IMAGE
Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991 :Modesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell, drawn by Neville Colvin. 1 November 1983
- Date
- 1983
- By
- Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991
- Reference
- B-184-002
- Description
In three frames Modesty Blaise and a smarmy Italian journalist named Guido Biganzoli watch through binoculars a duel in the grounds of Count Orlando Smythe's palazzo - they see the count run the man through with his sword. This strip (5544) appears in the 17th volume of comic strip reprints, Modesty Blaise: Death in Slow Motion (Titan Books) 2010. While they're airborne, the two happen upon a terrorist convention at a palazzo pretending to house the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Customs. The owner of the estate, Anglo-Italian Count Orlando Smythe, proves to be an obsessive madman in the grand tradition. Hes managed to turn his passion for 17th century Europe into a cover to bring in terrorists from Bader-Meinhoff, Red Brigade, IRA, and elsewhere all pretending to be creative anachronism types interested in dressing up in period costume. From the air, Modesty and Guido witness the sword slaying of an Italian undercover agent, an act our heroine cant ignore.
Modesty Blaise is a serialized newspaper strip that ran from 1963 to 2001. Colvin drew the strip from 1978 to 1986.
Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).
Physical Description: Ink on paper 180 x 505 mm
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- 1 original cartoon(s), Works of art, Cartoons (Commentary), Ink on paper 180 x 505 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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