Tjeerd Royaards

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Tjeerd Royaards is editorial cartoonist and cartoon editor for the Cartoon Movement.

Want to see more of my work? www.tjeerdroyaards.com

Cartoon showing a touristic coast, completely filled with resorts, restaurants and bars, and teeming with tourists. A tiny piece of cliff with grass is still free; a sign proclaims it to be 'The very last piece of pristine nature'. A ticket booth is selling tickets for 200 euro for 5 minutes access. People are standing in line to take a selfie at sunset on the cliff.

Summer season 2026

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

3 July 2026

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Cartoon showing a cliff. At the top of the cliff is a house with a 'For Sale' sign. Two see-saw like contraptions stand at the bottom of the cliff. One has a giant money bag labeled 'Inheritance' at one end, which is so heavy that the other end, which is a basket containing a family, is being lifted to the top of the cliff. A real estate agent is welcoming them. The basket of the other see-saw, also containing a family, is on the ground, while the other end is still up in the air, having just a small bag la

Housing market

Inequality in the housing market. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

29 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a street with a LED sign that reads 'EXTREME HEAT WARNING: Stay inside'. We see apartment blocks with large air-conditioning units mounted on the outside and roofs of the buildings. Inside we see happy people staying cool. Numerous large air-conditioning vents are blowing hot air outside, over a slum where people are desperately trying to stay in the shade under tattered parasols and under plastic sheets.

Climate inequality

How rich and poor deal with the climate crisis.

28 June 2026

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Climate grill

Heatewave in Europe, the new summer normal. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

26 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a wall with sculptures. Giant sculptured heads of Trump, Putin and Pinocchio are spewing forth green liquid from their mouths and long nose respectively, while the rest of the wall is adorned with sculptured skulls. Next to this wall, people are wading through a rising tide of green liquid. A boat made of a newspaper floats in the middle with a sign that reads 'Journalism: Facts, context & analysis'. A person is trying to get people on board, but they walk by, ignoring the boat entirely.

Trust in news media declining

Trust in news media is declining, at

26 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a camping on one side, and a migrant return hub on the other side, separated by a wall. The camping entrance has a sign that reads 'Eurocamping' and shows four stars. There a pool with people lounging, and a camper van is entering the cam grounds, filled with happy vacationers. Frontex officers are escorting a cuffed person of color to the return hub, which is a dusty area filled with tents. There is a line waiting for one filthy toilet.

Summer in Europe

European summer of apartheid. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

19 June 2026

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Cartoon showing an ATM with a golden sign that says 'CEO Elite Banking'. An arm dressed in a pinstripe suit is visible, pulling a stack of bills from the ATM. The screen of the ATM says 'Profit payout'. On the inside of the ATM is a miniature factory, where exploited workers are producing the bills under harsh conditions. On the bottom floor, people are mixing toxic green paint for the money bills; a bucket full of paint is hoisted up to the top floor, where there is a sweatshop where people are painting th

Making profit

Making profit, at the expense of others.

18 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a giant tick sucking the world dry. The body of the tick is a giant money bag with a dollar sign and the legs are giant steel pipes, that are plugged into the earth together with the head, extracting its resources. At the top a the tick's body is a gated community filled with opulent villas that have roof pools and helicopter landing pads. A golden gate labeled 'The 1%' gives access to the villas.

Parasite

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

15 June 2026

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Cartoon showing the front and a cross-section of a museum. On the front, we see a red banner with a picture of a human brain and ‘Museum of Human Ingenuity’ in gold letters. The cross section of the museum shows two floors. On the top floor we see a swing, a bookcase, an assortment of musical instruments and a painting of a human watering a tree. On the bottom floor there is a similar arrangement of items, but the swing has now become a noose, the bookcase a guillotine, the musical instruments are now and a

Museum of human ingenuity

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

12 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a FIFA World Cup stadium from the top and side. We see Donald Trump lounging naked as an emperor in a pavilion amidst the audience, eating a McDonalds burger. The side of the stadium is a cross-section: on the second floor, we see FIFA officials bathing in a pool of money, while workers are carrying in more profits. On the first floor ICE officials are locking up people of color in prison cells.

FIFA World Cup 2026

Trump, FIFA and the World Cup.

5 June 2026

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Cartoon showing an open pit mining excavator with the head of Vladimir Putin. The bucket wheel is excavating a cliff with the Russian flag on it; from the back of the excavator, numerous missiles are launched in the direction of Ukraine. From the side of the machine, a pipe is pulling out human skulls and bones. On the Russian cliff, a police an is arresting a peaceful activist.

Russian war machine

Putin's war is not only wreaking havoc on Ukraine.

3 June 2026

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Ceasefire matches

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

1 June 2026

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Cartoon showing an ornate office with a golden desk. The legs of the desk are kneeling prisoners, while a small statuette of a kneeling prisoner on the desk is a pen holder. Next to the office is a toilet, where we seen Ben Gvir taking a dump. A pipe connects the toilet with a prison cell below, where two prisoners, wearing shirts with the texts 'Free Palestine' and 'Stop genocide', are sitting in a pool of shit.

Ben-Gvir's office

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22 May 2026

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Cartoon showing a bingo game. A skeleton is spinning a giant tombola filled with balls that have symbols of skulls, missiles, fishbones etc. on them. Three balls have already been spit out by the tombola, showing skulls, missiles and rising prices. A sign shows the portraits of Trump, Putin, Xi and Netanyahu, a burning tree, skulls and a jet fighter and has the text '2026 Bingo'. People are sitting despondently at tables with bingo forms in front of them, waiting for the next ball to drop out of the tombola

2026 bingo

What a fun year it's been so far, I can't wait to see what's still in store.

20 May 2026

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Welcome to the post-truth society

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

18 May 2026

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