tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83798184552167414052024-03-07T00:28:51.134-08:00Modesty Blaise NewsAll things Modesty Blaise-related.Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-55731724420473118202018-04-05T12:45:00.001-07:002018-04-05T12:45:20.770-07:00Daphne Alexander as Modesty Blaise: Photo shoot<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Daphne Alexander, the actress who voiced Modesty Blaise in the recent <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dn2gl" target="_blank">BBC radio plays</a>, poses as Modesty in these photos on her website: <a href="http://www.daphnealexander.com/tag/radio/">http://www.daphnealexander.com/tag/radio/</a><br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-62989534390249488312018-04-05T12:40:00.000-07:002018-04-05T12:40:54.875-07:00Atlantic article<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A new personal memoir article about Modesty in The Atlantic: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/modesty-blaise-caitlin-flanagan/550916/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/modesty-blaise-caitlin-flanagan/550916/</a><br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-38109001673961339832016-11-02T15:23:00.001-07:002016-11-02T15:23:29.572-07:00Romero drawings for Anthony Nolan at Comic Con<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Below is a photo of the Romero drawing that was created for the Anthony Nolan charity, and the booth where the drawing was displayed. (You can click the images to enlarge.)<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-6767406506134975082016-10-27T14:52:00.001-07:002016-10-27T15:13:44.772-07:00Silver Mistress Radio Play<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The BBC is producing another Modesty Blaise radio play! An adaptation of The Silver Mistress will air in February 2017. The play is being produced by the same team that created the previous BBC radio plays. The cast list is as follows:<br /><br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-75737123384384411162016-10-24T11:49:00.000-07:002016-10-24T11:49:05.829-07:00Romero illustration at London Comic-Con<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This news from the estate of Peter O'Donnell:<br /><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The London Comic Con takes place at the end of next week. The Anthony Nolan cancer charity has taken a stall at Comic Con, and are going to run an illustration competition for budding comic artists. The aim is to get youngsters to sign up to the stem cell register as potential donors - a worthy cause.</span><br style="color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">We commissioned Romero to create the image</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> of a new superhero-type character and to do a picture of him with Modesty. We are donating a limited edition print of the picture as the prize.<br />We only found out about this a couple of weeks ago so it has been a bit of a rush to get everything in place. Romero was brilliant - we went from description to proof to final in three days.<br />We think Anthony Nolan are planning to display the framed print on their stall. The draft handouts and stall wording that they sent us mention Modesty.<br />Any Modesty fans going to the London Comic Con might be interested to see it.</span><br /><br />
<a href="http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/" target="_blank">Comic Con</a> runs from Oct 28-30, 2016 at the London Royal Victoria dock<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-2559552931966875372015-02-20T17:11:00.002-08:002015-02-20T17:11:37.730-08:00Modesty Anniversaries<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Published in 1965, the first in the series of Modesty novels and short story collections was a novelisation of a screenplay that Peter O'Donnell wrote based upon the
character, and the novel ended up being published a year before the film was released. The filmed
version of the screenplay bore little resemblance to O'Donnell's
original; the one happy outcome of the 1966 Joseph Losey-directed (travesty of a) film was that it was the seed that germinated the novels! Previously ignored by those who did not read comics, Modesty became accessible to a wider audience.<br />
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There are some additional anniversaries this year, too:<br />
April marks 11 years since Titan Books started their latest reprint series, with no signs of stopping. And January 2015 was the 30th anniversary of the start of Titan's first set of reprint volumes.<br />
Next year will mark the 35th anniversary of the start of the Ken Pierce First American Series reprints.<br />
Anniversaries galore!<br />
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<i>Thanks to AF-H for the reminder!</i></div>
Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-56591299228231797052014-10-27T09:25:00.002-07:002014-10-27T09:25:17.952-07:00Modesty Blaise in Tamil Comics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a two-year hiatus, Modesty Blaise is coming back to Tamil Comics.</div>
