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 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.

Getting into the Christmas spirit

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

22 December 2025

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Cartoon showing a spooky house on a hill at night, surrounded by fog; a path leads up to the house. A man with a head in the shape of the world is standing at the entrance to the path carrying suitcases. The entrance is flanked by a wall, with statues of gargoyles in the shape of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The house number '2026' is mounted in brass numbers on the wall.

2026

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

19 December 2025

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How to be a modern autocrat

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

15 December 2025

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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’

Mental health in today's world

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

12 December 2025

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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'.

Non-stop shit show

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

8 December 2025

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Cartoon showing a house labeled 'EU'. A sign in front reads: 'Renovating Europe - Populism Inc., with logos of various European populist parties. Inside, on the ground floor, workmen are using jackhammers to break the pillars that hold up the first floor, where EU politicians are having a meeting. They are sitting around a table, while a screen shows the text 'Today's meeting: is Europe in danger? A large crane with a wrecking ball, with Trump behind the controls, is approaching the house.

Is Europe in danger?

Trump's new security strategy offers a clear ideological alignment between U.S.

7 December 2025

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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'

Business is booming

Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

5 December 2025

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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.

Trump versus Venezuela

Cartoon for Dutch newspapwer Trouw.

1 December 2025

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Cartoon showing a restaurant with eager, expectant customers. Instead of dishes, waiters are carrying cardboard boxes labeled with Amazon, Temu, Alibaba and Shein logos. The waiters are coming out of a door labeled 'sweatshop'; through the open door, we see workers slaving away behind sowing machines. Through the restaurant window, we see a desolate landscape with factories. A menu on the wall reads: 'Black Friday menu: media deal, super discount, ultra-low prices'.

Black Friday

Cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.

28 November 2025

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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'.

Black Friday

Consumerism versus the climate crisis.

27 November 2025

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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’.

Distracted

Cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.

24 November 2025

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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’.

Peace plan - UN approved

Cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.

21 November 2025

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Cartoon showing a machine that is attached to the earth like some kind of parasite. A chainsaw, circular saw, and bucket scoop are extending for the machine and gauging the planet, while various tubes enter the planet to suck out resources. At the back of the machine is a giant bucket with a large symbol '$' on the side. Money is flowing into this bucket via a large pipe. At the top of the machine is a control center with a sign that reads 'Global economy'. Above the control center is a COP30meeting room.

COP30

Let's have another meeting.

16 November 2025

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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'

Sustainable capitalism

Cartoon for Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.

14 November 2025

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Cartoon showing the inside of a bus. Trump is driving, a through the front window we see he's heading towards a cliff. People inside are looking out, scared. We see a sign that says 'Line 47; and shows the bus route with stops '1.5 degrees Celsius', '2 degrees Celsius', '2.5 degrees Celsius, '3 degrees Celsius'; the final stop is a picture of the earth burning. Next to the sign is an emergency brake with a sticker on it that says 'Out of order'.

Line 47

Where we are headed under current management.

11 November 2025

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