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

Château Big Tech

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

30 March 2026

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Cartoon showing a giant radio in the shape of Donald Trump. His mouth is a large, blaring, speaker. Two knobs, placed where his cheeks should be, are labeled ‘Tuning’ and ‘Volume’ and are shaped like heads of Pinocchio, with long noses indicating the position of the knobs. The volume is set to max. A large dial sits in place of the eyes; a red tie from the needle showing the frequency. People with red caps on have gathered around the radio, listening intently.

MAGA radio

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

27 March 2026

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Cartoon showing the earth sitting in a restaurant, angrily pointing at the menu that is posted on the wall while banging his fist on the table. Half of the earth's head is covered in pipes, smoking chimneys and highways. The menu on the wall reads: 'Oil you can eat buffet - currently unavailable' with a picture of a large bowl filled with oil and oil drums. A nervous waiter points at the 'Sustainable menu' that shows small plates with a wind turbine and solar panels lying on a bed of green.

The oil-you-can-eat buffet is currently unavailable

How about the sustainable menu?

23 March 2026

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Cartoon showing a daycare with a name sign that reads, in colorful letters: 'In good hands' next to two bloody hand prints. The earth is depicted as a crying child that is reaching out to his father, a man with a briefcase in a suit, who has just dropped him off, while being held by Donald Trump. Through the window, we see the other people staffing the daycare: Netanyahu, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un and Putin. We also see a bed with restraints and a toy box filled with a nuclear missile, a bone saw, a pair of p

Daycare from hell

Would you leave your child with these men? Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

16 March 2026

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Cartoon showing a mountain with three tiers. The top of the mountain is flat and forms the first tier; a villa stands here with a pool on the roof; a lawn with trees and a tennis court surrounds it, as well as a high wall. The second tier is also surrounded by a wall and consists of middle class houses. The lowest and smallest tier is crammed full of slum dwellings. Sewer pipes and garbage chutes jut out from the first and second tier and rain down brown sludge and garbage onto the slums on the third tier.

Trickle-down society

The real trickle-down.

16 March 2026

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Graphs

What we get upset about. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

13 March 2026

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Cartoon showing a court of law building. A sign above the ornate front door reads ‘international law’. On the door is a paper that reads 'permanently closed'. We can see the interior of the top floor, where workers are carrying books and togas through a hole in the wall into the building next door. The building next door is a factory, where the books are thrown into a big vat and turned into long sheets of paper. The door of this building has a sign that read 'Toilet paper factory'.

The state of international law

The demise of international law

8 March 2026

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Cartoon showing the skeletal hand of the Grim Reaper opening a cage, and setting free several giant, vicious black dogs with blood around their muzzles. The dogs are roaming through a devastated cityscape, while people are running for their lives, trying to reach an underground shelter. One of the dogs has trampled a sign that reads 'Middle East'.

Dogs of war

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

6 March 2026

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President of peace

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

2 March 2026

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Cartoon showing a row of four underground containers. The top part shows the first one with the symbol of a trash bag on it and the text ‘General waste’; the second one has the symbol of a newspaper on it and the text ‘Paper’; the third one has the symbol of a bottle on it and the text ‘Glass’. And the fourth one has the symbol of a man in a general’s uniform on it and the text ‘Dictators’ on it. The fourth container has a longer chute that ends in hell. Khamenei is falling down the chute.

Death of a dictator

I’d rather have seen Khamenei brought to justice at the International Criminal Court, but I can’t

1 March 2026

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Cartoon showing construction workers building the foundation and walls of a house. A large sign has an image of the flag of Israel and reads 'West Bank Circular Building Project' A worker is funneling insulation in between just constructed wall with a hose. The hose is connected to a shredder; two other workers are feeding books titled 'Human Rights' and International Law' into the shredder.

West Bank annexation

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

20 February 2026

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Cartoon showing a giant machine that is devouring a forest. The machine has the text 'Monetizer 3000' written on the side. The scoop at the front is filled with laborers using scythes and chainsaws to cut down the trees and plants; on top of the machine more laborers are working, assisted by robotic arms they are turning the natural resources into goods. At the back of the machine a large pipe labeled 'profit' swings out and is deposits a large stream of cash into a giant container on wheels. A very small p

Man versus nature

Harvesting profit.

19 February 2026

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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.

AI takeover

'I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art

18 February 2026

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Healthy living

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

16 February 2026

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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.

Authoritarian populism

Taking you back to the good old days...

15 February 2026

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