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The publisher, Muthu Comics, has made an official announcement on their <a href="http://lion-muthucomics.blogspot.in/2014/09/blog-post_30.html" target="_blank">website</a> (of course, you have to be fluent in Tamil to read it).</div>
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The title on the cover below (Maranathin Mutham) can be loosely translated as Kiss of Death.</div>
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<i>thanks to King Viswa for the update!</i></div>
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-54973766504495253882014-07-31T14:55:00.002-07:002014-07-31T15:10:11.892-07:00The Seekers.... They sought to copy!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi everyone, I'm sharing this email from one of the Modesty Blaise fan group members as this is a fascinating bit of trivia: a comic strip called "The Seekers" that was clearly a Modesty Blaise rip-off. Read on...<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Another interesting hit on Google. This may be old news, but as I¹ve never </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">seen this magazine mentioned here before, I thought I¹d bring it to the </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gang¹s attention. From 1971 to sometime around 1978 it seems there was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">something called the Menomonee Falls Gazette which was a weekly tabloid that </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">reprinted comic strips from various sources. If you check out the cover scan </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">gallery at Comic Vine you¹ll see some issues featured Modesty Blaise. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Unfortunately there appears to be no index of the issues at </span><a href="http://www.comicvine.com/menomonee-falls-gazette-194-the-seekers/4000-359799/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">Comic Vine</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Now, while scanning the gallery I <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/menomonee-falls-gazette-194-the-seekers/4000-359799/" target="_blank">spotted this</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's a reprint of a UK comic strip called The Seekers. Does the art look </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">familiar? It definitely jumped out at me! </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">That led me to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seekers_%28comics%29" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Apparently, The Seekers was a UK strip that <b>John M Burns</b>, one of the MB artists, drew. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">And according to that article, it bears a few similarities to MB. Anyone ever </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">see this one?</span><br />
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There's a partial online archive of the strip <a href="http://www.thrillmer.com/archives/seekers/index.php" target="_blank">on thrillmer.com</a>.<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I just looked at a few at random and if Peter O¹Donnell didn't share words </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">with somebody about this I¹d be very surprised! I know artists have their </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">own style and so characters often look similar, but still...!</span>
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-70704941325350356772014-06-02T16:21:00.002-07:002014-06-02T16:24:33.761-07:00Countdown to Modesty: the cast: Willie Garvin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Neil Maskell will play the role of Willie Garvin in the<a href="http://modestyblaisenews.blogspot.ca/2014/05/another-bbc-radio-play.html"> upcoming BBC radio production of Modesty Blaise</a>.<br />
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Maskell has appeared in several populist dramas such as 'Casualty' and 'Soldier Soldier'. In 2011, he was nominated as Best Actor by the British Independent Film Awards for his role in the British movie 'Kill List'<br />
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You can read more about him on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556453/" target="_blank">IMDb</a>.<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-66540846774279456562014-05-30T11:39:00.000-07:002014-06-02T16:13:58.216-07:00Another BBC Radio Play!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Fantastic news... the BBC will be producing another Modesty Blaise radio play, this time based on the first novel.<br />
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The play is again adaped by Stef Penney and produced by Kate McAll. Daphne Alexander will reprise the role of Modesty. (full cast list below). The play was recorded in the BBC's Cardiff studios last week, with Daphne in
the role of Modesty. The broadcast is scheduled for the five days of the week of 16 June.<br />
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<b>Cast List:</b><br />
Modesty Blaise - Daphne Alexander<br />
Willie Garvin - Neil Maskell<br />
Paul - John Hollingworth<br />
Nicole - Hannah McPake <br />
McWhirter - Alex Ferns<br />
Sir Gerald - Alun Armstrong<br />
Grant - Matthew Gravelle<br />
