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 row of glass tubes labeled ‘Ukraine’, ‘Gaza’, ‘Haiti’, ’Sudan’ and ‘Yemen’. The tubes are being filled with yellow balls showing hearts or sad/angry emojis, by people walking past them. The tubes of Ukraine and Gaza are almost full, while there are only one or two balls in the other tubes. The international media has gathered around the tubes of Gaza and Ukraine, and a big audience in the back is waving Ukrainian and Palestinian flags. Next to the them, there are a lot of empty seats with

Popularity contest

War idols.

29 March 2024

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Cartoon showing the outside of a cinema titled '2024'. Movie posters decorate the wall, showing what is playing now and what is coming soon. The posters are titled Gaza (a hand sticking out of a sea of blood), In the trenches (showing exhausted Ukrainian soldiers in a trench), Fascism returns (showing a giant boot stomping on refugees), Push (showing a finger about to push a nuclear button), Orange horror 2 (showing a monster in the shape of Trump) and BBQ (showing the earth being roasted).

World cinema

Movies to see this year.

27 March 2024

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Cartoon showing a giant clock with a grim reaper on the face. His skeletal hands point at 2 to 12. The long hand is being kept in check by ropes that connect to wind turbines.

Climate clock

Can we stop the clock?

20 March 2024

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Moral compass

Moral compass in Gaza.

18 March 2024

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Cartoon with two panels. In the first panel, Trump is lying on a hotel bed eating a McDonald's meal while being on the phone. Next to the bed is a person from Trump's campaign team writing on a whiteboard: 'Vlad's tips for winning the election'. In the second panel we see Putin on the phone while behind him people are staring in line to cast their vote, controlled by police officers, who ensure they are all voting for Putin.

Vlad's tips

Vlad's tips for winning the election.

17 March 2024

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Cartoon showing an alien in a flying saucer flying above the earth, placing a warning sign with the text 'species in the process of self-destruction'. The earth itself is being stripped bare by industrial activity, mining, deforestation and war, revealing a skull underneath. On the part of the earth that is still remains, part is taken over by polluting factories, and part by skyscrapers with giant billboards that promote buying more and more stuff.

Self-destructive species

Species in the process of self-destruction.

15 March 2024

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Monument to capitalism

Jeff Bezos is once again the richest man on earth.

12 March 2024

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Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper as a DJ behind a setup with two turntables. One turntable has a record with the face of Netanyahu, the other a record with the face of Putin. In a crate behind the setup are records with the faces of Kim Jong-un and Trump. The audience consists of people looking anguished, some with wounds and bandages, yelling for the music to stop.

Death is a DJ

Can the music stop, please?

10 March 2024

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Cartoon showing Lady Justice with her sword in her back. The blood that is coming from her wound is being used by the judges of the US Supreme Court to paint a red carpet for Donald Trump, who is walking on it. In the background is a sign with an arrow that reads ‘elections’.

Road to elections

Trump’s road to the elections.

5 March 2024

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Cartoon showing a red open-top tourist bus with 'Sightseeing Gaza' written on the side. The bus is decorated with cartoon skulls and cartoon missiles in purple with a yellow outline. As the bus traverses the ruins of the Gaza Strip, we see the Grim Reaper and the Devil on the top deck, excitedly pointing things out and taking pictures.

Gaza sightseeing

Over 30,000 dead in Gaza.

3 March 2024

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Cartoon showing a pool with a small island in the middle with people on it holding a flag with the text ‘truth’. At four corners the pool is filled up with green sludge coming from the mouths of a robot labeled ‘AI; a brown creature with purple hair labeled ‘trolls’, a bland angry man labeled ‘hate speech’ and a man with a tin foil hat and a QAnon tattoo labeled ‘conspiracy theories’.

Truth under threat

We live in a post-truth world.

27 February 2024

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Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper serving a small cake in the colors of the Ukrainian flag with two candles on it to Putin, who is sitting at a table with a plate in front of him and fork and knife in his hands. We also see the interior of the kitchen in which the cake was prepared. Blood is splattered all across the kitchen and the counter tops are littered with skulls and bones, while fallen soldiers lay on the ground.

Celebrating two years of war

Two years since the invasion of Ukraine.

25 February 2024

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Cartoon showing the head of Netanyahu with his brain exposed. Instead of a normal brain, we see a giant soldier crouching in Netanyahu’s cranial cavity, with the words ‘Total victory’, written on his helmet. Below the soldier are much smaller Palestinian victims, being crushed, with the words ‘compassion’, ‘humanity’ and ‘proportionality’ written on them.

Netanyahu's brain

Netanyahu is out for 'total victory' in Gaza, regardless of the cost in human lives.

24 February 2024

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Sustainable farming

European farmers versus sustainable agriculture.

24 February 2024

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Cartoon showing Putin on a raised throne. To the side is a wooden box with a stool in it and the word "opposition" written on the side. The box is in the shape of a coffin. The coffin lid hangs suspended above, with sharp spikes on the inside of the lid. The coffin lid can be lowered with a large piston, operated by a lever next to the throne. The coffin is bloody and being scrubbed by a cleaner, while two other cleaners are carrying a bloody bodybag out of the throne room. In the meantime, Putin is gesturi

The court of the new tsar

Putin's democracy.

18 February 2024

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