Letter to Survivors - Believer Magazine

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In a once-perfect suburb, now destroyed, a hazmat-suited postman delivers the mail. The following is an excerpt from Letter to Survivors, by Gébé (Georges Blondeaux; 1929–2004), who was editor in chief of Charlie Hebdo from 1970 to 1985. Originally published in 1981, Letter to Survivors has just been translated for the first time into English, and is out now from New York Review Books.

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Gébé (Georges Blondeaux; 1929–2004) was a fixture of the French press for almost fifty years. He was best known as a cartoonist, but he was also an author, lyricist, screenwriter, and dramatist; a maker of short films and photo-novels; and a beloved editor and nurturer of new talent. From 1970 to 1985, he was the editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo. He returned when the weekly was reborn in 1992 and served as the editorial director until his death.

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