Retired 'Asterix' creator Albert Uderzo pays cartoon tribute to Charlie Hebdo attack victims

'Asterix' creator, Albert Uderzo, recently came out of the retirement to pay tribute to the French satirical weekly newspaper, Charlie Hebdo's, attack victims with a 'Je suis Charlie' cartoon.

The 87-year-old cartoonist draws a furious Asterix, punching an assailant into the air, while angrily exclaiming: "Moi aussi je suis un Charlie", meaning: "I'm Charlie too," the Independent reported.

The images have been published in French newspaper Le Figaro, where Uderzo was quoted that he was not changing his work, he simply want to express his affection for the cartoonists that paid for their work with their lives.

Twelve people were killed when the offices of French magazine was attacked on Wednesday. Ten of those killed were staff members of the magazine, and two were French police officers, one of whom was Muslim.

Among the victims were the magazine's editor and chief cartoonist, Stephane Charbonnier, known as 'Charb', cartoonist Jean Cabut, known as 'Cabu', and cartoonist Bernard Verlhac, known as 'Tignous.