Harry Gonel was a caricatural illustrator, who's earliest works appeared in Le Pêle-Mêle (1907) and La Vie de Garnison (1908). He drew covers and comics for L'Épatant, starting in September 1909.
In the following decade, Gonel created comics like 'Les Mirfiques Aventures de Marius Cafouillis de Marseille', 'Le Voyage de Lagourdée', 'L'Héritage de M. Babiole' and L'Histoire Naturelle et Comique des Animaux'. He also worked for L'Almanach Vermot (1918), Le Régiment (1920) and Lili magazine (1920s).