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Editorial cartoonist for Dutch newspaper Trouw and international media. Also run Cartoon Movement. Cartoons in English and Dutch.

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The challenges of healthy living. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon showing a village with a sign that reads 'Healthy Living - welcome!'. Next to the houses of the village is a fence that is trying to keep back a flood of giant fast food (including a giant hamburger, a bar of chocolate, giant cookies and a giant can of coke) that is threatening to overrun the village like an avalanche. People are running to put extra poles as support against the fence. At one spot, the fence has already collapsed, and candy is spilling into the village, with children running towards it, while a parent carrying a plate of fruit looks on. Meanwhile, the giant can is spilling coke through the fence, ruining a vegetable garden.
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Beware of false nostalgia.

Cartoon showing a ramp with the earth (shown with arms and legs) walking on it. The ramp is tilting backwards and the earth is losing its balance, because below the ramp Trump is turning a big wheel to the left. A sign next to the wheel says 'Past, turn left, future, turn right'. Left of the ramp, we see a pit out from which flags with swastikas and hands giving nazi salutes emerge. Geert Wilders is standing on a ladder pouring green soap onto the ramp, as Marine Le Pen and Viktor Orbán look on. Behind the ramp is a big billboard: 'Authoritarian Populism: Taking You Back to the Good Old Days'
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If 2026 were a shopping mall, it would probably look like this. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon showing the inside of a shopping mall with different stores and people walking around with shopping bags. One store sells fascist paraphernalia and has the text 'Celebrating Fascism' on its window. Another store is called 'Outrage: Fact-Free Opinions'. Two other stores are titled 'Manosphere' and 'Tradwives' and feature pictures of a muscular man and a smiling woman in a housewife's dress respectively. In the corner of the mall is a small bookshop with the text 'Human rights, democracy, diversity, facts' on the window. A sign behind the glass reads 'Out of business'. Two persons are looking at an information sign that says: '2026 Shopping Mall: xenophobia, go left, conspiracies, go right, prejudice, straight ahead'
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The EU and Norway's rhetoric of "open access" to pathogen data masks a system of biopiracy that preys on the Global South's resources.

Behind closed doors, intellectual property monopolies are built on shared pathogen resources to generate profits for their Big Pharma corporations.

Cartoon commissioned by Feminists for a People's Vaccine.

Cartoon showing a meeting table with a EU flag behind it. An EU bureaucrat is pointing at a screen that shows the text 'WHO-EU Proposal: Open Access. Share pathogens data' Another EU bureaucrat is handing a file of data to hands are sticking out through a slot in the wall. Next to this slot is a heavy, locked iron door with 'NO ACCESS' written on it and a sign that reads 'Big Pharma' next to it. Behind the door we see scientists counting money and stacking boxes with medicine that have labels 'Intellectual Property Monopoly' and 'Patents' on it. In the background is a sharply rising graph with the text 'Monopoly = profit'
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Some of my favorite international political cartoons from @cartoonmovement this week, by Matthew Fuller, Deb Milbrath, Gatis Sluka and Franco Juri.

More cartoons: https://www.cartoonmovement.com/

Cartoon by Matthew Fuller.
Cartoon by Gatis Sluka.
Cartoon by Franco Juri.

Cartoon by Franco Juri.
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First published yesterday in Dutch newspaper Trouw, and today both on the front page of Le Monde and on the back page of Belgian newspaper De Morgen.

I think this is the first time one of my cartoons made it into three national newspapers 🤩

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.
Page 2 of Trouw.
Back page of De Morgen.

Back page of De Morgen.
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Winter Olympics of the future. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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.
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European solidarity.

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.
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Amazon. Cartoon from 2024.

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'
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Epstein files. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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.
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Published today on the front page of Le Monde!

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2026/02/04/vu-par-tjeerd-royaards_6665324_3232.html

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.

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.
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Rat race. Cartoon I made for Dutch newspaper Trouw a while back, published today in Belgian newspaper De Morgen: https://www.demorgen.be/puzzels-cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~b6a46595/

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!"
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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.

More of my work for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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.
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European autonomy. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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.
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A brief history of humanity. Cartoon from 2024.

