Modesty blaise and willie garvin detail jim holdaway modesty. Modesty blaise book 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 this comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. With a mind as sharp as her fashion sense and fighting skills worthy of any shesamurai, modesty blaise cult. Inspire a love of reading with prime book box for kids discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1. It is a particularly excellent example, as it features great images of modesty throughout the entire page and in almost every panel. This treasure came to me from john henley, a magician who once commissioned jim holdaway to illustrate a puzzle for him.
First, a high goverment official is kidnapped in a way that makes his disappearance look like defection. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Jim holdaway at the illustration art gallery the book palace. Spotlight on peter odonnell and jim holdaways modesty blaise. His best known work was on the modesty blaise comics written by peter. Sep, 2016 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. Written by peter odonnell with art by jim holdaway. Along with busting a nefarious criminal enterprise, modesty also teaches her former charge about the value of family. 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. Top traitor modesty blaise first edition thus by peter odonnell, jim holdaway isbn. This book reproduces the daily modesty blaise comic strips that cover three story lines. Jim holdaway 19271970 was a british illustrator, who contributed art for numerous comic strips. Blaise of no glory modesty blaise and my name is modesty.
In the 1960s, modesty blaise was a mod adventuress in the vein of james bond and the avengers who fought evil in the comics pages of british newspapers. Like some other talented artists who died young, he had already become famous. On jim holdaway s sudden death in 1970 the artwork was taken up by enric badia romero. 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. Born in the suburbs of london, jim james holdaway attended kingston art school before he was drafted in the east surrey regiment in 1945.
Plus modesty, from novels to newspaper strips, full story outlines, 2,000 character descriptions, 1800 illustrations by jim holdaway, enric romero, john m burns, neville colvin and patrick wright. With a mind as sharp as her fashion sense and fighting skills worthy of any samurai, modesty blaise cult creation of author peter odonnell returns to print. Orphaned during her preteen years during the second world war, the young girl would grow up to be modesty had no. The next, the viking, pits blaise and her partner willy garvin against a modernday raider and pirate. Plus the original souvenir press book covers and the complete origin story, in the beginning.
Modesty blaises adventures have been reprinted by titan books. Jim holdaway 19271970 died of a heart attack a few months shy of his 43rd birthday. Todays inaugural column focuses on the stellar 1960s actionadventure comic strip modesty blaise, written by peter odonnell and illustrated in its initial run by jim holdaway. In 1956, he teamed up with artist jim holdaway on romeo brown, which recounted the adventures of a comic detective. Her adventures continued for almost 40 years until the last story in 2001 and have been syndicated worldwide. Jim holdaway was a small man with a gentle manner, an immense talent, and a lovely sense of humour. How graphic the 1960s were before colour seeped through the media. The strip follows the adventures of modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and. Modesty blaise, the tough and enigmatic character created by peter odonnell, made her international debut on may, 1963 in a newspaper strip story illustrated by jim holdaway. Thrown into danger everywhere she turns, modesty will need all. Modesty blaise project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. And, when peter writes under a penname madeleine brent to match modesty blaise, of course he also creates great books.
Top traitor has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Comic books in modesty blaise tpb 19851990 1st edition. Aug 17, 2015 in these columns i hope to shine a light on some underappreciated films, books, comics, and albums. Modesty blaise daily strip 83 by jim holdaway at the. Three years later, he worked in the advertising and illustration business, among others for the french market and the london publisher kensington. His best known work was on the modesty blaise comics written by peter odonnell. Anything peter odonnell has done about modesty blaise cartoons or novels is a great read. Modesty blaise comic book layout, comic books art, pulp fiction art, pulp art.
Teaming with artist jim holdaway, the strip was extremely popular in europe and around the worldpretty much everywhere except the united states. Modesty blaise, the tough and enigmatic character created by peter odonnell, made her international debut on monday th may 1963 in a newspaper strip story illustrated by jim holdaway. Modesty blaise origin by peter odonnell and jim holdaway. In the wilds of tibet, modesty battles to repay the debt she owes to an ancient mystic who once saved her life by seeking the mysterious black pearl. In these columns i hope to shine a light on some underappreciated films, books, comics, and albums. Holdaway, jim strip original modesty blaise 1967 catawiki this is the original art used for an episode of the red gryphon, the 15th modesty blaise adventure, and appeared in the london evening standard in 1967. Modesty blaise take over 1977 by jim holdaway at the illustration. Modesty blaise the cult creation of bestselling author peter o donnell returns for another searing slice of 60s chic thrills set in the shadowy underworld of espionage and mystery. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Modesty blaise cult creation of bestselling author peter odonnell returns. The gabriel setup by peter odonnell and jim holdaway 112pp, titan press.
