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Tjeerd Royaards
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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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Winter Olympics of the future. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#WinterOlympics #Olympics #climate #sustainability
Cartoon showing an artificial ski slope; a number of snow cannons are maintaining the slope, while the mountains behind, as well as some pine trees to the side, seem to be made from plywood. A giant basin of water is supplying the snow cannons and a large Diesel generator is providing power. Behind the ski slope we see a desert with a caravan of camels; the person leading the camels is looking up a t a large billboard that is advertising the Winter Olympics of 2058.
February 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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European solidarity.

#Ukraine #Europe #winter #solidarity #StandWithUkraine
Cartoon showing two neighboring houses. One house shows people watching a movie and listening to music. A thermostat on the wall indicates it's 21 degrees Celsius inside. A person is holding a smartphone in his hands with a low battery symbol visible on the display. He is looking a a socket to charge it; the socket is currently taken by a plug that connect to a cord that goes outside and to the roof of the house, where it is powering a large LED sign mounted on the roof. The sign reads: 'Europe stands with Ukraine'. The neighboring house, with a tattered Ukrainian flag in the garden, is a smoking ruin. Through the shattered window we can see a mother and child shivering in the dark of the stone-cold interior.
February 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Amazon. Cartoon from 2024.

#JeffBezos #WashingtonPost #Amazon
Cartoon showing Jeff Bezos sitting on a pile of money bags under an awning holding a glass of champagne. Below him, slaves are pulling giant cardboard boxes with the Amazon logo, building an enormous pyramid. In the back stands a sign with the text 'Amazon: building a monument to capitalism'
February 7, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Le dessin de la semaine avec @cartooningforpeace.bsky.social

✍️ Une caricature signée @tjeerdroyaards.com
Des buildings estampillés des noms de grandes marques de la tech surplombent des ruelles miséreuses, floquées de sigles "diversité" ou "vérité" délabrés. Les mots "Welcome to the future" sont inscrits sur un panneau publicitaire avec le visage du président américain Donald Trump en gros plan.
February 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Epstein files. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #Trump
Cartoon showing a cardboard box labeled 'Epstein Files'. A man is holding on to a line, while a woman in cave climber gear is descending into the box by this line. Below the box extends a giant cave filled with files and folders. She hangs in the middle of the cave, shining a flashlight at some of the files and on a red tie that is hanging out one of the folders. We catch glimpse of the red tie between all the files and eventually it leads to a sweating Donald Trump, who is hidden behind stacks of files and is busily redacting files with a black marker by the light of a lantern.
February 6, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Plukkerij Jetten.

Met de nieuwe coalitie is het oefenen op een goede gelijkenis van met name Bontenbal en Jetten; karikaturen zijn nooit mijn sterkste punt geweest. Deze vond ik net niet goed genoeg voor de krant, dus ik deel ‘m hier :)

#Jetten #zorg #SocialeZekerheid #winst #vermogen
Cartoon waarop Rob Jetten te zien is, terwijl hij twee halfgeplukte, angstige kippen bij de nek vastheeft en richting Dilan Yeşilgöz loopt, die achter een stalen tafel staat en bezig is handschoenen aan te trekken. Naast de tafel zijn twee lege kippenhokken, gelabeld 'zorg' en 'sociale zekerheid'. In een derde kippenhok is een dikke kip tevreden aan het slapen. Dit kippenhok is veel groter, van goud en met pilaren en ornamenten; hierop staat het label 'winst & vermogen'. Bontenbal is plaatst een bordje met de tekst 'Niet storen' bij dit kippenhok.
February 5, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Published today on the front page of @lemonde.fr!
www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
February 4, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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A selection of my favorite cartoons from @cartoonmovement.com this week, by Marian Kamensky, Max Murashko, @danboriscreates.bsky.social and Enrico Bertuccioli.

For a daily dose of international political cartoons:
www.cartoonmovement.com

#EditorialCartoons #CartoonMovement #PoliticalCartoons
February 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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Rat race. Cartoon I made for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl a while back, published today in Belgian newspaper @demorgen.be: www.demorgen.be/puzzels-cart...

#RatRace #therapy #efficiency
A cartoon depicting a running race. A sign along the track reads "Rat Race" in large letters. Other signs along the track read "Be more PRODUCTIVE!" and "Go FASTER!" Sweaty people run past a man who has fallen. Orange cones and a warning sign reading "burnout" are placed around him. At a pit stop along the track, a row of sofas is set up where people can see a psychologist. A sign at the beginning of the pit stop reads "Therapy & Coaching: Optimize Yourself!". A sign at the end of the pit stop lane reads "And GO!"
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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The robot apocalypse hasn't happened yet, but still I can't escape the feeling that something has gone horribly wrong... Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

More of my work for Trouw: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#ArtificialIntelligence #creativity #work #GenerativeAI
Cartoon showing a street in the rain. A man on a bike is delivering food, while another courier is delivering packages from Amazon. Two other workers are collecting garbage. Inside one of the houses on the street, we see robots labeled 'AI' sitting dry and warm, engaged in making a paining, playing the violin and writing.
February 2, 2026 at 7:38 AM
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Free World Avenue. Cartoon from last year, and another one that has only become more relevant during the first year of Trump's reign.

#Trump #FreeWorld #democracy #USA
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.
February 1, 2026 at 10:17 AM
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European autonomy. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#Europe #USA #BigTech #autonomy #independence
Cartoon showing a gas station that has a large sign with a stylized head of Donald Trump as a logo and is labeled 'BIG TECH'. The fuel pumps have the labels of Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Google on them. A car with the EU logo on it trying to drive away from the gas station, but is attached to the fuel pump by many cables and cannot get any further. Its wheels are spinning and producing smoke as it tries to break free.
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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De inhoud van het nieuwe coalitieakkoord is nog niet bekend, de titel wel: 'Aan de slag'.

