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Media and content

Year of establishment
2010

Year of investment
2020

Country
Netherlands

Cartoon Movement

Cartoon Movement is an international platform for editorial cartoons, publishing the work of hundreds of professional cartoonists from around the world. It offers diverse perspectives on current affairs while promoting press freedom and freedom of expression. Media organisations and other clients can also license existing cartoons or commission new work.

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Thought-provoking cartoons that bring current affairs to life

 

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cocoparisienne/Pixabay

An unexpected award for Tjeerd Royaards of Cartoon Movement

13.12.2025 - Trouw

Trouw speaks with Tjeerd Royaards about an award-winning political cartoon and his work as an artist. His own cartooning runs alongside his role as a driving force behind Cartoon Movement.

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Tjeerd Royaards

Tjeerd Royaards wins the 2025 European Cartoon Award

13.12.2025 - European Cartoon Award

Cartoon Movement editor-in-chief Tjeerd Royaards wins the European Cartoon Award with a cartoon published in Trouw.

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Hossein Rezaei/Cartoon Movement

Afghan cartoonist brought to safety by Cartoon Movement

6.7.2025 - Trouw

Tjeerd Royaards discusses efforts to bring a threatened Afghan cartoonist to safety. It illustrates how Cartoon Movement supports artists under pressure in addition to publishing their work.

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Tjeerd Royaards

Global network protects cartoonists and free expression

16.3.2023 - Government of the Netherlands

Cartoon Movement brings together more than 500 cartoonists and gives their work an international platform. The network also supports threatened artists.

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moritz320/Pixabay

An Afghan cartoonist draws the world he left behind

31.12.2021 - InfoMigrants

InfoMigrants profiles cartoonist Hossien Rezaye and his experiences outside Afghanistan. Cartoon Movement provides an important platform for his work and connection to an international audience.

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Oberai/Pexels

An international platform for political cartoons

23.11.2021 - The New Federalist

Tjeerd Royaards explains how Cartoon Movement grew into a community of more than 600 cartoonists. The platform publishes and licenses their work while supporting artists who face threats because of their cartoons.

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Murat Halıcı/Pexels

Cartoon Movement provides a platform for European award winners

6.10.2021 - Studio Europa Maastricht

Two runners-up of the 2021 European Cartoon Award published their recognised work through Cartoon Movement. The platform thereby plays a visible role in distributing political cartoons internationally.

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MabelAmber/Pixabay

Political cartoons have influence and therefore face censorship

28.9.2021 - De Volkskrant

De Volkskrant examines the societal influence of political cartoonists and the resistance their work can provoke. Cartoon Movement represents the international distribution and defence of critical political cartoons.

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Nimalan Sugumaran/Pexels

Threats remain part of the cartoonist’s profession

7.12.2020 - Villamedia

Tjeerd Royaards reflects on the consequences of Charlie Hebdo and the threats faced by cartoonists. Cartoon Movement itself has also received thousands of online threats.

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Dakasanya Band/Pixabay

Cartoons as unexpected but powerful watchdogs of democracy

25.10.2017 - Algemeen Nijmeegs Studentenblad

ANS describes how Cartoon Movement provides cartoonists worldwide with a publishing platform and revenue model. ‘Less is more’, according to Tjeerd Royaards.

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Berna Kas/Pexels

Defiance among cartoonists after Charlie Hebdo

26.1.2015 - NOS

Cartoon Movement editor-in-chief Tjeerd Royaards discusses the impact of the Charlie Hebdo attack on his profession. Across the international network, he sees defiance but also the effect of threats .

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