Wegner was born in Vienna into a Jewish family. Following the Nazi annexation of Austria a funny drawing he did of Adolf Hitler angered a Nazi-sympathizing teacher and he was beaten. Fearing for his safety, his family sent the 13-year old to go to school in London and they later joined him. A scholarship to St Martin’s School of Art and an apprenticeship led him to a long career of illustration doing covers for books such as The Catcher in the Rye and The Long Goodbye and illustrating religious works by Dorothy L. Sayers. He a running series for Cricket from 1973 as well as several covers such as this one.