Jim holdaway at the illustration art gallery book palace. He makes quite a wonderful character out of her and her friend willie garvin. Modesty blaise began in the london evening standard on may, 1963, but odonnells heroine had been lurking in the back corridors of his imagination for many months prior to that. The art of modesty blaise limited edition stuart ng books.
Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and allround bad girl, modesty blaise, was the creation of bestselling author peter odonnell. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. Returning to england soon to take care of his widowed mother, holdaway went to work for scion books in kensington, doing a variety of artwork, book. Orphaned during her preteen years during the second world war, the young girl would grow up to be modesty had no idea who she was or where she came from. May 17, 2019 teaming with artist jim holdaway, the strip was extremely popular in europe and around the worldpretty much everywhere except the united states. Todays inaugural column focuses on the stellar 1960s actionadventure comic strip modesty blaise, written by peter odonnell and illustrated. After a decade of producing stories for hemen like garth and tug transom while also writing romantic fiction for female readers, odonnell had started. See more ideas about modesty, comic art, o donnell. Modesty blaise the lost characters of frank hampson. This for comic strip fans due to his work during the early years of modesty blaise. Modesty blaise and peter odonnell and the last great. On completing schooling in new malden, surrey, holdaway attended the kingston school of art. Jim holdaway modestys fanatical hatred of drug dealers plunges her into the grimmest levels of criminal purgatory in their pursuit. As titan books begins an impressive new reissue series of the classic peter odonnelljim holdaway modesty blaise strips beginning with the gabriel setup, the illustrators widow chip tells us about the brilliant draughtsman who moved on from the witty and sexy romeo brown strip with odonnell to create the bestdrawn, bestwritten strip in the history of the medium.
Modesty blaise and willie garvin detail jim holdaway modesty blaise preliminary, 1962. Peter odonnell has 221 books on goodreads with 15950 ratings. Takeover is the last complete story jim holdaway drew and there really is some superb work in it. Mister sun modesty blaise graphic novel by jim holdaway, peter odonnell isbn. Jun 02, 2017 the gabriel setup titan books the xanadu talisman. Modesty blaise download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. This is an original printed proof page for the modesty blaise by peter odonnell newspaper comics strip, with artwork by jim holdaway. On jim holdaways sudden death in 1970 the artwork was taken up by enric badia romero. Adventurer, spy, smuggler, racketeer and allround bad girl, modesty is as stylish as she is smart, as lethal and beautiful as a japanese fighting sword. Jim holdaway in the wilds of tibet, modesty blaise battles to repay the debt she owes to an ancient mystic who once saved her life by seeking the mysterious black pearl.
Modesty blaise with a mind as sharp as her fashion sense and fighting skills worthy of any shesamurai, modesty blaise cult creation of bestselling author peter odonnell is back in another classic collectors edition from titan in three thrilling, nerveshredding stories top traitor, the vikings and the head girls modesty must rip deeply through her own organisation to uncover a. Strictly speaking modesty isnt one of hampsons lost characters, in the sense she was. Jim holdaway was born in 1927 in barnes common, london. The black pearl has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Modesty blaise is a freelance spy for the british sis. In 1962, odonnell was asked by the strip cartoon editor of beaverbrook newspapers to develop a new character, and modesty blaise was born. Actually, this is a graphic novel containing three comic stories featuring modesty blaise. Jim holdaway is a creator that has work published by titan books. Comic book artists comic artist comic books art ligne claire panel art vintage comics artist at work comic strips illustration. Comic book artists comic artist comic books art ligne claire panel art vintage comics artist at. 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. Under the expert guidance of peter odonnell and jim holdaway, modesty is the ultimate iron fist in the velvet glove. In the vikings, modesty comes to the aid of a former lieutenant in the network who has fallen in with a bad crowd. The head girls, the black pearl, the magnified man by peter odonnell and jim holdaway jan 1, 1983 paperback.
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