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.
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ICE shoots another domestic terrorist. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

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"'
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The immediate Greenland crisis seems averted, but which button will Lil' Dictator push next?

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.).
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Wheel of misfortune. Cartoon for Belgian newspaper De Morgen: https://www.demorgen.be/puzzels-cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~b6a46595/

Cartoon showing a game show titled 'The future of Europe'. The two 'O's' in the title are the NATO and the EU logo. Trump is standing at a spinning roulette wheel holding up a small ball. The roulette wheel only has two options where the ball can land: a tiny green segment is labeled 'good', while the rest of the circle is one large red segment labeled 'not so good'. NATO secretary general Mark Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen look at the wheel in despair, while Putin sits in the audience eating popcorn.
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Welcome to the VladXiDonocracy. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

Cartoon showing a monument with golden statues of Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping, each holding up 1/3 of the world. The pedestal of the monument reads:'World Order. Est. MMXXVI'. Riot police stand around, looking menacing, while people fearfully walk around the monument. On the side of the pedestal graffiti reads 'Democracy + human rights'. A woman is running away, having dropped a can of spray paint on the ground; she is being chased by two riot police men waving batons. In the background, a man is pushing a garbage container with the UN logos and the EU flag in it.
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America's engine. Cartoon from one year ago.

Cartoon showing a car with the US flag on it and Lady Liberty sitting behind the wheel. The hood is open, revealing there is no engine. An engine with the face of Trump is lowered into the engine bay. Pulleys on the engine have the logo's of X, Meta and Truth Social, while a cap on the top of he engine (for oil or gas) has the word LIES printed on it. The cap is surrounded by green goo that has been spilled while filling the engine up. The exhaust of the engine comes out of Trump's mouth and is billowing black smoke. In the back we see dumpster with a discarded engine labeled 'Biden' in it.
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RIP human(-made) creativity? Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Note: this cartoon was made without any use of AI.

Cartoon showing a one-man-band robot playing a flute, accordion and drums simultaneously, while also featuring large screens and a printer spewing out text documents and pictures. A large mesmerized crowd is following the robot down the street. Heading in the opposite direction we seen a funeral procession; the coffin has a photo of a human brain on it and is carried by a painter, a photographer, a musician and a writer. In the back of the cartoon is a fancy building with a brass sign next to the front door that reads 'Big tech'. Behind the window, we see a man in a suit using a remote to control the robot.
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Protests in Iran. Cartoon from 2022 (let's hope something really changes this time around). Originally published in Dutch newspaper Trouw, also published this week in French magazine Courrier International

Page from Courrier International.

Page from Courrier International.
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It probably should also include Xi Jinping, but this cartoon from last year seems very relevant again.

Cartoon showing a bridge, decorated with a bas-relief showing Trump and Putin extending their hands to each other, making a heart sign. On the bridge the 'real' Putin and Trump are looking up at a sign that reads 'New world order', with an arrow pointing forward. Under the bridge, we see a slum with ramshackle buildings. One is covered with a torn-up flag of Europe, and one is using a NATO flag as a door. A dilapidated tent in the back has the ICC logo on it.
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Where to next? Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon showing Donald Trump riding in a golf cart with a blue flashlight on top, together with US soldiers. The cart is pulling a freight cart with Nicolas Maduro tied up in it, as well as a bunch of oil drums. The side of the freight cart reads ‘Team America: World Police’. Behind the cart Lady Justice is lying one the ground; she has just been run over. A book titled ‘International Justice’ has fallen from her hands. Meanwhile, the golf cart has stopped at an intersection with a sign that points to Canada in one direction, and Greenland in the other. Trump is posting towards Greenland.
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My cartoon ‘Playground’ was selected as Cartoon of the Year by the staff from toonpool.com✨

Certificate stating the cartoon ‘Playground’ is Cartoon of the Year. The cartoon itself shows a playground. A kid with a EU logo on his shirt is sitting alone on a swing, watching a beaten up kid lying on the ground in an Ukraine shirt. A kid looking like Putin is standing looking down on the beaten up kid, while a kid-Trump says to the Ukraine kid 'Say sorry!'. Meanwhile, a North Korea kid is playing with a nuclear bomb, an Israel kid is using a skull from Gaza as a football and China kid is threatening a kid in Taiwan shirt.
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I’ll give this a repost. Cartoon from last month.

