Career
He also created the Carol Day cartoon strip for the Daily Mail in 1956, creating a soap opera style of comic strip that paralleled similar work in the United States of America. However, it is his series of 169 illustrations for The Sketch magazine (from 1941 to 1951) that became most popular. In the 1950s he continued drawing in a similar style for Men Only. Wright started work at his uncle"s studio after leaving school, later becoming the fashion illustrator for a number of women"s magazines.
The illustrations established him as one of the most popular pin-up artists during World World War World War II During the war he worked as a driving instructor for the armed forces in Abersoch, Wales, which left him plenty of time to continue his illustration work.