Laïcité, mon amour - Exposition apéritive du Centre International du Dessin de presse - Limoges

Happiness—do we fight over it, tear it apart, or fiddle with it at the mercy of political and media winds? It’s brandished like a banner or a threat, to the sound of trumpets that often ring false, or violins that wail outrageously. But it’s rarely done to serve it.

I have always been convinced that it is a liberating work that remains relevant today, which inevitably makes it suspect or dangerous in the eyes of those who seek only domination, subjugation, or rejection.

The stories we encounter say a great deal about the state of the world, loneliness and misery, brazen wealth or human brutality, prejudice or the abuses of any hierarchy—even the police—but also courage and resilience. [...]

Alf, editorial cartoonist