Matt Percival Explained

Nationality:	British
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Website:	http://www.percivalcartoons.com
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Matt Percival is a British cartoonist known primarily for his single panel gag cartoons.

Biography

Percival's first gag cartoon appeared in Private Eye.^[1] Between 1999 and 2000, he was a regular contributor for King Features US syndicated daily comic strip panel The New Breed.

His work has been published in various British and American publications including Private Eye, The Spectator, New Statesman, Air Mail, Wall Street Journal, Prospect, The Oldie, The American Bystander, Harvard Business Review,The Times and Punch. He signs his work 'PERCIVAL'.^[2] Some of his drawings can be viewed on the British Cartoon Archive.^[3]

As a comedy writer, he contributed material performed at the NewsRevue 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe show.

Bibliography

Books

cartoons published in:

• The Politics of Street Trees 2022
• The Penguin Book of Brexit Cartoons 2018
• Private Eye Annual 2018
• Blockchain is WTF (Waarschijnlijk Toch Fundamenteel)? 2017
• Private Equity Laid Bare 2017
• Private Eye Annual 2015
• Draw The Line Here 2015
• Private Equity 4.0 2015
• Private Eye A Cartoon History 2013
• Private Eye Annual 2012
• Private Eye Annual 1998

Exhibitions

• 'NOT the RA Summer Exhibition' - Chris Beetles Gallery, London 2016
• '1984' - The Kowalsky Gallery, London 2009

External links

• Official website
• Professional Cartoonists' Organisation
• British Cartoon Archive

Notes and References

1. Private Eye. 20 March 1998. 946. 12.
2. Web site: Professional Cartoonists' Organisation. Procartoonists' Organisation.
3. Web site: British Cartoon Archive. British Cartoon Archive.