Thomas was the artist who drew the famous First World War cartoon of a grinning soldier lighting a pipe with the caption “’Arf a mo’ Kaiser!”. The cartoon appeared in the Weekly Dispatch in aid of the paper’s tobacco-for-troops fund which raised around £250,000. This cartoon stayed with Thomas for the rest of his life. In 1936 his illustrations for a series of readers’ letters in the Evening News were labeled “Half a mo’ stories” and in the Second World War the cartoon reappeared with the caption “Half a mo’ Hitler”.
Cartoons for sale:
- Officer: But couldn't the men have strawberry jam occasionally? Cook: Dare not Sir. A sudden change like that would ......, 1927
- £365
- 23cm x 33cm
- The Sketch 28 September 1927
- TALL MAN: "Lummy! There must be thirty thousand watching this match." SHORT MAN: "Yes sir - all but one.", 1935
- £385
- 33cm x 23cm
- The Humorist 19/10/1935
- Badly Mauled Player: "Can I nip back and call myself 12A?"
7th March 1935 - £345
- 27cm x 23cm
- The Humorist
- Second: "Try and 'ang on a bit 'Arry - emight get the flu or something."
27th March 1937 - £345
- 30cm x 23cm
- The Humorist
- "I ain't got the ball." "But you had it, the last I saw of you.", 1936
- £335
- 29cm x 21cm
- The Humorist
- Fireman: "Not so dusty, Charlie - seventeen runs an' all out.", 1936
- £365
- 32cm x 23cm
- The Humorist
- "Hi! you! Stop that barracking."
22nd July 1933 - £395
- 25cm x 30cm
- The Humorist