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Tjeerd Royaards
@tjeerdroyaards.com
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Political cartoonist for Dutch newspaper Trouw and international media. Also editor-in-chief of Cartoon Movement. Cartoons in English and Dutch.
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I did an interview with Aljazeera about being a cartoonist and the power of cartoons: www.instagram.com/reels/DSo25I...
‎الجزيرة‎ on Instagram‎: ""مساحة الرسم عن غزة وفلسطين أصبحت أوسع" هذا ما قاله رسّام الكاريكاتير السياسي الهولندي تييرد روياردس، الفائز بجائزة الكاريكاتير الأوروبي في نسختها السابعة عن رسم تناول الإباد...
434 likes, 15 comments - aljazeera on December 23, 2025‎: ""مساحة الرسم عن غزة وفلسطين أصبحت أوسع" هذا ما قاله رسّام الكاريكاتير السياسي الهولندي تييرد روياردس، الفائز بجائزة الكاريكاتير الأوروبي في ن...
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December 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The holiday season: a time to share, a time of goodwill and a time to deport migrants...

This is my final cartoon of the year; happy holidays see you all in 2026!

#Xmas #Christmas #deportation #migrants #ICE
Cartoon showing a street with people doing Christmas shopping, carrying lots of presents and heavy bags full of groceries. On the wall we see Christmas posters with the texts ‘A time to share’ and ‘Peace on earth and goodwill to all’. Below the street is an arch with a poor migrant family; two children are using crayons to draw a Christmas tree and presents on the wall. An ICE raiding team is descending down from the street, guns out, to arrest the migrant family and deport them.
December 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Getting into the Christmas spirit. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#Christmas #Xmas #Ukraine #Sudan #PeaceOnEarth
Cartoon showing a living room where Santa is decorating a Christmas tree. A box next to him is filled with Christmas ornaments and is labeled ‘Christmas spirit CRISIS TEAM’. Behind him elves are shoving skulls and bombs labeled ‘Gaza’, ‘Ukraine’ and ’Sudan’ into a closet and trying to close the closet door so they do not spill out again. Outside we see a war going on in the distance, with buildings on fire and bombs being dropped while nearby an elf is operating a snow cannon to make the garden white.
December 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Mijn top 10 van cartoons die ik gemaakt heb in 2025 over Nederlandse onderwerpen. Allen verschenen in @trouw.nl. Iets makkelijker kiezen dan mijn internationale top 10, omdat ik de neiging heb wat minder over Nederlandse onderwerpen te tekenen.

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#top10 #BesteVan2025 #PolitiekeCartoons
Cartoon met daarop een gigantische ijzeren bal met een lus eraan. Op de bal staat de tekst 'stikstof'; onder de bal worden planten en dieren platgedrukt. Tussen de platgedrukte planten en dieren staat een bord met de tekst 'Nederlandse natuur'. Dick Schoof komt in een klein kraanwagentje (het kraanwagentje uit Pluk van de Petteflet) aanrijden. In de achterbak ligt een document met de title 'Vonnis'. Een vliegende meeuw met het gezicht van Wilders schijt over het vonnis heen. Cartoon waarop een bioscoopzaal te zien is. Het publiek in de zaal is boos en bang, terwijl ze naar een film getiteld 'Invasie' kijken. Op het filmdoek is een horde zombies met koffers te zien die op een typisch Hollands dorpje aflopen. In de projectiekamer staat Geert Wilders naast de projector die, naast het projecteren van de film, ook de peilingen meet. Uit de zijkant van de projector komt een papier met een grafiek, waarop te zien is dat de PVV er goed voor staat. Naast Wilders hangt een poster met de tekst 'Filmhuis De Zondebok presenteert: PVV documentaire avond. In de projectieruimte liggen ook nog andere filmblikken met de titels 'De klimaathysterie' en 'Het linkse bedrog'. Cartoon waarop te zien is hoe Alexander en Maxima een krans leggen bij het Nationale Monument op de Dam. Daarachter staat het kabinet en Geert Wilders. De leden van het kabinet hebben allemaal hun vingers in hun orem. Wilders draait zich om en maant de mensen achter het kabinet tot stilte. De groep achter het kabinet bestaat uit Gazanen die lijkzakken dragen en wanhopig om aandacht schreeuwen. Cartoon met daarop een huis met twee ramen en een voordeur. Achter een raam zien we een tafel met heren in pak vroom bidden terwijl een man aan het hoofd van de tafel uit de Bijbel leest. Achter het tweede raam staat een vrouw af te wassen. Voor de voordeur ligt een deurmat met daarop artikel 1 van de Nederlandse Grondwet (verbod op discriminatie). Op de deur hangt een bord met het SGP logo en de tekst 'voeten vegen AUB'.
December 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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New year, new digs. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#Putin #Trump #HappyNewYear
Cartoon showing a spooky house on a hill at night, surrounded by fog; a path leads up to the house. A man with a head in the shape of the world is standing at the entrance to the path carrying suitcases. The entrance is flanked by a wall, with statues of gargoyles in the shape of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The house number '2026' is mounted in brass numbers on the wall.
December 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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It’s that time of the year again! Here is my personal top 10 of international cartoons (I’ll post a Dutch top 10 soon) I did in 2025.