Cartoon showing Donald Trump lying on his belly reacting into the vending slot of a soda machine, trying to get one out without paying. The soda machine is labeled 'Venezuela' and the soda cans in the machine are actually oil barrels, with 'Oil' writing on them in the Coca-Cola font.
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Getting into the Christmas spirit. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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.
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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, selected from the roughly 150 I did in total.

Thanks for all your support, hope you’ll continue to enjoy my work next year as well. If you’d like to get my cartoons directly by email, you can subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.tjeerdroyaards.com/

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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'.
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 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.

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.
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How to be a modern autocrat. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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.
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Trying to stay sane in today’s world. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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!’
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Non-stop shit show. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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'.
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Business is booming. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

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'
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Wow! I am one of the 3 finalists for the European Cartoon Award 2025! The winner will be announced on December 12 in The Hague during Cartoons Day (it's a free event, you can get tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tickets-eca-25-cartoons-day-award-ceremony-1399790915309?aff=oddtdtcreator

Congrats to fellow finalists Zehra Ömeroğlu and Emad Hajjaj!

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.

Cartoon showing a mountain of wrecked negotiation tables, with a new negotiation table placed on top.
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Trump versus Venezuela. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon showing Donald Trump lying on his belly reacting into the vending slot of a soda machine, trying to get one out without paying. The soda machine is labeled 'Venezuela' and the soda cans in the machine are actually oil barrels, with 'Oil' writing on them in the Coca-Cola font.
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The last area on earth without plastic pollution. Cartoon from 2024.

Cartoon showing a zoo. In the zoo is a glass cage with various animals. Around the zoo is a fence and a sign that reads 'Last area on earth without plastic pollution'. Outside the fence, we see hills of plastic trash. A booth is selling tickets to people wanting to enter the zoo. Inside the zoo, the ground is also littered with plastic trash (except for the inside of the glass cage). A stand with a giant plastic bottle on the roof is selling snacks and drinks to the people.
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Tomorrow is Black Friday. Here's the cartoon I did last year. I'll share a new one tomorrow (with a similar point, but a new visual :)

Cartoon showing a busy shopping street on the left side of the image, with lots of people with bags and packages. In the middle of the image is a row of billboards advertising Black Friday deals, including SUVs, cheap flights and cruises. In the right of the picture is an eroding cliff edge, with cracks quickly spreading to the shopping street. As small sign on the cliff edge points down and reads 'climate crisis'.
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Distracted. Cartoon for Trouw.

Cartoon showing people on a bus sitting with headphones on and all looking at their phones. The phone displays show ‘AI cat videos’, ‘Stupid sh#t’ and ‘Brainrot’ with like buttons underneath. A display with the bus route shows the stops: COP30, COP31, COP32, COP33, Climate hell. Outside the landscape is rushing by, changing from green to brown with skulls and an animal skeleton. A weathered sign reads ‘CLIMATE HELL 34’.
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Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Cartoon for Trouw.

Cartoon showing a luxury 5 star beach-side resort. A golden sign says: ‘Gaza resort, UN approved’. A golden statue of Donald Trump stands in the background. People are drinking and laughing. Behind the resort, among the air conditioner exhausts and trash bins, is a tent camp with a sign ‘Living area for Gazans’. One door leads from the tent camp into the resort; this door is marked ‘Employee entrance’.
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Sustainable capitalism. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon showing a giant bucket wheel excavator carving a large hole in the side of planet earth. The excavator is powered by large solar panels. Next to the large hole is a corporate office; through the window, we see the executive management celebrate the soaring profits, while a sign on the top of the building reads: 'Sustainable capitalism'
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Another super-hurricane is about to hit the Philippines. I've been doing one hurricane cartoon almost every year and the point of all of them is basically the same. These are from 2024, 2022, 2020 and 2019.

Cartoon showing two giant skeletal hands emerging from the sky, holding a circular saw, with the blade shaped like a hurricane.
Cartoon showing a giant hair dryer labeled 'Climate change' blowing towards the earth with such force that the planet loses its skin, revealing a skull underneath.
Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper wearing a sash that reads 'Climate change' hurling frisbees shaped like hurricanes towards planet earth.

Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper wearing a sash that reads 'Climate change' hurling frisbees shaped like hurricanes towards planet earth.
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Proud and happy to be among the 15 nominees shortlisted for this year's European Cartoon Award!

If you have an affinity with political cartoons (and you're in the area), come to Cartoons Day in The Hague on 12 December. There will be workshops, panels & more + you get to hang out with cartoonists. And it's free: https://europeancartoonaward.com/2025/10/02/the-eca-cartoons-day-2025/

Poster showing the 15 nominees of the European Cartoon Award 2025.

Poster showing the 15 nominees of the European Cartoon Award 2025.
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A visual summary of inequality. Cartoon from last year.

Cartoon showing a cliff with a giant pool on top filled with money, with a few superrich swimming in and lounging by the pool. A vertical conveyor belt transporting money from the bottom of the cliff to the pool is powered by people on unicycles, balancing precariously on a spinning rod. Signs on the cliff face read 'keep pedaling' One person has fallen off the unicycle and is falling down, passing a red painted line on the cliffside, with the text 'poverty line'.
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Kies voor non-fictie in het stemhokje vandaag. Cartoon uit 2024.

Cartoon waarop twee kamers te zien zijn. In de ene kamer leest Wilders met een zaklamp onder zijn kin een griezelverhaal voor, getiteld ‘De Asielcrisis’, aan een angstig publiek. In de andere kamer vertelt een wetenschapper over het laatste klimaatrapport aan een angstig publiek. Buiten de twee ruimtes hang een bordje met daarop de tekst ‘Debatcentrum De Toekomst’, met daaronder ‘fictie’ met een pijltje naar de ruimte van Wilders en ‘non-fictie’ met een pijltje naar de ruimte van de wetenschapper.
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Greenwashing. Cartoon from 2023.

Cartoon showing swinging office building of Shell, BP, ExxonMobil and Chevron, with billboards promising a green and sustainable future. In front of the offices, two electric cars are charging, there are green trees and bushes, and here is a wind turbine in the background. Below the offices, we see a basement with the planet earth chained up and gagged, while many pipes are sucking out resources to the offices above. A fork lift is hoisting a bag profit into a vault filled with many bags of money.
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Elections in the Netherlands next week, and the extreme-right populist party will likely be the biggest (again)... Cartoon from last year.

Cartoon showing a giant old-fashioned mixing machine, with the brand name ‘Populism’. The actual mixer is in the shape of a swastika, and it is turning a brown substance in a bowl shaped as a giant head. Geert Wilders, Meloni, Le Pen and Bardella are standing around the bowl, adding ingredients from jars and boxes labeled ‘Hate’ and ‘Lies’, while one of them is looking at a recipe for voter manipulation.
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Prioriteiten. Cartoon voor Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

Cartoon waarop een dorpje achter de dijk te zien is. Op zee staat een rij gigantische dominostenen die zich uitstrekt tot de horizon. In de verte zien we vallende stenen die snel dichterbij komen. Op de voorste steen, het dichtste bij de dijk, staat 'klimaatcrisis'. In de straat in het dorp protesteert een groep exteemrechtse demonstranten tegen immigranten. Slechts twee schapen en een jongetje op de dijk kijken naar de vallende dominostenen.
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Populist voting machine. English version of my Friday cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

Cartoon showing a large machine labeled "Populist Voting Machine." On one side of the device, angry voters are placing their ballots into a glass ballot box. This box hangs from a steel cable, connected by pulleys to a slider that closes off a cage containing two large dogs with sharp, bared teeth. As the ballot box contains more votes and thus becomes heavier, it pulls the slider upwards. A group of anxious-looking Muslims and migrants stands in front of the slider.
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Just work hard. English version of today's cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

A cartoon depicting a luxury villa with an expensive car parked next to it. The driveway to the villa is a bridge; under the bridge sits a homeless man holding a sign saying "Help." From the driveway, the villa owner calls out to him: "Just work hard!" On the side, we see a cross-section of the land beneath the villa; the foundation is made up of money bags labeled "inheritance," "passive income," and "tax cuts."
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