Matt Percival
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Biography
Percival's first gag cartoonGag cartoon
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appeared in Private Eye
Private Eye
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. Between 1999 and 2000, he was a contributor for King Features US newspaper syndicated daily comic strip
Comic strip
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panel The New Breed.
His cartoons have since appeared in a variety of newspapers and magazines including Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
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, The Spectator
The Spectator
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, Prospect
Prospect
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, New Statesman
New Statesman
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, The Times
The Times
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, The Sun and Punch
Punch (magazine)
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.
In 2006 he became a Fellow (FRSA) of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (Royal Society of Arts) also known as the RSA.