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#Top10 #BestOf2025 #politicalcartoons

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Cartoon showing Jeff Bezos walking into the office of the Washington Post, followed by two servants pushing wheelbarrows filled with money. The slogan 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' lies discarded on the ground, while a new slogan 'Whatever You Say, Mr. Bezos' is being installed above the door. A cartoonist labeled 'Ann Telnaes' walks out through a side door with a sign on it that reads 'Critical cartoonists and journalists - exit here'. Cartoon showing a dystopian cityscape. In the background we see tall shining skyscrapers with the logos of Meta and X, the name TRUMP and the letters AI; in the foreground we see a run-down neighborhood with houses and stores with broken windows and doors that are boarded up. One store has the word 'FACTS' on its awning, and a sign on the window that says 'out of business'. Across the street is a broken sign that reads 'Diversity & inclusion'. At the back of the street is a broken sign that says 'TRUTH'.. 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'. 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.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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For @cartoonmovement.com I make a top 10 of the best cartoons each year. Not an easy task, given that 11,793 cartoons were submitted to the platform in 2025, but I think I've managed to create a nice overview: cartoonmovement.substack.com/p/the-best-c...

#top10
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December 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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How to be a modern autocrat. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#democracy #dictators #leadership
Cartoon showing 4 big steps, with small white men trying to climb up the giant steps. A big sign reads 'How to be a modern autocrat - training course'. The first step has a sign that reads 'Be a narcissist'; the little men on this step are gazing into mirrors. The second step has a sign that reads 'Deny reality'; the little men on this step are doing a quiz. The question on the screen is 'Climate change is A: Real B: Fake'. The contestants all choose the answer 'fake'. The third step has a sign that reads 'point the blame'; a little man on this step is directing riot police, who are driving a migrant family over the edge, into a giant waste bin that is already filled with people carrying signs 'See the earth' and 'human rights'. The fourth and final step on the ladder has a sign 'Grab power' and a red chair, place on a red carpet.
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Interview in @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cultuur-medi...

#EuropeanCartoonAward
December 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Stukje in @trouw.nl!
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Luister nu naar De Cartoongasten! Hoe kijken drie topcartoonisten terug op 2025? En hebben ze zin om komend jaar veel Jetten, Bontenbal en Yesilgöz te tekenen? Met Jip van den Toorn, Hajo de Reijger en @tjeerdroyaards.com ⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/1rgm...
#6 - De Cartoongasten 2025
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December 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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This was a great week! Got to hang out with some great cartoonists, did a podcast (Ill share the link later today for Dutch speakers) and found out I've won the European Cartoon Awards 2025!

#EuropeanCartoonAward
December 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards van #Trouw wint European Cartoon Award:

www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

@tjeerdroyaards.com #EuropeanCartoonAward
Tjeerd Royaards wint European Cartoon Award
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December 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Congratulations, @tjeerdroyaards.com, on winning the European Cartoon Award 2025. A powerful cartoon that lays bare how the 'red line' became nothing more than a blood trail drawn, crossed, and ignored by the international community in defense of Israeli impunity.
Cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards won the European Cartoon Award on Friday. Royaards' winning cartoon about the Red Line appeared in Trouw on 30 May 2025. The European Cartoon Award is an annual prize for political cartoons in Europe, selected this year from over four hundred entries from more than thirty countries. https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards-wint-european-cartoon-award~b05a2d3c/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.bsky.app%2F
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Met drie cartoonisten blik ik terug op 2025! @tjeerdroyaards.com Jip van den Toorn en Hajo de Reijger. Morgen in je podcastfeed, bij De cartooncrisis! @human.nl
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Trying to stay sane in today’s world. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#MentalHealth #sanity #society #future
Black-and-white cartoon showing people walking outside on a gloomy December day. They are looking very depressed, with bent backs and looking down. On each of the pedestrians’ backs sits a half-translucent black creature, weighing them down while drinking from their heads with a straw. A depressed person on a park bench (also with a creature sucking at his brain) is reading a newspaper with the headlines: ‘Mental health crisis, ‘Climate crisis’, ‘War imminent’, ‘Housing shortage’ and ‘Poor? It’s your own fault!’
December 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Two Europes. Cartoon from 2022.

