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 the front and a cross-section of a museum. On the front, we see a red banner with a picture of a human brain and ‘Museum of Human Ingenuity’ in gold letters. The cross section of the museum shows two floors. On the top floor we see a swing, a bookcase, an assortment of musical instruments and a painting of a human watering a tree. On the bottom floor there is a similar arrangement of items, but the swing has now become a noose, the bookcase a guillotine, the musical instruments are now and a

Museum of human ingenuity

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

12 June 2026

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Cartoon showing a FIFA World Cup stadium from the top and side. We see Donald Trump lounging naked as an emperor in a pavilion amidst the audience, eating a McDonalds burger. The side of the stadium is a cross-section: on the second floor, we see FIFA officials bathing in a pool of money, while workers are carrying in more profits. On the first floor ICE officials are locking up people of color in prison cells.

FIFA World Cup 2026

Trump, FIFA and the World Cup.

5 June 2026

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Cartoon showing an open pit mining excavator with the head of Vladimir Putin. The bucket wheel is excavating a cliff with the Russian flag on it; from the back of the excavator, numerous missiles are launched in the direction of Ukraine. From the side of the machine, a pipe is pulling out human skulls and bones. On the Russian cliff, a police an is arresting a peaceful activist.

Russian war machine

Putin's war is not only wreaking havoc on Ukraine.

3 June 2026

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Ceasefire matches

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

1 June 2026

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Cartoon showing an ornate office with a golden desk. The legs of the desk are kneeling prisoners, while a small statuette of a kneeling prisoner on the desk is a pen holder. Next to the office is a toilet, where we seen Ben Gvir taking a dump. A pipe connects the toilet with a prison cell below, where two prisoners, wearing shirts with the texts 'Free Palestine' and 'Stop genocide', are sitting in a pool of shit.

Ben-Gvir's office

No comment.

22 May 2026

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Cartoon showing a bingo game. A skeleton is spinning a giant tombola filled with balls that have symbols of skulls, missiles, fishbones etc. on them. Three balls have already been spit out by the tombola, showing skulls, missiles and rising prices. A sign shows the portraits of Trump, Putin, Xi and Netanyahu, a burning tree, skulls and a jet fighter and has the text '2026 Bingo'. People are sitting despondently at tables with bingo forms in front of them, waiting for the next ball to drop out of the tombola

2026 bingo

What a fun year it's been so far, I can't wait to see what's still in store.

20 May 2026

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Welcome to the post-truth society

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

18 May 2026

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Cartoon showing a body floating in the water belly-down, mostly submerged. The part that is not submerged is in the shape of Cuba. An arm with the colors of the US flag on it is coming down from the sky, the hand is forcing the head of the floating body underwater. Air bubbles escape from the mouth of the head.

US blockade of Cuba

Starving the people to bring the regime to its knees.

16 May 2026

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Cartoon about war raising the cost of living while also raising profits for the oil and weapons industry.

War machine

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

11 May 2026

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Cartoon showing an office worker with a head in the shape of the earth working at a desk, labeled 'Department of global issues'. On one side there is an empty tray labeled 'SOLVED'; on the other side of the desk, a tray labeled 'NOT SOLVED' is overflowing to the extent that a mountain of folders and files has formed on that side. Halfway of the mountain is a sign of a skull that reads 'Avalanche danger'. Some of the files are labeled 'Genocide', Climate crisis', 'Iran', 'Gaza' and 'war'.

Just another day at the office

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

8 May 2026

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Solutions for migration

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

1 May 2026

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Cartoon showing a highway full of traffic. Trucks riding on the highway have the words 'PERPETUAL GROWTH' 'PROFIT' and 'BUY BUY BUY' on them. Behind the highway we see a large container ship named 'GLOBAL CONSUMER'; next to the ship is a warehouse with a sign that reads 'MAKEMORESTUFF INC', with an oil refinery behind it. In the (small) front corner of the cartoon, we see a small row of middle-class houses. People are installing some solar panels, tending a very small vegetable garden and recycling.

Going green

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

24 April 2026

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Cartoon showing a jungle with dangerous animals. An ape looks a lot like Donald Trump, while a snake has a head resembling Putin. A poisonous frog looks a lot like Netanyahu, while a large spider has the head of Kim Jong Un. In a river swims a crocodile with the head of Xi Jinping. A house in the middle of the jungle has a walled garden and a flagpole with a European flag in it. A man is mowing the lawn as he looks at the various dangerous animals surrounding him.

Hostile territory

It’s a jungle out there. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

20 April 2026

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Tree of life

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

17 April 2026

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Winners

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

10 April 2026

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