Gabriel - Ewan Bailey<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-71327975409892751742014-03-10T15:43:00.003-07:002014-03-10T15:43:48.492-07:00Modesty Blaise Facebook Page<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello everyone... Modesty Blaise fans now have a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/modesty.fans/" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>... come join us!<br />
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This blog is still active, but as the Facebook page makes discussion easier, most of the chat is happening over there.</div>
Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-2483734496491630472013-06-19T11:32:00.000-07:002013-06-19T11:32:16.224-07:00CD cover for radio play<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One Modesty fan designed this great CD cover for the recent BBC radio play of A Taste for Death. Download and enjoy!<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-56237878421578633272013-05-13T15:31:00.003-07:002013-05-13T15:32:40.751-07:00Happy 50th birthday Modesty!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Today is the 50th anniversary of the birth of Modesty Blaise. <br />
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The first strip made its appearance in the Evening Standard on May 13, 1963. Below are two sets of strips from the first story, "La Machine" (click them to enlarge).<br />
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It's too bad Peter O'Donnell isn't around to celebrate this day... although it's good to know that his creation still lives on.<br />
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You can read more about Modesty Blaise on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> or <a href="http://modestyblaisebooks.com/" target="_blank">The Modesty Blaise Book Covers</a>.<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-44036474669804804422013-01-30T11:50:00.001-08:002013-01-30T11:50:39.833-08:00Modesty Blaise Swedish DVD Cover<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The 1966 Modesty Blaise film has a brand new cover for the Swedish DVD edition. I'm surprised they even made a DVD of this film, given how most Modesty fans loathe this film!<br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New Swedish DVD cover - not Monica Vitti!</td></tr>
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More surprising is the fact that the model on the front cover is NOT the actress in the film! Monica Vitti is shown on the back cover, but not the front. This seems to go with the 'misleading' theme, where the covers do make the film look quite good... IMO this is going to lead to many disappointed viewers! I think it would make more sense to stay with the original cover, which is at least somewhat in keeping with the spirit of the film.<br /><br />
Interesting that the English DVD advertizes the film as a "spy spoof" (which the film was not <i>intended</i> to be) and plays up the "comic touches" (many of which also weren't intended). At least it doesn't mislead! - although I'm still surprised this film ever made it to DVD.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New English DVD cover: "A spy spoof loaded with comic touches"</td></tr>
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-87422749556920769972012-12-05T09:06:00.000-08:002012-12-24T09:52:12.363-08:00A Taste for Death BBC Radio Play: All the News to Date<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For those who haven’t read the previous posts, here is all the news to date on the Radio 4 production of <b>A Taste for Death</b>.<br />
<span style="color: #660000;">Note: all new information will be updated in this post; scroll to the bottom for updates. </span><br />
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The brand-new dramatisation of Peter O'Donnell's fourth Modesty Blaise novel will be broadcast on the Radio 4 "15 Minute Drama" slot over the five weekdays of the week before Christmas, 17–21 December. The episodes will be available online as they are broadcast, and for up to a week afterwards.<br />
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The script has been written by bestselling crime author Stef Penney (author of ‘The Tenderness of Wolves’). The music was composed specially for the programme by Will Gregory, and has been recorded by the National Orchestra of Wales.<br />
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Stef Penney's adaptation has to fit the time available for the broadcasts, which means that some things have had to be cut and others handled in a different way. However, the production is in good hands: Stef has been a devoted fan of Peter O’Donnell's work for many years, and Kate McAll, the BBC Executive Producer who is handling the production, is one of the most respected producers in radio drama. They have worked together on other literary dramatisations.<br />
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<b>CAST LIST</b><br />
Modesty Blaise: Daphne Alexander<br />
Willie Garvin: Carl Prekopp <br />
Sir Gerald Tarrant: Alun Armstrong<br />
Steve Collier: Geoffrey Streatfeild<br />
Dinah Pilgrim: Samantha Dakin<br />
McWhirter: Alex Ferns<br />
Delicata: Sam Dale<br />
Sir Harold Presteign: Nigel Anthony<br />
