Comic Art

David Wright (1912–1967)

David Wright (1912–1967)

Born in London, David Wright was only 13 when he left school and eventually joined his uncle, who was an artist for The Graphic newspaper. He really came into prominence when he was commissioned to produce a series of “lovelies” for The Sketch. His glamorous pin-ups, were amongst the most popular during world war II. Following his Sketch contract Wright went on to work for magazines such as Men Only, Playboy and Esquire. September 1956 saw the first publication of Carol Day, a daily comic strip illustrated by Wright and scripted by Peter Meriton. The series was about a fashion model, and ran in the Daily Mail from 1956 until his death in 1967.

A good place to see some of his work for Carol Day is on Comic Art Fans and carol-day.com. David Wright’s work will be featured in the upcoming issue 2 of illustrators quarterly.

David Wright (1912–1967)
David Wright (1912–1967)
David Wright (1912–1967)

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