Saturday, July 08, 2006
Modesty Blaise
One of the characters that may have been influenced by Honey West was Modesty Blaise. Created by Peter O'Donnell in 1962, Modesty Blaise was a comic strip rather than a comic book and was essential reading first thing in the morning for every spotty teenage boy like myself in the 1960s!
You can find out more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise
As well as the comic strips, there have been novels and movies. The first starred the beautiful Monica Vitti but was a little too European for most British tastes. Too later movies were both poorly constructed and she deserves better. Quentin Tarantino has expressed an interest in the character and so has Nicole Kidman, so provided Quentin moves quickly (Nicole is now 40+), this could be something special.
You can find out more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesty_Blaise
As well as the comic strips, there have been novels and movies. The first starred the beautiful Monica Vitti but was a little too European for most British tastes. Too later movies were both poorly constructed and she deserves better. Quentin Tarantino has expressed an interest in the character and so has Nicole Kidman, so provided Quentin moves quickly (Nicole is now 40+), this could be something special.
