Cartoonist promises to draw Muhammad every day for the rest of the year in protest of Charlie Hebdo attack

Cartoonist - photo by ktsrcool on Flickr

In defense of satire, an amateur artist has promised to draw the Prophet Mohamed on every one of the 347 days left in the year.

His first effort, which can be viewed here, is a fairly blank cartoon of the religious figure, apparently not designed to convey a specific message but stand against yesterday’s shootings at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo by its very depiction.

“I’d like to see Muhammad doing ordinary boring stuff instead of bombing everything,” one Reddit user commented. “Picking up groceries, sitting on a bus, having dinner and having awkward moments with the in-laws.”

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