The first Democratic Literacy and Humour newsletter is out! Read it to find out more about our project, our team, and the research about the relationship between democracy and humor we'll be doing in the coming years.

Gaaf land. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #rellen #DenHaag #ElsRechts #ExtreemRechts

Voor @trouw.nl maakte ik een illustratie bij een artikel over de de weg vooruit in Den Haag: www.trouw.nl/politiek/na-... #illustratie #politiek #beleid

Museum of the 21st century. Cartoon for @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #selfdefence #prosperity #migration #nature

I'll be at the cartoon festival in Saint-Just-le-Martel, France, the first weekend of October with Designed to Provoke, an exhibition that features a selection of legal cases from the eighteenth century to the present. You can read more about it here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/designed-t...

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says the UN. Netanyahu's likely response, as I drew it last year.

Spelregels. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. #democratie #Wilders #Yesilgoz #Timmermans

Two cartoons in this week's issue of Newsweek Japan!

Drones. Cartoon for @trouw.nl. #Putin #Ukraine #Russia #Europe #drones

@deliah.eu has published its first report: an analysis of the current research about the relationship between humor and democracy. I've written a brief overview of the report and its conclusions, which you can read here: deliaheu.substack.com/p/what-do-we... #DELIAH #democracy #humor

Genociball. #Netanyahu #Israel #internationallaw

Boren in de Waddenzee. Cartoon uit 2022, maar ondanks de werelderfgoedstatus zijn plannen voor gaswinning nog steeds niet van de baan.

Campagnetijd. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl #verkiezingen #campagne #inhoud

Homo consumericus. Cartoon from 2019. #consumerism #massconsumption #environment

De cartoons die ik over de verkiezingen in 2023 gemaakt heb zijn allemaal nog relevant. 2 jaar politieke stilstand... #verkiezingen

The future is AI. Cartoon for @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #artificialintelligence #fake #reality #dystopia #AI

Another pretty old cartoon in @courrierinter.bsky.social this week, from 2015.

Omdat de kans dat ik ooit nog over NSC ga tekenen klein is, een bescheiden cartoon-retrospectief: #NSC #Omtzigt

Mediterranean coast. #refugees #migrants #Europe

Infestation. Cartoon for @trouw.nl. #democracy #Trump #fascism

The blogging service I've been using to run my website is discontinuing its services, so I've decided to move to Substack! Big advantage is that you can now subscribe to get my new cartoons directly in your inbox. You can check it out here: tjeerdroyaards.substack.com

Another shooting in the US this week, still no gun control. Some cartoons from my archive that, sadly, just keep on being relevant. #USA #shooting #guns #gunviolence

Deep sea mining. Cartoon for @trouw.nl. #DeepSeaMining #resources #greed #gluttony

Een visuele samenvatting van Schoof 1. #Schoof #kabinet #politiekcircus

Fabric of society. Cartoon from 2020. #racism

Live coverage. #journalism #pressfreedom

De nacht opeisen. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. #wijeisendenachtop

British empire. Cartoon from 2023. #UK #GreatBritain #KingCharles

Healthy life style. Cartoon from 2023. #lifestyle #health #fitness

Preparing for deployment. Cartoon for @trouw.nl #IDF #Israel #conscience #morality

Sail 2025. #Sail2025 #internationaalrecht

An oldie of mine (from 2016), published in French magazine @courrierinter.bsky.social this week. #climatecrisis #sustainability

Today's editor's choice on @cartoonmovement.com, by Spanish cartoonist Saúl Cabanillas Hernández. Despite increasing repression, the voices to stop the genocide grow louder and louder. Remember you can sign up for our daily cartoon newsletter here: cmdailycartoon.substack.com

Verkiezingsrace. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. Meer cartoons voor Trouw: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #VVD #CDA #PVV #Bontenbal #Wilders

Cartoon published in Newsweek Japan this week. This is probably my favorite among the many Gaza cartoons I've done, because of the simplicity and the fact that no text is needed.

De neergang van de VVD, onder leiding van Dilan. Deze cartoon maakte ik een jaar geleden voor Trouw. #VVD #PVV #Wilders #Yeşilgöz

'How bad is it, doc?' Cartoon for @trouw.nl. More of my cartoons: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #earth #authoritarianism #politicalleaders #malignant

The eighth wonder of the world. #worldeconomy #environment #waste #pollution

Losing streak. #Earth #Putin #Trump #Netanyahu #war #climate

Over precies een maand geef ik samen met @emadelrosso.bsky.social een workshop over de kracht van politiek satire en de waarde van humor binnen de journalistiek op de allereerste editie van het Festival voor de Journalistiek in Deventer! Meld je hier aan: www.nljf.nl/aanmelden

Vlad's Peace Deal Meal. Cartoon for @trouw.nl. More of my cartoons for Trouw: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #Putin #Trump #Zelensky #Ukraine

Summer in Amsterdam. Cartoon from last year (for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl), but guess what, it’s still relevant. If anything, I drew too few tourists in the cartoon… #masstourism #overtourism

Trump and Putin to meet coming Friday to discuss the future of Ukraine. A cartoon from March this year (for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl). #Trump #Putin #Ukraine #Zelensky

Resort voor rechtse politici. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #BBB #VVD #NSC #PVV #SGP

Jordan cartoonist @emadhajjaj.bsky.social has created some harrowing visuals about the hunger in Gaza. More of his work on @cartoonmovement.com: www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoonist/691 #hunger #Gaza

My last cartoon for Trouw for a couple of weeks, I'm going on vacation. I'll be back with new cartoons on August 8. See you then! www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #holiday #news #summerbreak

Mediterranean holiday. #heat #climatecrisis #mediterranean #holiday

I love the work Australian @lelievre.bsky.social and especially his anitmated GIFs. Unfortunately, Bluesky doesn't do GIFs (yet), but you can see the animated version on @cartoonmovement.com: www.cartoonmovement.com/cartoon/tran...

Humanitarian city. #humanitarian #food #safety #medicalaid

Stemmen destilleren. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. Meer cartoons: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #PVV #Wilders #onderbuik