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. Modesty blaise soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. The complete series list for modesty blaise titan graphic novels peter odonnell. Daphne alexander will be voicing the character in a story that sees blaise and her partner facing up to simon delicta and swordmaster wenczel, in an adventure that takes them from london to panama and on to the sahara.
Modesty also has a willie garvin, who himself has a shady past. The strip follows modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick willie garvin. Quentin tarantino had been interested in bringing the character to the screen for a series of films, but the idea languished. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards eleven novels and two. It took a rare potential and twentyodd years of hard conditioning to do that. Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Willie garvin is a multitalented cockney former street kid who became modestys trusted righthand man and followed her. Not the newspaper strips, comics, or graphic novels. The modesty blaise character was created in 1963 and appeared in her first novel in 1965, appropriately titled modesty blaise. Peter odonnell, modesty blaise it was a lesson for me of, literally, not judging a book by its cover. The world of modesty blaise is a cats cradle of action and plot. The film, based on the eponymous character of a longrunning british comic strip, is of the so bad its. A good way to get in touch with modesty fans from around the world would be to join the modesty blaise online fan club. A modesty blaise adventure with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
Some of the newspapers that carried the series, feeling that it had become a tradition for their readers, began running it again from the beginning. 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. Modesty blaise monica vitti, 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 1966 movie based on peter odonnells creation, modesty blaise, was made anyway, with monica vetti and terence stamp.
Modesty blaise, modesty blaise series by peter odonnell. Modesty blaise and peter odonnell and the last great adventure strip is an. From titan books 20042017, which collects all modesty blaise comic strips. Modesty blaise story strips series by peter odonnell goodreads. She was drawn by a series of different artists, but odonnell wrote all the stories. Modesty blaise 14 works search for books with subject modesty blaise. A fanvideo for the film my name is modesty set to a great within temptation song. I have derived the material in this guide solely from the books, not from the newspaper strips. Sabre tooth modesty blaise and willie garvin, book 2 by peter odonnell book cover, description, publication history.
Sir gerald tarrant tempts modesty out of retirement and into a job involving a. Sabre tooth modesty blaise and willie garvin, book 2 by peter o. Modesty blaise monica vitti, 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. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Below is a list of peter odonnells modesty blaise books in order of when they were originally published which is also their chronological order. See more ideas about comic art, pulp fiction art and pulp fiction. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Fans of the picture are going to love it when the main title pops up, all those thin yellow. 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 legendary modesty blaise first appeared in a bestselling series of novels in may 1965, and we are now celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. Modesty blaise titan graphic novels series in order. I learned of modesty blaise when reading the psychology of the girl with the dragon tatoo by robin s. The second book in the modesty blaise and willie garvin series a novel by peter odonnell.
Modesty blaise is a heroine for our time the atlantic. In the mid1990s, dc comics published a oneshot modesty blaise graphic novel based upon the novel. The kl studio classics bluray of modesty blaise corrects the weaknesses of the old fox dvd from 2002 colors are strong, the image is stable, and the audio is free of distortion. Rosenberg who mentions stieg larson was a big fan of the modesty books. 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. Quentin tarantino joined the filming as an executive producer. Hired by british intelligence, can modesty blaise and willie garvin foil a spectacular diamond heist. After a decade of producing stories for hemen like garth and tug transom while also writing romantic fiction for female readers, odonnell had started. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of my name is modesty. 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.
The modesty blaise cartoon strip had been running in the london evening standard newspaper for several years. The film is based on the early years of the character modesty blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent. My name is modesty is a 2004 american action film directed by scott spiegel. New haven sda temple brooklyn, ny recommended for you. 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. Filming took place in bucharest, romania and lasted 18 days. A modesty blaise adventure 2003 despite toiling as a sexy spy, the comicstrip character modesty blaise never quite caught on in america. It seemed to take 2 more decades before someone said how about putting on screen the modesty blaise we all know and love that was written by her creator peter odonnell. 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. There is some continuity between the books and they are best read in the order below.
Dramatisation of the novel modesty blaise a taste for death. A modesty blaise adventure mar 06, 2009 a small oddity action drama with what appears to have originated out of eastern europe. Omnibus editions of adventures of modesty blaise, an exceptional young woman originally created in a comic strip by peter odonnell in 1963. After director scott spiegel filmed from dusk till dawn 2 in 1999, producer harvey weinstein asked spiegel to direct my name is modesty. 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. This comic strip follows the life of modesty blaise, whos a remarkable young woman whos very talented but has a criminal history. From babylon to america, the prophecy movie by school for prophets attila kakarott duration. Modesty blaise screenshots, images and pictures comic vine.
This concordance presents a guide to people, places and things in the thirteen modesty blaise books 11 novels and 2 short story collections written by peter odonnell. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in. Abandoned by her parents, modesty blaise is raised by a casino owner who trains her to fight. 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. Publishing history this is a chart to show the publishing history of editions of works about this subject. 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 1960s crimefighting icon modesty blaise is making her return as this december bbc radio 4 will be serialising the peter odonnell novel a taste for death. See more goofs when modesty opens to the first page of lobs copy of morte darthur, the text is in english, as it should be. Modesty blaise first appeared in a cartoon strip in 1963, and was a permanent presence in british newspapers until 2001, largely unaltered in style.
She is expert in martial arts and a variety of weapons. For those of you who saw my previous post youll know that the 1966 classic camp film, modesty blaise, was shown in the early morning hours on amc. The modesty blaise series was a great action series, featuring the title character and her assistant, willie garvin. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from modesty blaise at the discogs marketplace. Evan jones screenplay, peter odonnell comic strip stars. The film was produced pro forma for miramax films to maintain rights to the source material, the modesty blaise comic strip. Peter odonnell peter odonnell, who died on may 3 aged 90, was the creator of modesty blaise, the female adventurer whose exploits were chronicled in. Modesty blaise in the beginning peter odonnel duration. 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 and peter odonnell and the last great.
Modesty blaise is a british comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created. Modesty is a tough, brilliant and beautiful woman along the lines of the avengers mrs. Order in the next 35 hours 1 minutes and get it by thursday. Sabretooth modesty blaise series paperback august 14, 2003. The original attributed the description of the modesty blaise film as a comedy of the. This movie takes place in 2003 and in the comic modesty was born around the year 1938. When a group of violent criminals assassinate her surrogate father and enter the casino shooting staff. Sabretooth modesty blaise series by peter odonnell august 14, 2003.
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