With alexandra staden, nikolaj costerwaldau, raymond cruz, fred pearson. Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by peter odonnell writer and jim holdaway art in 1963. The complete series list for modesty blaise titan graphic novels peter odonnell. Jul 17, 2009 modesty blaise is a survior, a force of nature, an excrime boss, and a loyal friend. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 a woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding her hostage. It stars monica vitti as modesty, opposite terence stamp as willie garvin and dirk bogarde as her. Her backstory was inspired by a moving encounter odonnell had with a young female refugee while he was stationed in persia during world war ii. With monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews. Modesty is an expert martial artist who excells at using pressure points. The modesty blaise series was a great action series, featuring the title character and her assistant, willie garvin. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. It was adapted into films made in 1966, 1982, and 2003 and a series of thirteen. High in style and low in plot, the cast obviously had a ball working on this great film.
May 05, 2010 peter odonnell, who died on may 3 aged 90, was the creator of modesty blaise, the female adventurer whose exploits were chronicled in the london evening standards celebrated cartoon strip for. Order of modesty blaise books modesty blaise is a fictional character created by british novelist and comic strip writer peter odonnell. The best place to start looking for modesty blaise information is the modesty blaise homepage, which includes a wealth of data, including a reasonably comprehensive checklist of the newspaper strip stories. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows the marks of its origins in the mid1960s. Aug 14, 2016 modesty blaise is a young woman with many talents and a criminal past, who along with her trusty sidekick willie garvin, accepts requests for assistance from sir gerald tarrant, a highranking official of the british secret service. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below. Modesty blaise is often compared to james bond, but while i definitely see some similarities, there are some major differences. See more ideas about comic art, pulp art and pulp fiction art. It turns out she is more than just a modest worker. A woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a.
Omnibus editions of adventures of modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman originally created in a comic strip by peter odonnell in 1963. Peter odonnell, who died on may 3 aged 90, was the creator of modesty blaise, the female adventurer whose exploits were chronicled in the london evening standards celebrated cartoon strip for. A modesty blaise adventure, modesty blaise, humanoids from the deep, 99 and 44100% dead, ravagers, come spy with me, humanoids from the deep, portrait of a hitman, the cassandra crossing, golden rendezvous, freedoms fury, game for vultures. Modesty blaise was an warorphan who moved about and eventually, relying on strength of character and other factors, ended up running the network, a successful crime organization that operated in europe and other locations. The strip follows the adventures of modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. Series of novels and short stories by peter odonnell, spun off from his longrunning adventure comic of the same name modesty blaise is an orphan with a dark and troubled past who was head of a criminal syndicate before she was 20, and retired wealthy before she was 30. Modesty blaise was my secret self the year i was 15, the subject of ardent daydreams and the first female character i encountered who was truly in charge of something other than a hospital ward. Youll be thrilled to know that the third modesty blaise album proper not including a beginners guide which was a compilation the modesty blaise is more than half completed. Modesty blaise 16 willie garvin 12 gerald tarrant modesty blaise 4 willow rosenberg 2 dinah collier 2 original female characters 2 clark kent 1 jack sparrow 1 donna noble 1 duncan macleod 1 include relationships modesty blaisebessie 2 willie garvinoriginal female character 2. Modesty blaise titan graphic novels series in order peter. Modesty blaise 16 willie garvin 12 gerald tarrant modesty blaise 4 willow rosenberg 2 dinah collier 2 original female characters 2 clark kent 1 jack sparrow 1 donna noble 1 duncan macleod 1 include relationships modesty blaise bessie 2 willie garvinoriginal female character 2. Modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. Modesty blaise is a comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by peter odonnell writer and jim holdaway art in 1963. Modesty blaise peter odonnell works archive of our own.
But even so, this relatively obscure movie that inspires a loveitorhateit reaction, as well as the. A popular british comic strip series served as inspiration for this lighthearted espionage adventure, which if nothing else certainly shows the marks. A modesty blaise adventure mar 06, 2009 a small oddity action drama with what appears to have originated out of eastern europe. Modesty blaise was my secret self the year i was 15, the subject of ardent daydreams and the first female character i encountered who was truly in. A modesty blaise adventure miklos 2004 the bouncer svend 2003 stealing rembrandt kenneth 2003. Modesty blaise titan graphic novels series in order. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. When her surrogate father who owns the casino she works in gets murdered, modesty blaise takes on those that killed him and are now at the casino to rob it.
Modesty works with a partner, willie garvin, and she develops more close relationships throughout the series. The film, based on the eponymous character of a longrunning british comic strip, is of the so bad its bad variety. Modesty blaise is a female action hero who has been featured in comic strips, novels, short story collections, graphic novels and three films. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards eleven.
The humor is very droll, yet needlesharp in its mockery of the amorality of empire and espionage, and in its parody of the conventions of the actionhero movie, its madcamp villain, its tools, its blue waters. Modesty blaise is a 1966 british comic spyfi film directed by joseph losey, produced by joseph janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip modesty blaise by peter odonnell, who cowrote the original story upon which evan jones and harold pinter based their screenplay. Modesty blaise is loosely based on a comicbook superheroine and played by monica vitti. Nothing can faze modesty blaise, the worlds deadliest and most dazzlingly female agent modesty blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the british government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. Not the newspaper strips, comics, or graphic novels. Modesty blaise a beginners guide to modesty blaise discogs.
In the title story, modesty faces her greatest challenge when she must rescue a group of her friends who are being held prisoner by rebels in the jungles of. In the mid1990s, dc comics published a oneshot modesty blaise graphic novel based upon the novel. Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author peter odonnell and illustrator jim holdaway in 1963. A modesty blaise adventure with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Charting the final adventures of modesty blaise, cobra trap is a selection of stories from modestys life running her criminal empire, the network, to working for british intelligence. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 a woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a. Modesty blaise is a heroine for our time the atlantic. My name is modesty dvd 2003 cult tarantino blaise spy thriller film movie 4 out of 5 stars 3 product ratings 3 product ratings my name is modesty dvd 2003 cult tarantino blaise spy thriller film movie. Willie garvin is a multitalented cockney former street kid who became modestys trusted righthand. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c 3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of my name is modesty.
Charting the final adventures of modesty blaise, cobra trap is a selection of stories from modesty s life running her criminal empire, the network, to working for british intelligence. A woman alexandra staden spins a tale about her past while she spins a roulette wheel in a game of chance with thugs holding. After all the 60s spoof film with a blonde modesty was just annoying to watch and the 80s abc pilot was not as silly but still off the mark with a lite brown haired modesty. The modesty blaise cartoon strip had been running in the london evening standard newspaper for several years. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. Tarantino has stated his interest in directing a modesty blaise film on several occasions, but to date the closest hes gotten was lending his name to a 2003 madeforvideo production, quentin tarantino presents. Modesty blaise is an enjoyable, campy little gem that is quite fun. Based on the popular longrunning comic strip character, the story concerns highclass jewel and art thief modesty blaise played bewitchingly by monica vitti who is called upon to. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick willie garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Soloes 2 armed mercenaries while unarmed and naked 2. I am a long time fan of modesty blaise and have waited patiently for over 25 years to see a good production of her brought to life. The modesty blaise collection the movie database tmdb.
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