The world learned today of the latest in a seemingly never-ending series of coordinated terrorist attacks, this time a trio of deadly explosions at an airport and a subway station in Brussels, Belgium, a city that had already been on edge for months. ISIS has claimed responsibility for these attacks, which have already killed 30 people, with 230 others injured. Increasingly, social media sites like Twitter have become sounding boards for those affected by large-scale tragedies, and Brussels is no exception. Hashtags such as #PrayForBruxelles and #JeSuisBruxelles have been widely circulating today, generating thousands of messages of support from around the world. Among these are numerous works of art from painters and cartoonists. They take many forms. Some are satirical, others somber.
French cartoonist Jean “Plantu” Planteureux created a simple, moving image for Le Monde that ties the attacks in Brussels to those last November in Paris.
Multiple tweets invoked the Belgian cartoon character Tin Tin.