Skeet: Jeff Mash<br />
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<td style="text-align: center;">Daphne Alexander as Modesty Blaise</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Carl Prekopp as Willie Garvin</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Alun Armstrong as Sir Gerald Tarrant</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Geoffrey Streatfield as Steven Collier</td>
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<td style="text-align: center;">Sam Dale <br />
as Delicata</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Nigel Anthony <br />
as Presteign</td>
<td style="text-align: center;">Jeff Mash <br />
as Skeet</td>
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<span style="color: #660000;">NEW:</span> Daphne Alexander was on BBC Radio London today (December 11), on the Robert Elms show. You can listen to the program on the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0118xp1/Robert_Elms_With_Whose_London__Rab_Bennetts_and_Daphne_Alexander/" target="_blank">BBC iplayer</a> (fast forward to 2:35.35 for the interview).<br />
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Also, the BBC website now has some <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012gc6l" target="_blank">promotional videos</a> for the radio play:<br />
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Stef Penney will be doing a live interview on Woman's Hour on the first day of
the broadcasts, 17 December. Woman's Hour is immediately before the 15
Minute Drama slot, 10 - 10.45am London time<br />
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<b>EPISODES</b><br />
Go to the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/radio/bbc_radio_four" target="_blank">Radio 4 iPlayer schedule</a>, or follow the links below to access the episodes:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p9l4s/15_Minute_Drama_Modesty_Blaise_A_Taste_for_Death_Episode_1/" target="_blank">Episode 1</a>: Monday December 17</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pc3h2/15_Minute_Drama_Modesty_Blaise_A_Taste_for_Death_Episode_2/" target="_blank">Episode 2</a>: Tuesday December 18 </li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pc2kr" target="_blank">Episode 3</a>: Wednesday December 19</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pcs5n/15_Minute_Drama_Modesty_Blaise_A_Taste_for_Death_Episode_4/" target="_blank">Episode 4</a>: Thursday December 20</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pcvl0" target="_blank">Episode 5</a>: Friday December 21</li>
<li><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pfb33" target="_blank">Omnibus Edition</a> (all episodes): Sunday December 23 </li>
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-43090439519553939562012-12-01T16:39:00.003-08:002012-12-02T10:22:48.628-08:00A Taste for Death: Press release from Souvenir Press<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
(which sounds a bit better than 'Souvenir Press Press Release')<br />
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Souvenir Press will be reprinting A Taste for Death to tie in with the radio play. You can view their press release <a href="http://www.modestyblaisebooks.com/images/news/SouvenirPressRelease.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>, and below is the Modesty Blaise page from their catalogue (click image to enlarge).<br />
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Unfortunately, it looks like not all of the Modesty Blaise books are being reprinted; two are still out of print.<br />
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Unbelievably, the 2001 paperback reprint of The Impossible Virgin is selling for as much as US$298 on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0285636146/ref=tmm_pap_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&qid=1354407881&sr=1-12">Amazon.com</a>! (I've paid less than that for first edition vintage paperbacks!) I'm not sure why Souvenir Press isn't reprinting the entire series.<br />
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But on the plus side... 16 days until the radio play airs!<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-66321144822735261802012-11-23T09:59:00.000-08:002012-11-23T09:59:05.772-08:00A Taste for Death: BBC Announcement<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The BBC has finally announced the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2012/51/modesty_blaise.html" target="_blank">A Taste for Death radio play</a>, with an almost-full cast list (noticeably absent: McWhirter). <br />
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The cast list:<br />
Modest Blaise - Daphne Alexander<br />
Willie Garvin - Carl Prekopp<br />
Sir Gerald Tarrant - Alun Armstrong<br />
Simon Delicata - Sam Dale<br />
Steve Collier - Geoffrey Streatfeild<br />
Dinah Pilgrim - Samantha Dakin<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-25107308412071152022012-11-22T12:20:00.001-08:002012-11-22T12:23:18.186-08:00More “A Taste for Death” News: Willie Garvin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This just in: the role of Willie Garvin will be played by… <a href="http://www.castingcallpro.com/uk/view.php?uid=48067" target="_blank">Carl Prekopp</a>.
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-46771190661056469792012-11-15T12:48:00.001-08:002012-11-15T12:48:30.184-08:00Update on A Taste for Death Radio Play<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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More news about the BBC radio production of <i><b>A Taste for Death</b></i>...<br />
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The dramatisation will be broadcast on the Radio 4 “15 Minute Drama” slot over the five weekdays of the week before Christmas, 17–21 December. The episodes will be available online as they are broadcast, and for up to a week afterwards.<br />
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The music was composed specially for the programme by Will Gregory, and has been recorded by the National Orchestra of Wales.<br />
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There was a question in from a Modesty fan who wanted to know how the play will be fit into five 15-minute slots; below is the answer.<br />
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Stef Penney's adaptation has to fit the time available for the broadcasts, which means some things have had to be cut and others handled in a different way. However, things are in good hands: Stef has been a devoted fan of Peter O’Donnell's work for many years, and Kate McAll, the BBC Executive Producer who is handling the production, is one of the most respected producers in radio drama. They have worked together on other literary dramatisations.<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-6872949654699423662012-10-21T18:30:00.000-07:002012-10-21T18:30:34.736-07:00John Burns originals for sale<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Book Palace has three Modesty Blaise originals by John Burns for sale. The first two are unused art that was produced for Dead Man's Handle and The Xanadu Talisman (both 13x17 oil on card):<br />
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...and the third is the original art produced for the Titan Books reprint of the Modesty Blaise story 'Warlords of Phoenix'.<br />
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You can view (or buy!) these on <a href="http://www.bookpalace.com/acatalog/Modesty_Blaise_J_M_Burns.html" target="_blank">The Book Palace</a> website.<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-60232222439704319882012-10-17T22:13:00.002-07:002012-10-19T14:47:01.391-07:00New BBC Radio Play of A Taste for Death<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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BIG news, everyone... the BBC is producing a radio play of the Modesty Blaise novel <b>A Taste for Death</b>. The play will be serialised on Radio 4 in December (yes, this year!)<br />
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The script has been written by bestselling crime author Stef Penney (author of ‘The Tenderness of Wolves’), and Daphne Alexander has been confirmed for the part of Modesty Blaise.<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-55257238283930360222012-09-25T10:26:00.003-07:002012-09-25T10:27:30.638-07:00Missing Strip from The Wicked Gnomes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hello everyone - this site's been quiet for a while as I've been busy with other projects, but here's an unusual gem for you: a missing strip! A faithful MB fan noticed that strip 3194 was missing from the Titan print of The Wicked Gnomes. The strip was very kindly sent in by another Modesty fan, so here it is:<br />
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Thanks to the fan who sent this in!<br />
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Modesty Blaisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09061412104628711091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379818455216741405.post-70354997126865237802012-04-22T17:45:00.002-07:002012-04-22T17:47:55.793-07:00New Loopy Dave Cover - Those About to Die<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Another gorgeous cover by Loopy Dave for Agent X9 magazine, for the Modesty Blaise story <i>Those About to Die</i>:<br /><br />
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Amazing perspective on this one!<br />
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You can check out more at <a href="http://loopydave.deviantart.com/art/Modesty-Those-about-to-die-297579692" target="_blank">Deviant Art</a>.<br />
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This treasure came to me from John Henley, a magician who once commissioned Jim Holdaway to illustrate a puzzle for him.<br />
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"<span style="color: #660000;">Back in the 1960s/1970s, I owned and ran a magic shop in London, England, and was a keen follower of the Modesty Blaise cartoons, not just for the stories but also the style of artwork. When I was going to update a puzzle that we were going to reissue, I contacted Jim Holdaway to see if he would illustrate it, and was delighted when he agreed to come to my magic shop to discuss it. He was a nice guy, and occasionally I spoke to his wife too, but she had a nickname which escapes me... I think it was ‘Chip’. Anyway, after a long, long wait (artists always seem to be under the gun for their work), Jim provided me with the artwork, from which we had the plates made. If you check the picture, you will see Jim's signature and the 1969 copyright — not long before he died.</span><br />
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</div><div style="color: #660000;">There are three parts that make up the full picture which relates to a puzzle called The Vanishing Lady. I was always appreciative of Jim's effort to produce this puzzle, and his artwork was first rate (I still have the original drawings).</div><div style="color: #660000;"><br />
</div><span style="color: #660000;">The puzzle is, in fact, extremely clever, and Jim worked from an old-fashioned model that I used to sell in the early 1960s. There are three pieces of card: one long and two short. The two short pieces, when placed side by side, are the same length as the long piece. The three pieces are assembled with the long strip at the bottom and the two shorter pieces on top. With the pieces thus assembled, you see pictures of 15 pin-up girls. If you swap the positions of the two short pieces, the picture size is the same as before, but now you can see only 14 girls. </span><b style="color: #660000;">One has disappeared. Which one, and where did she go?</b>"<br />
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You can enlarge the images below to see the puzzle in the two different formats: one with 15 girls, one with 14.<br />
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<a href="http://http//www.john-henley.com/" target="_blank">John Henley</a> is the international copyright holder of the illustrated puzzle; many thanks to him for sharing his story, as well as this beautiful Holdaway artwork that most of the world has never before seen! <br />
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Thanks, Wayne, for sharing this gem! <br />
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