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Luz said he thought about leaving some time ago, but
continued in solidarity with his colleagues
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Charlie Hebdo cartoonist "Luz" who designed the magazine's
cover image of Muhammad after the Paris attacks has said he is leaving the
publication.
Renald Luzier told the French
newspaper Liberation that his job had become "too much to bear"
following the deaths of his colleagues.
Twelve people were murdered when two
Islamist gunmen burst into the Charlie Hebdo offices on 7 January.
"Each issue is torture because
the others are gone," said Luz.
He joined the publication in 1992
and said his resignation was "a very personal choice". He will leave
in September.
"Spending sleepless nights
summoning the dead, wondering what Charb, Cabu, Honore, Tignous would have done
is exhausting," he added.
Finding inspiration
Within days of the attack, the
satirical magazine's surviving staff produced an edition with the headline
"All is forgiven" above Luz's cartoon of Muhammad holding a sign
saying "Je suis Charlie".
Pictorial depictions of Muhammad are
considered forbidden by most Muslims.
Last month, Luz announced he would
stop drawing images of the Prophet, as it no longer interested him.
He announced his plans to leave on
Monday, but said many people were urging him to stay.
"They forget that the worry is
finding inspiration," he added.
The magazine, which regularly
struggled to make ends meet, is now backed up by tens of millions of euros of
funding.
But Luz said in a previous interview that
financial security had posed questions about its future editorial direction.
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