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 street with depressed people walking like zombies, all looking at the screens on their phones, with only their faces lit up by the blue glare from the screens. The only colorful part of the image is behind a window, where a woman is reading a book. The books casts a warm yellow glow, like sunlight, on her face.

Books

Less screen time, more reading.

31 March 2025

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Cartoon showing an anti-fascism protest. The people are pushing back against a rockface consisting of giant boulders that are shaped like the heads of Erdogan, Trump, Wilders, Le Pen etc. A signs warns of falling rocks.

Resistance

Resisting autocrats.

31 March 2025

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Cartoon showing the top floor and the roof of the White House. A weather vane shaped like Trump is circling in the wind on the roof, and is connected via gears to a wheel of fortune where a needle indicates which will be today's policy: tariffs, war, peace, deal or no deal. Trump's cabinet sits at a long table, looking expectantly at the wheel.

The weather vane

Whichever way the wind blows...

29 March 2025

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Cartoon showing the inside of a run-down apartment. Behind the couch, a mother and her child are using a flashlight to read a book titled 'democracy'. A large TV shows the news, with the headlines: 'Putin crowned emperor of world - Trump is vassal king - Musk to enforce law'. The TV shows Trump bringing a crown to Putin sitting on a throne. Outside the window of the apartment, we see Cybertrucks with guns mounted on the back, with men in black uniform. On the street lies a dead man with a protest sign.

A glimpse into the future

Dystopia awaits...

28 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a large mixer labeled 'Israel'. The bowl under the mixer is labeled 'Gaza' and a dove of peace is caught inside the bars of the mixer, struggling to get out, while Israeli soldiers are about to switch the mixer on. Netanyahu is standing next to the mixer, pointing to a large whiteboard with a recipe on it: How to defeat Hamas. Ingredients: civilians, schools, hospitals, houses, chance for peace. Mix to a bloody pulp (and hope there are some Hamas fighters in there).

Recipe

How to defeat Hamas.

20 March 2025

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Cartoon showing giant vehicles that look like cruise ships but run on treads. At the bows, giant suction devices are sucking in trees while waste is spewing out the back of the vehicles.

Civilization

Man versus nature.

19 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a large billboard. A worker is putting up a new poster, showing EU soldiers, tanks and nuclear missiles, accompanied by the text: 'Prepare for War'. Behind the new poster, we can still see the one that was there before, which has a wind turbine and the text 'Towards a sustainable future'. Below the billboard is a truck marked 'EU campaigns' with more posters in it. People in the street are going about their daily lives and looking up at the new poster.

The times they are a-changin'

Europe prepares for war...

17 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a couple watching the news. The face of Trump is on TV, and a giant stream of bright green vomit is coming from his mouth and out of the TV, hitting the couple with such force that the couch they are sitting on is knocked back. The man screams ‘Turn it off’ as their dog tries to flee and coffee cups fly through the air.

Turn it off!

Too much Trump.

14 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a street corner. We are looking through the window of Rainbow elementary school , where children are taught about sharing. Outside, people are casually walking past homeless people sitting on the street, looking at their smartphones. A big SUV drives through a puddle with its rear wheel, the water splashing over a homeless person. A billboard shows a large finger pointing at departing migrants, with the text 'F#ck off! Vote selfishly'.

Society

What we teach our children is very different from the society we have created...

14 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a palisade wall made up of (nuclear) missiles being constructed along a dotted line that is being painted on the ground. Behind the partly constructed wall is a EU flag. Ursula Von Der Leyen stands with other EU officials looking at a plan title ‘Common defence’, showing the EU flag with a dotted line circling it. Zelensky stands next to them, presenting an alternative plan that shows a dotted line extended to include the Ukrainian flag.

European defence plans

European defence plans and the future of Ukraine.

11 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a street with a street sign that reads 'Free World Ave'. Two normal houses, one with the EU flag, the other with a Canadian flag in the front yard, stand next to a dilapidated and spooky mansion that resembles the White House. The entrance gate is flanked by pillars with skulls on top of them and dark clouds pack together over the mansion's roof where a torn US flag flaps in the wind.

Free World Avenue

That one creepy house on your block...

6 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a circus ring. In the ring we see Musk in a clown costume with a giant chain saw about to slaughter a civil servant, while Trump is on his knees proposing to Putin, who is seated on a swing inside of a large pink heart-shaped arch made of flowers. The audience is captivated by the show and cameras and microphones are all pointing towards what happening in side the ring. To the side, the access marked 'return to democracy' is being walled off with bricks by two construction workers.

The greatest show on earth

You can tune in any time you like, but you can never leave...

27 February 2025

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New world order

The bridge of friendship...

24 February 2025

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Cartoon showing a giant Netanyahu, crouching with a wide open mouth filled with missiles for teeth. The upper jaw is hovering over Gaza, shown as a walled off area filled with people looking anxiously up. Behind Netanyahu's giant head, two Hamas members are standing on his back; one of them is holding a sharp pin, about to stab Netanyahu in the butt.

Fragile ceasfire

Netanyahu, Gaza and Hamas.

12 February 2025

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Cartoon showing a cliff being excavated at the bottom by people with shovels and pickaxes. They are getting their shovels and pickaxes from a bin that is labeled ‘jobs’. The bottom of the cliff also features industrial machinery, leaking toxic fluid and billowing black smoke. People are feeding the excavated ground into the machine. A large pipe goes to the top of another cliff where large bags of money are deposited next to a swimming pool with two people lounging in it.

Creating wealth

Capitalism creates jobs and wealth.

10 February 2025

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