A selection of my favorite cartoons from @cartoonmovement this week, by Marian Kamensky, Max Murashko, Daniel Boris and Enrico Bertuccioli.
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Calling Wilcox’s cartoon “unacceptable” misunderstands both satire and journalism. Political cartoons are meant to be provocative, compressed and confronting. They exaggerate power relationships to expose hypocrisy and danger, not to offer polite balance.
This cartoon does exactly that. It highlights unchecked US imperial behaviour and the hollow language of “freedom and security” used by institutions like NATO while aggression proceeds regardless. Discomfort is not a flaw, it is the point.
If a cartoon criticising military power is deemed unacceptable simply because it offends those aligned with that power, then the problem is not the cartoon. It is a shrinking tolerance for dissent and satire in public debate.
Wilcox is doing a great job.
#politicalcartoons #satire #pressfreedom #imperialism #media #theage
Calling Wilcox’s cartoon “unacceptable” misunderstands both satire and journalism. Political cartoons are meant to be provocative, compressed and confronting. They exaggerate power relationships to expose hypocrisy and danger, not to offer polite balance.
This cartoon does exactly that. It highlights unchecked US imperial behaviour and the hollow language of “freedom and security” used by institutions like NATO while aggression proceeds regardless. Discomfort is not a flaw, it is the point.
If a cartoon criticising military power is deemed unacceptable simply because it offends those aligned with that power, then the problem is not the cartoon. It is a shrinking tolerance for dissent and satire in public debate.
Wilcox is doing a great job.
#politicalcartoons #satire #pressfreedom #imperialism #media #theage
It’s that time of the year again! Here is my personal top 10 of international cartoons (I’ll post a Dutch top 10 soon) I did in 2025, selected from the roughly 150 I did in total.
Thanks for all your support, hope you’ll continue to enjoy my work next year as well. If you’d like to get my cartoons directly by email, you can subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.tjeerdroyaards.com/
#Top10 #BestOf2025 #politicalcartoons
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It’s that time of the year again! Here is my personal top 10 of international cartoons (I’ll post a Dutch top 10 soon) I did in 2025, selected from the roughly 150 I did in total.
Thanks for all your support, hope you’ll continue to enjoy my work next year as well. If you’d like to get my cartoons directly by email, you can subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.tjeerdroyaards.com/
#Top10 #BestOf2025 #politicalcartoons
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The shrinking space for political satire in Europe. For @cartoonmovement, I wrote an editorial about my trip to Slovakia, censorship by the Fico government (we weren't allowed to visit a high school to talk about cartoons with students) and the lack of diplomatic courage of the Dutch embassy.
Read it here: https://cartoonmovement.substack.com/p/how-space-for-political-satire-is
The shrinking space for political satire in Europe. For @cartoonmovement, I wrote an editorial about my trip to Slovakia, censorship by the Fico government (we weren't allowed to visit a high school to talk about cartoons with students) and the lack of diplomatic courage of the Dutch embassy.
Read it here: https://cartoonmovement.substack.com/p/how-space-for-political-satire-is
