[2] Submitted works are often purchased by corporate media publications.

[3] Cartoon Movement began in 2010 when VJ Movement founders Thomas Loudon and Arend Jan van den Beld began working with editorial cartoonist Tjeerd Royaards to promote the political cartoon as a fundamental style of journalism and to support freedom of the press and the rights of editorial cartoonists.

An early project at Cartoon Movement was a cartoon series by Royaards, Matt Bors, and others on conditions in Haiti after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

The work was underwritten by a grant from the Dutch government.

[4] The Occupy movement was another early project, and Cartoon Movement received editorial cartoons from Occupy sources around the world.