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Peace through strength. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #peace #war #conflict #diplomacy

Cartoon showing the inside of a factory. On the top floor, eggs are hatching, and baby doves are carried to a hole in the floor by robot arms, where they are dropped to the story below. Here the doves get filled up with explosives, while another robot arm puts an olive branch in their beaks, before they are dropped a floor lower. Here they fall into the bottom half of a mold shaped like a missile, before the top half of the mold comes down and presses them into their final shape. Outside the factory, there is a sign that shows a muscular dove of peace with one paw on a pile of skulls and the text 'Peace through strength'. Missiles are loaded up to a fighter jet, while in the background we see another fighting jet already firing missiles into a ruined city on fire.

Just finished drawing my last cartoon (I'll share it tomorrow) for the newspaper before my summer break. Tomorrow, I'm off to train around Europe. I'll be back with new cartoons in the week of August 10. See you then! Cartoon from last year. #summer #holiday #vacation

Cartoon showing a man trying hard to shut the front door of his house; the door is hard to close because Putin, Netanyahu, Trump, a nuclear bomb and skulls are trying to spill out of the house,. In the background, his wife is struggling to load suitcases into an already full car.

Holiday resort for war criminals. Cartoon from 2024. #Netanyahu #Putin #Russia #Israel

Cartoon showing a pool filled with blood, with Putin and Netanyahu lounging on an airbed and an inflatable tire, drinking champagne. The blood is flowing into the pool from several streams, coming from a ruined school, a hospital and a playground. A sign reads 'Holiday resort for war criminals'.

Van spotprent naar slopaganda: wanneer wordt satire misleiding? Stuk op Red Pers over politieke satire en AI waarin een aantal cartoonisten (waaronder ik) aan het woord komen: redpers.nl/van-spotpren... Ter illustratie wat van mijn cartoons over AI. #AISlop #PolitiekeCartoons

Strait of Hormuz. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #StraitofHormuz #Iran #USA #Trump

Cartoon showing the front of an oil tanker named ‘My Deal’. Trump is on the bow in a very ornate captain’s uniform, looking up with a red, angry face at a control booth on the shore, next to an Iranian flag and a traffic light that hangs over the water with a sign that reads ‘Strait of Hormuz’. The traffic light has a normal green and orange light (which are off at the moment), but the red light is the point of a missile that’s fed through from the back by a guide rail. In the booth controlling the traffic light we see a general of the revolutionary guard.

Throwback to 2013, when I made this cartoon about migrant deaths in the Mediterranean. Sadly, little has changed in the past 13 years. #migrants #refugees #migration

Cartoon showing a wrecked boat, floating vertically, and half under water. The bottom half is recognizable as a boat with wooden benches, while on the top half the hull has most vanished, and the benches now form the rungs of a ladder, reaching for the twelve golden stars of Europe.

Progress. #consumerism #world #resources

Cartoon showing a large store with a parking lot in front. People are walking with loaded shopping carts, and loading stuff they bought into their SUVs. The store has a large sign on the roof that reads 'Progress'. Behind the store, we see a large planet earth. Numerous hoses and pipes are plugged into the earth, and the resources that are extracted flow into the store.

European Summer Time. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #ClimateCrisis #ForestFires #Europe #heat

Cartoon showing part of a large clock face on the ground. Instead of numbers, the clock is marked by months: May, June, July and August are visible. A sign stands next to the clock face: 'European Summer Time'. The clock face in front of the big hand is a forest, while the big hand (progressing through the months) is a row of trees that is on fire. Behind the big hand, the ground is bare with tree stumps. In front of the big hand, a row of caravans and camper vans is evacuating the forest, together with various animals. Fire fighters and a firefighting plane are trying to keep the fire under control.

Views on migration. Cartoon from 2024. #migration #populism #refugees

Cartoon showing the inside of a museum. A sign reads: 'Exhibition - Views on migration. Several paintings showing migrants in different styles are on display, with signs above them that read 'impressionism', 'pointillism', 'expressionism'. The final painting is much larger and shows a horde of black grinning demons with rd glowing eyes. The sign above it reads 'populism'.

I didn't do a cartoon about the NATO summit this year, but here are some I did last year. #NATO #Trump #Europe

A cartoon shows a NATO meeting disrupted by fanfare as Trump enters on a red carpet, greeted by a woman with a cooling fan and two waiters serving McDonald’s. His gold throne and flag are displayed near the American flag.

A cartoon shows Donald Trump at a pulpit with the NATO flag behind him. Audience members in pews offer money, while Mark Rutte collects donations in a basket. A sign reads Payeth and be saved.

Zelensky stands outside a castle wall. Inside the castle, well-dressed people gather at a NATO Summit under a NATO banner, drink champagne. A waiter is lowering a glass of champagne by a rope to Zelensky, who looks up angrily.

