Modesty blaise book covers

Modesty blaise sabretooth pan book cover pulp fiction novel. A spy spoof in the 1960s tradition, featuring the comic book heroine modesty blaise monica vitti set in the italian mediterranean. Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. What the reader will find is intelligently written, intricately plotted very stylish crime thrillers. You can take a girl from university or the typing pool. Modesty blaise original book cover art for sale boys adventure comics. A 1966 film, modesty blaise, was loosely based on the character. They travel from london to the south of france, across the mediterranean to cairo before battling, against impossible odds, a private army of professional killers. Although the 1966 film version of modesty blaise was not a critical success, the book proved popular with fans of both the comic strip and readers of spy fiction blaise was promoted on the cover of the first american edition by doubleday as the feminine answer to james bond, and odonnell followed up with 10 more novels and two short story. Kingsley amis once described the modesty blaise adventures as. The only exceptions to this rule occur in the comic strip origin story, in the beginning and in the 1996 short story collection cobra trap, the final modesty blaise book, which contains five stories that take place where modestys age moves from 20 to 52 approximately, and the 2003 film my name is modesty, which is a prequel depicting modesty in her late teens. My guess is that collectors snapped up the ones with the holdaway covers. It was a lesson for me of, literally, not judging a book by its cover.

With monica vitti, terence stamp, dirk bogarde, harry andrews. This excellent oversized trade paperback is actually volume 28 in titan books complete modesty blaise, this volume reprints british comic strips from 1997 and 1998. This is the first novel in the modesty blaise series, and gives the readers. In her first adventure for british intelligence modesty blaise with. Modesty blaise project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Modesty blaise sabretooth pan book cover pulp fiction. The modesty blaise mailing list is an unmoderated mailing list, centered on discussion and information exchange about peter odonnells modesty blaise books and comics, such as the characters, plot, artists, relevant articles, etc. In her first adventure for british intelligence modesty blaise with her loyal lieutenant, willie garvin, must foil a multimillion pound diamond heist. Everything you could possibly want to know about peter odonnells classic creation, modesty blaise, from novels to newspaper strips, with full story outlines, over 2,000 character descriptions, over 1,800 illustrations by jim holdaway, enric romero, john m burns, neville colvin and patrick wright, plus the original souvenir press book covers. Modesty blaise is peter odonnells star of books and comic strips, a selection of books shown here, and the book palace have a selection of.

Mar 28, 2017 glancing through some of these strips and lurid book covers, one would be forgiven for dismissing modesty blaise s adventures as archaic and sexist soft porn. His most famous creation was modesty blaise, which was first published in comic stripform in 1963 and ended in 2001. Glancing through some of these strips and lurid book covers, one would be forgiven for dismissing modesty blaises adventures as archaic and sexist soft porn. Modesty blaise in this 1966 movie monica vitti stars as the worlds deadliest female agent modesty blaise in a spy spoof based on peter odonnells comic strip. Ms blaise also has a trusted sidekick who goes by the name of willie garvin, and together, they manage to outsmart their adversaries. Titan books in england published 23 stories in eight 9x11 paperbacks which present the highest quality reprints, nearly pristine reproduction of every line no matter how fragile. All 95 of the modesty blaise stories and the 12 backstory strips about modestys refugee life have been reprinted in one place or another. 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. See more ideas about modesty, pulp fiction art, pulp art.

Modesty blaise cover gallery ive been sorting through some duplicates of books with the notion of getting rid of them. You will receive postings to the list by email to your email address as long as you are subscribed to the list. Order of modesty blaise books modesty blaise is a fictional character created by british novelist and comic strip writer peter odonnell. Willie garvin is a character in the longrunning british comic strip series modesty blaise, as well as a series of novels based upon the strip. Nov 28, 2008 but not even vittis cheekbones could capture the precisiontooled magic of modesty. Modesty blaise is a female action hero who has been featured in comic strips, novels, short story collections, graphic novels and three films. In 1965, o donnell adapted his screenplay into a novel, which debuted in 1966 under the name of modesty blaise. Dont be put off by the tacky cover illustrations, the books are about brilliant, daring. This was a huge success and was followed by a string of published novels and short stories until 1996. Peter odonnell, modesty blaise it was a lesson for me of, literally, not judging a book by its cover. This norwegian magazine features humphrey bogart on the cover, reading a modesty blaise book you can click on the image to see the larger version about the magazine. A selection of classic paperback book covers from the 40s through 70s.

See more ideas about modesty, pulp art, pulp fiction. Modesty is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and decides to sacrifice herself to save a train full of innocents from a group of rebels. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Cooler than the pretentious james bond, tougher than the braindead mike hammer. The reason is mostly down to the covers by the wonderful john m. Modesty blaise sabretooth pan book cover richard flickr. Since the strip ended in 2001, i assume it will be 30 volumes in total. For almost 40 years, peter o donnells iconic heroine dropkicked her way through a swath of villains and into a. Modesty blaise warlords of phoenix cover art, acrylic painting by john m burns. Odonnell wrote the book of the film 1965 and several subsequent novels and short story. For almost 40 years, peter odonnells iconic heroine dropkicked her way through a swath of villains and into a unique place in. Overview of the cover art plus information on the books by peter odonnell. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below. Not merely a spy spoof, based on a book and a comic strip about a femme james bond type, the colorful production gives the horse laugh to.

Elements from some of these stories would appear in the modesty blaise comic strip which odonnell wrote concurrent with his book series. Modesty blaise was part of the new wave of sixties female action heroines and worth seeking out if you like your style icons of the highkicking variety. Plus the original souvenir press book covers and the complete origin story, in the beginning. Glancing through some of these strips and lurid book covers, one would be forgiven for dismissing modesty blaise s adventures as archaic and sexist soft porn. Modesty blaise with images pulp fiction book, pulp. Robert mcginnis saber tooth modesty blaise by peter odonnell 1966 fawcett crest book cover by astrofella. Beginning in the early 2000s decade, souvenir press began a series of paperback reprints of the modesty blaise book series, using the first edition hardback covers, and originally concluding with a reprint of cobra trap in 2006. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. One series im a bit loath to get rid of is titans first set of modesty blaise books even though theyve been superceded by the latest series. The paperback covers of robert mcginnis, which provides an index of all of mcginnis covers, makes no mention of any henry kane novels, so the art likely commissioned for the modesty blaise novel and then licensed to the finnish publisher. See more ideas about pulp fiction, pulp art and comic books. One of the great partnerships in fiction, bearing comparison with that of sherlock holmes and dr watson. This article is about the character and the comic stripfilmnovel franchise.

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. See more ideas about comic art, comic artist and comics. The story was published as a novel in 1965 before the first movie appeared in 1966. Aug 11, 2005 glancing through some of these strips and lurid book covers, one would be forgiven for dismissing modesty blaise s adventures as archaic and sexist soft porn.