Zouden ze mijn cartoon in @trouw.nl hebben gezien vlak na de verkiezingen ;)

#coalitieakkoord #AanDeSlag
Cartoon waarop een vrachtwagen te zien is die is gekiept. Een grote lading bruine smurrie is uit de laadbak over Nederland heen gestroomd. Op de laadbak staat de tekst 'Politieke problemen & maatschappelijke onvrede'. Naast de vrachtwagen staan een schep en een kruiwagen met het D66 logo, versierd met een strik en ballonnen. Op een kaart staat de tekst 'Gefeliciteerd met de verkiezingswinst'.
January 29, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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Here are some of my favorite cartoons from @cartoonmovement.com this week, by @zezvaz.bsky.social from Portugal, Sinisa Pismestrovic from Austria, @monerorape.bsky.social from Mexico and Z from Tunisia.

For a daily dose of international political cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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A brief history of humanity. Cartoon from 2024.

#war #peace #humans #destruction #reconstruction
Cartoon showing a giant peace symbol. One half of the peace symbol is being constructed by a crane lifting in big bricks and people painting the symbol white, while the other half is being destroyed by tanks, missiles and soldiers. A sign in front of the symbol shows a circle made out of arrows, the symbol for a cycle.
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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ICE shoots another domestic terrorist. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#ICE #USA #America #Trump
Cartoon showing ICE agents on a television news broadcast. One agent is pointing a gun at a protester who is holding up a sign with the word 'STOP'. Another agent is pressing a knee to the neck of a black man lying on the ground. In the foreground, Lady Liberty has been shot and is lying dead on the ground. An ICE agent stands next to her and is holding up her crown with the seven spikes. The news ticker reads 'ICE shoots domestic terrorist - "She was about to stab us"'
January 26, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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I think this cartoon from 2018 is one of the best Trump cartoons I've done, visualizing hate speech and xenophobia without the need for words.

#Trump #ICE #migrants
Cartoon showing a line of migrants walking. Trump is giving a speech; a giant speech bubble is extending behind the walking migrants, giving each of them a large shadow in the form of a demon with horns and sharp teeth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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Prioriteiten. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. Meer cartoons voor Trouw: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#klimaat #duurzaamheid #defensie #wapens
Cartoon waarop te zien is hoe mensen van defensie vergaderen. Een wapenhandelaar geeft een presentatie over een nieuw wapensysteem (de Kill & Attack 3000) en krijgt een zak met geld overhandigt. Buiten op de gang loopt een wetenschapper met een urgent klmaatrapport; hij wordt verwezen naar een deur waar een papiertje met de tekst 'klimaatzaken' hangt. Hierachter blijkt de bezemkast te zijn, waar alle klimaatplannen worden verzameld in een grote vuilcontainer.
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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The immediate Greenland crisis seems averted, but which button will the Lil' Dictator push next?

#Trump #Greenland #NATO #UN #Europe
Cartoon showing Donald Trump sitting in a giant baby activity center chair with large colorful buttons in front of him labeled with the symbol of nuclear weapons and 'War' and 'Tariffs'. He is positioned in front of a large viewing glass. Behind the glass the earth is desperately holding his hands to the glass while a machine drills a hole in Venezuela and a large claws grabs Greenland. Behind Trump stand someone from the UN (doing nothing), Usrsula von der Leyen from te EU (looking angrily at the plug that provides power to the activity center) and Mark Rutte (who smiles and is serving Trump a coke.).
January 22, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Cartoons about Davos from recent years.

#Davos #WEF
January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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Mijn #Trumpzilla cartoon, vandaag ook in Belgische krant De Morgen: www.demorgen.be/puzzels-cart...
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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Ready to take on Trumpzilla? Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl.

#Trump #Trumpzilla #Europe
Cartoon showing a room with a sweaty, bald middle-aged man with glasses checking his (small) biceps in a mirror. On the ground we see weight lifting equipment and a jar of mass gainer; on the bed is a book titled 'Powerlifting for Dummies'. On the wall hangs a superhero costume with the logo of the EU on the chest. Thought the windows we see a city outside that is on fire, while a large orange Godzilla-like with the face of Trump is rampaging through the streets, demolishing buildings as he goes.
January 19, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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A year of Trump. Cartoon from 2025.

#Trump #tariffs #deal #NoDeal
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.
January 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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Emperor Trump. Cartoon from 2024 (and even more true today).

#Trump #democracy #justice
Cartoon showing a temple in ruins. Lady Justice lies crushed beneath one of the broken pillars, next to a sign that says' Justice & democracy'. Judges of the US Supreme Court are carrying litter with Trump over the ruins. One of the judges is carrying a big hammer.
January 17, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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Free Iran! Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje...

#FreeIran #Iran #Khamenei #protests
Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper driving a street sweeper with ‘Oppression - anti-protest services’ written on the side. The rotating brush in front of the machine is shaped like Khamenei, with his beard cleaning the blood of shot down protesters. The protesters are shot down by a riot police man, also attached to the street sweeper (like a cleaning attachment) and controlled by the Grim Reaper from the cabin. The machine is surrounded by Iranian protesters, holding up signs that say ‘Free Iran’. One of the protesters is using his sign to bash into the side grill of the street sweeper, trying to disable it.
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM