6/21/2023 0 Comments Modesty Blaise by Peter O'DonnellThere were 11 novels in all, plus two volumes of short stories, the final one appearing as late as 1996. Thereafter, O’Donnell continued to write the comic strip and novels in parallel. But O’Donnell was also commissioned to write a novelisation of the movie – in this he stuck closer to the original spirit of the strip and the book was successful. Among other things it changed the chaste relationship between Modesty and her side-kick Willie which gives the stories their oddly dignified and principled tone – a change which helped contribute to the movie’s lack of success. O’Donnell was paid to write the initial screenplay but the final version was substantially rewritten by many hands. In 1965 a movie adaptation of the strip went into production, starring starred Monica Vitti as Modesty, Terence Stamp as Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogarde as Gabriel. Over succeeding decades several other artists would draw the strip but O’Donnell was always the writer. It was conceived and written by Peter O’Donnell who chose to collaborate with artist Jim Holdaway, who he’d already worked with on the strip Romeo Brown. The Modesty Blaise comic strip first appeared in The Evening Standard in May 1963. Her mind was a carefully controlled instrument, rejecting all considerations except those which were or could be vital – and to these it was infinitely sensitive.
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