Tall Thomas and Butterball, by H. O'Neill 1916
'Tall Thomas and Butterball', 1916.

H. O'Neill was an early 20th-century British comic artist.  He contributed 'Gay Gus and Shrimp' to magazine The Big Comic in 1914. These two characters commented on the First World War and the "Germ-huns", as they called the enemy. O'Neill also created 'Tall Thomas and Butterball' (1916), a comic duo whose gags appeared in the magazine Comic Life.

Tall Thomas and Butterball, by H. O'Neill 1916
'Tall Thomas and Butterball', 1916.

Gay Gus and Shrimp, by H. O'Neill 1914
'Gay Gus and Shrimp', 1914.

Gay Gus and Shrimp, by H. O'Neill 1914
'Gay Gus and Shrimp', 1914.

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