Charlie Hebdo to Islamic State: ‘They have weapons. Screw them, we have champagne!’

This week's Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical weekly that was brutally attacked in January, mixes poignancy and defiance in its response to Friday's jihadist assault on Paris.

The much awaited cover for the edition to appear Wednesday, by cartoonist Coco, depicts a dancing reveller, bottle and glass in hand, with champagne pouring out of holes in his body.

“They have weapons,” the caption reads, adding underneath: “Screw them, we have champagne.”

The attacks on Friday evening struck several targets in a trendy area of eastern Paris including pavement cafes and the Bataclan rock concert hall, where mostly young people were enjoying a night out, leaving 129 dead overall.

They came 10 months after the attack on Charlie Hebdo's offices - just a short walk from the Bataclan - decimated their editorial team, killing some of France's most beloved cartoonists in a rampage that left 17 dead there and elsewhere in the city.

Coco, the pen name of artist Corinne Rey, opened the office’s door for attackers, and hid under her desk as the gunmen massacred her colleagues.