Fast news. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #news #NewsCycle #journalism #media #AttentionSpan

Cartoon showing a news van labeled ’24/7 FAST NEWS’. A large frame is mounted on the back of the van, and a camera person is filming what’s inside the frame, in this case a bombed village and people standing with a sign that reads ‘Help’. The van is moving, and one of the persons in the village is running along, trying to keep in the frame, while the camera person is looking at gauges that show the next item is coming up in 3 seconds, and that the audience is losing interest. Meanwhile, the person driving the van is looking at a screen labeled ‘New radar’ and another screen that is fleshing red, reading ‘TRUMP ALERT’.

Summer season 2026. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl #tourism #vacation #MassTourism #environment

Cartoon showing a touristic coast, completely filled with resorts, restaurants and bars, and teeming with tourists. A tiny piece of cliff with grass is still free; a sign proclaims it to be 'The very last piece of pristine nature'. A ticket booth is selling tickets for 200 euro for 5 minutes access. People are standing in line to take a selfie at sunset on the cliff.

Summertime in Europe. Cartoon from 2024. #Europe #Ukraine #war #Russia

Cartoon showing a family of three (father, mother, daughter) having a picnic. Behind them we see a flagpole with the European flag. The mother and daughter are looking up at the clouds, pointing out the shapes they see. Above them, white fluffy clouds are making the shapes of a whale, a cat, a bunny and a butterfly. The father is pointing towards the horizon instead, at a dark cloud in the shape of many skulls, emanating from ruined buildings with a torn Ukrainian flag alongside them. The wind is pushing the cloud towards Europe.

Down with FIFA. I made this cartoon for the previous World Cup (in 2022 in Qatar), but it's not like FIFA has developed a moral compass in the last four years. #FIFA #WorldCup #HumanRights

Cartoon showing two football players kicking a ball labeled 'FIFA' into a dumpster full of garbage. The players are wearing shirts labeled 'Human rights'.

Zomervakantie! Cartoon van vorig jaar. #gelukszoekers #zomervakantie #zomer #migranten

Cartoon met daarop een luxe SUV die een caravan trekt en de Nederlandse grens passeert richting een vakantiebestemming. Op het dak van de SUV is een dakkoffer gemonteerd met de tekst 'Holiday Fun' en op de caravan staat de tekst 'Sun Chaser Deluxe'. In de auto is de vrouw in de bijrijdersstoel de Happinez aan het lezen, terwijl de man boos naar buiten kijkt waar de marechaussee een aantal vluchtelingen bij de grens aanhoudt. De man roept vanuit de auto: 'Bah, gelukszoekers!'

Housing market (in the Netherlands). Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #HousingMarket #HousePrices #inheritance #inequality

Cartoon showing a cliff. At the top of the cliff is a house with a 'For Sale' sign. Two see-saw like contraptions stand at the bottom of the cliff. One has a giant money bag labeled 'Inheritance' at one end, which is so heavy that the other end, which is a basket containing a family, is being lifted to the top of the cliff. A real estate agent is welcoming them. The basket of the other see-saw, also containing a family, is on the ground, while the other end is still up in the air, having just a small bag labeled 'Savings' on it. A billboard on the cliff face reads' Invest in the future Buy a house!'

Climate inequality. #ClimateCrisis #inequality #airco #heatwave

Cartoon showing a street with a LED sign that reads 'EXTREME HEAT WARNING: Stay inside'. We see apartment blocks with large air-conditioning units mounted on the outside and roofs of the buildings. Inside we see happy people staying cool. Numerous large air-conditioning vents are blowing hot air outside, over a slum where people are desperately trying to stay in the shade under tattered parasols and under plastic sheets.

Profit over planet. Cartoon from 2017. #earth #greed #money #nature

Cartoon showing Noah's ark floating on a red sea. Instead of Noah, we see Mr. Monopoly, and instead of animals, the ark is filled with bags of money. Smoke stacks sprout from the roof of the ark, spewing black smoke into the orange sky. Corpses of various animals, including an elephant, a polar bear, and a giraffe, are floating in the water.

Climate grill. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #heatwave #ClimateCrisis #Europe

Cartoon showing a large, open grill with a conveyor belt guiding slices of pizza into it. The open grill looks like a face with a yawning mouth, glowing red. The 'eyes' of the grill are gauges, one showing the month of the year (June), the other showing the temperature (50°C). A label reads 'Climate grill'. The pizza slices have the flags of Spain, France, Belgium and the Netherlands in them. Spain is already under the grill, and the other countries are already felling the heat as they move closer. People standing on the pizza slices are cowering under parasols to try and protect themselves.