#migrants #Europe #HumanRights
Cartoons showing a bridge with a fancy gate at the end with EU banners hanging on either side. Rich white people are walking freely in and out of the gate. Beneath the bridge hangs a rusty cage filled with migrants. Border patrols are chasing other migrants with dogs.
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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War economy. Cartoon from one year ago.

#weapons #business #profit #poverty #hunger
Cartoon showing a big weapons factory where missiles, tanks and fighter jets are being constructed. A dump truck is offloading a giant pile of money into the factory. Next to the factory, poor people have built shelters out of cardboard and old tents; a dumpster is filled with garbage. Among the garbage we see plans to end world hunger and to create a global healthcare system. In the background, we see a war zone, with homes being destroyed by missiles that are produced in the factory.
December 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Modern capitalism. Cartoon from 2024.

#inequality #economy #capitalism #poverty
Cartoon showing a cliff with a giant billboard showing a happy family and the text 'Modern capitalism - new recipe - now with even more inequality'. At the bottom of the cliff people are living in tents and standing in line for the food bank , housed in a crumbling concrete building. At the top of the cliff, people are driving around in luxury cars on a road with mansions sporting green gardens with pools and tennis courts.
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Non-stop shit show. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#Trump #ShitShow #FloodingTheZone
Cartoon showing Trump on a stage suspended over a model of the earth, squatting with his trousers down, defecating on the planet. Beneath the stage, two stagehands are rotating the earth.The audience, filled with journalists holding cameras and microphones, looks on in awe. Outside the theater is a sign that reads 'Trump New Theater - Non-Stop Show - 24/7'. A man passes beneath the sign, reading a newspaper with the headline 'Trump Takes Another Dump'.
December 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Europe in danger?

#MAGA #Europe #EuropeanUnion #populism
Cartoon showing a house labeled 'EU'. A sign in front reads: 'Renovating Europe - Populism Inc., with logos of various European populist parties. Inside, on the ground floor, workmen are using jackhammers to break the pillars that hold up the first floor, where EU politicians are having a meeting. They are sitting around a table, while a screen shows the text 'Today's meeting: is Europe in danger? A large crane with a wrecking ball, with Trump behind the controls, is approaching the house.
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Komt allen! Register here! shorturl.at/fBLac #cartoonsday #cartoon
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Business is booming. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#weapons #InternationalLaw #war #business
Cartoon showing a shopping district with various stores all selling weapons. The stores have names like 'BombsRUs', 'Warmart' and "Tankland - Megastore'. In the middle of the district is a dilapidated courthouse that is falling apart, standing on a lot with patch grass and weeds, labeled 'International Legal Order'. Some of the letters are askew and the 'O' has fallen. In front of the courthouse stands a sign announcing a new store: 'Coming soon: Missiles & More'
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Wow! I am one of the 3 finalists for the European Cartoon Award 2025! Winner will be announced on December 12 in The Hague during Cartoons Day: www.eventbrite.com/e/tickets-ec...

Congrats to fellow finalists @zehraomerovna.bsky.social and @emadhajjaj.bsky.social!

#EuropeanCartoonAward
Cartoon showing Netanyahu dressed as a king with crown and sceptre, wearing the Israel flag as a mantle. He is walking on a red carpet, which is actually a stream of blood left behind by the Grim Reaper walking in front of him. The red, bloody, carpet crosses several red lines that have been painted by a UN official, who is busy painting yet another one. Cartoon showing scales. The heavier scale has just one woman in it, while the lighter scale has a group of man. The caption reads 'Mazan rape trial'. Cartoon showing a mountain of wrecked negotiation tables, with a new negotiation table placed on top.
December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Recent publications in French magazine @courrierinter.bsky.social, both cartoons are about Africa and both are from 2023.

#Africa #resources #climate #environment
Cartoon showing the continent Africa with part of it all dried an cracking; between the cracked ground appears a large skull underneath. Cartoon showing the continent Africa a a hole in the ground; pipes labeled 'EU', 'USA' and 'China' are extracting resources from the hole, while African leaders are meeting on an island of ground that is left in the middle of the hole.
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM