, Cardon, Gorce, Kerleroux, Pessin, Loup, Faujour, Jiho, Berth, Samson, and Charb.

The magazine underwent an editorial split in 1992, causing some of the employees and designers to reform as the creators of a revived Charlie Hebdo. La Grosse Bertha ceased publication a year later and was absorbed by Le Canard enchaîné, another satirical weekly,[1] despite an attempt to find a new tone.

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Very droll". The Economist. 18 December 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  2. ↑ Anne Penketh (9 January 2015). "Stéphane Charbonnier: Cartoonist and editor of Charlie Hebdo". The Independent. Retrieved 28 April 2015.