France. In 2004 his drawings were shown to the French National Assembly in February, and his 40th book, Ils pourraient dire merci! was published. On February 3, 2006 he responded to the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy by publishing a drawing in the first page of Le Monde representing Muhammad using many copies of the sentence "I may not draw Muhammad". In 2009, another controversy occurred when the group America Needs Fatima launched a vast e-mail campaign against Plantu because of a drawing on Jesus distributing condoms, instead of loaves of bread, to poor people in Africa. In 2015, his cartoon, which shows an IDF soldier firing his gun at Palestinian civilians, joined by a stereotypical religious Jew, depicted with a long beard, hat and coat, and even a rifle on his shoulder made a serious scandal and rose emotions on a 'Blood libel' accusation against Israeli Jews. Bibliography Plantu: Drôle de peuple - Komisches Volk! Dessins sur l'Allemagne - Politische Karikaturen zu Deutschland. (exhibition catalogue with political cartoons about Germany, bilingual: French-German) Schaltzeit Verlag, Berlin 2011. External links The official Plantu Site Plantu Interview at Toons Mag Plantu American Lecture Series 750 page pdf "La signification politique des dessins de Plantu (1972-2000)" (French) References 1951 births Living people Artists from Paris French editorial cartoonists French satirists French political satire Lycée Henri-IV alumni