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

Common European defence strategy

Developing a European defense strategy...

19 April 2024

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Cartoon showing an enormous hydraulic press, operated by Netanyahu, who is pushing a red button with a down arrow on it. Under the press, the people of Gaza are crushed. In the background, US president Biden is at a conference table with his senior advisors, saying 'We should apply more pressure!', while holding up a sign that reads 'STOP NOW!'. There is a trail of papers that say 'STOP' from the conference table to Netanyahu.

Pressure

The subject has gotten kind of snowed under by Iran's attack on Israel, but here's a cartoon abou

14 April 2024

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Cartoon showing a family standing, smiling and posting, in a beautiful mountain landscape. The landscape, however, is created by giant computer screens. The top menu on one of the screens reads ‘AI Nature Simulator, with a drop-down menu with the options ‘Forest’, ‘Mountains’ and ‘Sea’. The cursor is hovering over the option ‘Mountains’. Behind the screens, we can see a jumble of giant servers, cables and power cords standing in a desolate landscape with a few dead trees in the background. Large pipes go fr

AI nature simulator

The future is AI.

12 April 2024

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Cartoon showing a bar graph that indicates the rising global temperature. Each bar is higher than the last from left to right. The bars are also hotels with rooftop pools. The first hotel is called 'Summer Inn' and on the roof people are lounging in the pool. The second hotel is called 'Heat Wave Hotel' and on its roof people are sweating under parasols next to the pool. The third hotel is called 'HOTel' and on its roof people are sheltering in a nearly boiling pool while the parasols have caught on fire. T

Boulevard of broken temperature records

March 2024 is the tenth month in a row to be the hottest on record.

10 April 2024

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Vaccine sceptics

Vaccine skeptics threaten group immunity.

8 April 2024

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Cartoon showing a tank with laughing Israeli soldiers on it. Beneath one tread of the tank a car of the World Central Kitchen is crushed, while beneath the other a mother is crushed while her children try to save her. One soldier is writing on the front of the tank 'Moral high ground' with an arrow pointing up.

Moral high ground

The IDF, the most moral army of the world.

3 April 2024

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Income tax

A new report reveals the super-rich pay almost no income tax (sur

3 April 2024

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Cartoon showing a row of glass tubes labeled ‘Ukraine’, ‘Gaza’, ‘Haiti’, ’Sudan’ and ‘Yemen’. The tubes are being filled with yellow balls showing hearts or sad/angry emojis, by people walking past them. The tubes of Ukraine and Gaza are almost full, while there are only one or two balls in the other tubes. The international media has gathered around the tubes of Gaza and Ukraine, and a big audience in the back is waving Ukrainian and Palestinian flags. Next to the them, there are a lot of empty seats with

Popularity contest

War idols.

29 March 2024

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Cartoon showing the outside of a cinema titled '2024'. Movie posters decorate the wall, showing what is playing now and what is coming soon. The posters are titled Gaza (a hand sticking out of a sea of blood), In the trenches (showing exhausted Ukrainian soldiers in a trench), Fascism returns (showing a giant boot stomping on refugees), Push (showing a finger about to push a nuclear button), Orange horror 2 (showing a monster in the shape of Trump) and BBQ (showing the earth being roasted).

World cinema

Movies to see this year.

27 March 2024

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Cartoon showing a giant clock with a grim reaper on the face. His skeletal hands point at 2 to 12. The long hand is being kept in check by ropes that connect to wind turbines.

Climate clock

Can we stop the clock?

20 March 2024

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Moral compass

Moral compass in Gaza.

18 March 2024

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Cartoon with two panels. In the first panel, Trump is lying on a hotel bed eating a McDonald's meal while being on the phone. Next to the bed is a person from Trump's campaign team writing on a whiteboard: 'Vlad's tips for winning the election'. In the second panel we see Putin on the phone while behind him people are staring in line to cast their vote, controlled by police officers, who ensure they are all voting for Putin.

Vlad's tips

Vlad's tips for winning the election.

17 March 2024

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Cartoon showing an alien in a flying saucer flying above the earth, placing a warning sign with the text 'species in the process of self-destruction'. The earth itself is being stripped bare by industrial activity, mining, deforestation and war, revealing a skull underneath. On the part of the earth that is still remains, part is taken over by polluting factories, and part by skyscrapers with giant billboards that promote buying more and more stuff.

Self-destructive species

Species in the process of self-destruction.

15 March 2024

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Monument to capitalism

Jeff Bezos is once again the richest man on earth.

12 March 2024

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Cartoon showing the Grim Reaper as a DJ behind a setup with two turntables. One turntable has a record with the face of Netanyahu, the other a record with the face of Putin. In a crate behind the setup are records with the faces of Kim Jong-un and Trump. The audience consists of people looking anguished, some with wounds and bandages, yelling for the music to stop.

Death is a DJ

Can the music stop, please?

10 March 2024

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