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 builders constructing a line of wind turbines. Between the turbines, they are placing electrified fences that are powered by these wind turbines. People in suits (politicians) stand around with policy papers, looking approvingly at the building site. Migrants are in front of the fence, one of them touching it and getting a lethal electroshock. A big sign next to the fence and wind turbines says 'Pilot project exploring constructive cooperation between left and right in Europe'.

Political compromise?

How to combine the issues of migration and climate?

14 June 2024

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Modern capitalism

We live in a world of growing inequality.

13 June 2024

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I posted this cartoon last week for the European elections (with the EU logo on the stone), but t

11 June 2024

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Cartoon showing festival grounds with a large podium and crowd from above. The entrance to the festival has a sign that reads ‘Festival of populism’. People are carrying flags and banners with the texts ‘Stop climate hysteria’ and ‘Climate change is a hoax’. On the stage a blond-haired populist is holding an angry speech. Behind his is a giant screen with the text ‘Migrants threaten our way of life’. Outside of the festival, fire trucks and firemen are busy fighting a large forest fire and desperately tryi

Festival of populism

Populism is good at finding a scapegoat and ignoring uncomfortable truths.

10 June 2024

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Cartoon showing a big red line. On the left, an Israeli tank is crossing the red line at a sign that says ‘Rafah’, chasing citizens of Gaza. In the middle, an oil truck is crossing the red line at a sign that says ‘1.5 degrees Celsius’, chasing a couple of poplar bears. On the right a pick-up truck labeled ‘populism’, with a politician in the back shouting to his followers through a megaphone, is crossing the red line at a sign that says ‘democracy & rule of law’, chasing lady justice.

Red lines

Red lines being crossed everywhere.

7 June 2024

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Cartoon showing a hand that is lifting a rock with the 12 yellow stars of the European Union on it. Under the rock, we see a multitude of beetles crawling around with swastikas on their shields.

Elections in Europe

Let's hope that's not what's under the stone.

6 June 2024

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Cartoon showing a dump truck labeled ‘Populism’ dumping dirt on a broad road. The dirt has papers in it with the words ‘xenophobia’, misinformation’, ‘climate denial’ and ‘racism’. The road has a sign that reads ‘European elections’ and a second sign that’s an arrow and the words ‘sustainability’ and ‘human rights’. The dump truck is driven by Orban, while in front of it, Wilders, Meloni and Le Pen are holding up a detour sign that points to the right, to a small dirt road.

Populist detour

Right-wing populists are expected to win the European elections.

3 June 2024

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Cartoon showing six giant red pencils coloring in a white circle surrounded by a black square. As they are making the circle red, the pencils are leaving a white bar in the middle,creating a no entry sign. In the white bar, various migrants and refugees are backing away from the red pencils. A sign next to the circle reads 'European elections'.

European elections

Migration is the top issue in the upcoming European elections.

3 June 2024

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Peace plans

Peace between Hamas and Israel.

2 June 2024

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Cartoon showing a truck of the international community with a barrel of red paint on the back, painting a red line in front of a sign that says 'Rafah'. The paint barrel has the text 'Do not cross this line' on it. An Israeli tank, also equipped with a paint barrel, and a brush on the back, has crossed the red line, and is painting a giant bullseye target among the tents and people of Rafah.

Red lines

Crossing the red line and painting your own.

29 May 2024

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Cartoon showing a cement truck of the Israel Defense Forces pouring concrete into a hole shaped like Gaza, drowning the people of Gaza in concrete. Meanwhile, on top of the concrete already poured stands a giant bronze statue of Netanyahu. The plinth reads: 'Monument to the complete eradication of Hamas'. Netanyahu himself is unveiling the statue, addressing a crowd. At the back of the crowd, a Hamas terrorist is emerging from a hole in the ground, pushing a bundle of dynamite sticks into the crowd.

Monument to the complete eradication of Hamas

Netanyahu ruthlessly pursuing an unachievable goal.

28 May 2024

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Cartoon showing the wall separating Israel from Gaza. On the wall are campaign posters with a big portrait of Netanyahu and the word VOTE above it. A car from the International Criminal Court is parked in front and ICC personnel are busy putting up posters that go over the campaign posters, covering the word 'VOTE' so that it instead reads 'WANTED FOR WAR CRIMES'. Behind the wall we see victims of the destruction in Gaza lying bleeding on the ground.

Wanted war criminal

ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan seeks an arrest warrant against Netanyahu.

21 May 2024

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Cartoon showing a voter in a voting booth deciding on which candidate to cast his vote at the European elections. The top of his skull is open; inside we see a control center with Putin sitting in the middle on a command chair, surrounded by trolls at various computer screens, spreading fake news and disinformation.

Influencer

Putin tries to influence the European elections through the spreading of fake news and disinforma

16 May 2024

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Views on migration

Migration as seen through the lens of expressionism, pointillism ... and populism.

10 May 2024

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Cartoon showing a construction crew building a road and bridge. The bridge is made up of (nuclear) missiles, smoking chimney stacks and sewer pipes, interspersed with army tanks and leaking barrels of oil and toxic waste. A sign at the beginning of the bridge under construction reads ‘Building the road to self-extinction. Ready 20234.’ Across the chasm over which the bridge is being built we see the Grim Reaper waiting.

Road to self-extinction

This construction project is right on schedule.

9 May 2024

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