Another heat wave cartoon from a couple of years ago. #heatwave #Europe #ClimateCrisis

Cartoon showing a bar graph that indicates the rising global temperature. Each bar is higher than the last from left to right. The bars are also hotels with rooftop pools. The first hotel is called 'Summer Inn' and on the roof people are lounging in the pool. The second hotel is called 'Heat Wave Hotel' and on its roof people are sweating under parasols next to the pool. The third hotel is called 'HOTel' and on its roof people are sheltering in a nearly boiling pool while the parasols have caught on fire. The final hotel has a sign that reads 'INFERNO'. It is on fire, while skeletons lay on its roof in a dried up pool.

Hot. Cartoon from last year. #heatwave #ClimateCrisis

Cartoon showing the streets of a Mediterranean village. A sign indicates the temperature is 53 degrees Celsius. A family stands with their backs against a wall in a sliver of shade, looking desperate, while in the sunlight tourists are melting into puddles on the ground.

Zomer in Nederland. Cartoon uit 2019, maar hij wordt elk jaar een stukje actueler. #hittegolf #klimaatcrisis

Cartoon waarop een vrouw in Hollandse klederdracht te zien is die met een drietal kamelen door een woestijn-achtig landschap loopt. Op de achtergrond zien we de silhouetten van twee molens. Onderaan de cartoon staat de tekst "Holland - summer season 2035'.

Trust in news media is declining, at a time when we need journalism the most. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl: www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tje... #journalism #news #media #trust

Cartoon showing a wall with sculptures. Giant sculptured heads of Trump, Putin and Pinocchio are spewing forth green liquid from their mouths and long nose respectively, while the rest of the wall is adorned with sculptured skulls. Next to this wall, people are wading through a rising tide of green liquid. A boat made of a newspaper floats in the middle with a sign that reads 'Journalism: Facts, context & analysis'. A person is trying to get people on board, but they walk by, most ignoring the boat entirely. The few people on the newspaper boat are staring at a headline printed on the side of the boat that reads 'Trust in news media declining'.

Peacemaker Trump. Cartoon from last year. #Trump #peace #peacemaker

Cartoon showing a movie theater. On the screen, Trump is descending from the heavens seated on a large dove of peace. The movie is titled 'Peacemaker' in large golden letters, with the subtitle 'Filmed in trump-O-Vision'. Behind the screen we see the Trump-O-Vision AI studio. Trump is being filmed while hopping around on a stick horse with a peace dove head. People at the studio controls are turning the footage into what people see on the large screen.

European summer of apartheid. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #MigrationPact #Europe #ReturnHub #migrants

Cartoon showing a camping on one side, and a migrant return hub on the other side, separated by a wall. The camping entrance has a sign that reads 'Eurocamping' and shows four stars. There a pool with people lounging, and a camper van is entering the cam grounds, filled with happy vacationers. Towards the back, a migrant is cleaning the toilet building. Next to the camping entrance, two white kids in bathing suits are watching Frontex officers are escorting a cuffed person of color to the return hub, which is a dusty area filled with tents. There is a line waiting for one filthy toilet.

Making profit. #profit #greed #inequality #exploitation

Cartoon showing an ATM with a golden sign that says 'CEO Elite Banking'. An arm dressed in a pinstripe suit is visible, pulling a stack of bills from the ATM. The screen of the ATM says 'Profit payout'. On the inside of the ATM is a miniature factory, where exploited workers are producing the bills under harsh conditions. On the bottom floor, people are mixing toxic green paint for the money bills; a bucket full of paint is hoisted up to the top floor, where there is a sweatshop where people are painting the bills. On the middle floor, people are pushing carts loaded with stacks of finished bills. The front cart is in front of the ATM slot and tiny workers are pushing the bills through the slot.

Met AI sleutelen aan andermans beeld. Mag dat? Opinie-artikel voor @villamedia.nl, naar aanleiding van een cartoon van mij die door iemand anders met AI werd aangepast: www.villamedia.nl/artikel/cart... #AI #auteursrecht

Ik kijk om de een of andere reden vaak heel serieus als ik over cartoons praat, maar het was ontzettend leuk om workshops te mogen geven op de Dag van de Durf van @trouw.nl afgelopen zaterdag. Ik vond het vooral bijzonder om lezers te ontmoeten en over mijn werk te vertellen. Foto: Patrick Post

Parasite. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper @trouw.nl. #wealth #rich #money #greed

Cartoon showing a giant tick sucking the world dry. The body of the tick is a giant money bag with a dollar sign and the legs are giant steel pipes, that are plugged into the earth together with the head, extracting its resources. At the top a the tick's body is a gated community filled with opulent villas that have roof pools and helicopter landing pads. A golden gate labeled 'The 1%' gives access to the villas.