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 of a luxurious building with a sign 'Big tech spa' and the logos of Apple and Meta. Inside, men are bathing in a pool of cash while a tap is filling the pool with money even further. In the open front door, an angry man dressed in a towel is standing, looking at a police officer that is handing him a fine. Another police officer is pointing though the basement window; in the basement, rows of people are staring at their smartphones like zombies, while pipes go inside their head.

EU verus Big Tech

Europe fines Meta and Apple.

2 May 2025

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Cartoon showing a square with large LED billboards showing the news, including the giant face of Trump talking, the genocide in Gaza and a landscape devastated by climate change. Some people are walking around depressed, reading a newspaper or staring at their phone, while many others stand in line for a booth with a sign that reads ‘News free zone, 10€ per 5 minutes’. Inside the booth, a happy person is looking at a relaxing nature scene that is projected on the wall.

News free zone

News avoidance as a new business model.

25 April 2025

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Cartoon showing the inside of a factory, where the earth is in the process of being flattened and hammered by various pieces of equipment. In a control room, Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and Kim Jong-un are manipulating controls, screens show a graph labeled ‘democracy’ going sharply down, while a graph labeled ‘oppression’ is going sharply up. Various other displays show the climate crisis and rising inequality.

Control room

Who's in control?

23 April 2025

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Cartoon showing a person with a head shaped like the planet earth lying dead on the ground with blood coming out of his mouth. In his hand, he is grasping an open bottle of pills with a skull on the label. The pills are shaped like missiles and are scattered on the floor.

Overdose

An overdose of violence...

23 April 2025

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Red line

War crimes versus refugees.

17 April 2025

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Cartoon showing a robotic vacuum cleaner, controlled by a man in a suit labeled 'big tech'. The vacuum hose is sucking the paint from a canvas while the artist stands helplessly by. The side of the vacuum cleaner is a robot head that is spitting out image after generated image to a line of happy people waiting for their turn. Behind the man in the suit, a pipe is spitting out money into a giant bin.

AI & art

The future of art?

17 April 2025

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Cartoon showing a workshop with Putin and Trump at a worktable with an integrated circular saw. Trump is pushing a piece of wood in the shape of Ukraine towards the saw, which is operated by Putin. The hood of the saw is shaped like a peace dive. Outside, Zelensky and Von der Leyen are looking in through the window, hands against the glass. On the wall of the workshop is a map of Europe with a post it on it that reads 'next project'.

Peace process

Trump and Putin.

14 April 2025

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Cartoon showing a street with depressed people walking like zombies, all looking at the screens on their phones, with only their faces lit up by the blue glare from the screens. The only colorful part of the image is behind a window, where a woman is reading a book. The books casts a warm yellow glow, like sunlight, on her face.

Books

Less screen time, more reading.

31 March 2025

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Cartoon showing an anti-fascism protest. The people are pushing back against a rockface consisting of giant boulders that are shaped like the heads of Erdogan, Trump, Wilders, Le Pen etc. A signs warns of falling rocks.

Resistance

Resisting autocrats.

31 March 2025

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Cartoon showing the top floor and the roof of the White House. A weather vane shaped like Trump is circling in the wind on the roof, and is connected via gears to a wheel of fortune where a needle indicates which will be today's policy: tariffs, war, peace, deal or no deal. Trump's cabinet sits at a long table, looking expectantly at the wheel.

The weather vane

Whichever way the wind blows...

29 March 2025

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Cartoon showing the inside of a run-down apartment. Behind the couch, a mother and her child are using a flashlight to read a book titled 'democracy'. A large TV shows the news, with the headlines: 'Putin crowned emperor of world - Trump is vassal king - Musk to enforce law'. The TV shows Trump bringing a crown to Putin sitting on a throne. Outside the window of the apartment, we see Cybertrucks with guns mounted on the back, with men in black uniform. On the street lies a dead man with a protest sign.

A glimpse into the future

Dystopia awaits...

28 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a large mixer labeled 'Israel'. The bowl under the mixer is labeled 'Gaza' and a dove of peace is caught inside the bars of the mixer, struggling to get out, while Israeli soldiers are about to switch the mixer on. Netanyahu is standing next to the mixer, pointing to a large whiteboard with a recipe on it: How to defeat Hamas. Ingredients: civilians, schools, hospitals, houses, chance for peace. Mix to a bloody pulp (and hope there are some Hamas fighters in there).

Recipe

How to defeat Hamas.

20 March 2025

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Cartoon showing giant vehicles that look like cruise ships but run on treads. At the bows, giant suction devices are sucking in trees while waste is spewing out the back of the vehicles.

Civilization

Man versus nature.

19 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a large billboard. A worker is putting up a new poster, showing EU soldiers, tanks and nuclear missiles, accompanied by the text: 'Prepare for War'. Behind the new poster, we can still see the one that was there before, which has a wind turbine and the text 'Towards a sustainable future'. Below the billboard is a truck marked 'EU campaigns' with more posters in it. People in the street are going about their daily lives and looking up at the new poster.

The times they are a-changin'

Europe prepares for war...

17 March 2025

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Cartoon showing a couple watching the news. The face of Trump is on TV, and a giant stream of bright green vomit is coming from his mouth and out of the TV, hitting the couple with such force that the couch they are sitting on is knocked back. The man screams ‘Turn it off’ as their dog tries to flee and coffee cups fly through the air.

Turn it off!

Too much Trump.

14 March 2025

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