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In The Beginning: Comprising La Machine And The Long Lever
Great condition for age
- GenresComics
150 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1978
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About the author
Peter O'Donnell
373 books116 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Peter O'Donnell also wrote as Madeleine Brent.
http://www.cs.umu.se/~kenth/modesty.html
is an excellent resource on this author.
To help keep the novels and the adventure strip collections separate, here's some info about the Modesty Blaise works.
In 1963, O'Donnell began his 38-year run as writer of the Modesty Blaise adventure story strip, which appeared six days a week in English and Scottish newspapers. He retired the strip in 2001.
Each strip story took 18-20 weeks to complete. Several publishers over the years have attempted to collect these stories in large softcovers. Titan Publishing is currently in the process of bringing them all out in large-format softcover, with 2-3 stories in each books. These are called "graphic novels" in the Goodreads title.
Meanwhile, during those 38 years, O'Donnell also wrote 13 books about Modesty Blaise: 11 novels and 2 short story/novella collections. These stories are not related to the strip stories; they are not novelizations of strip stories. They are entirely new, though the characters and "lives" are the same. These have been labeled "series #0".
There is a large article on Peter O'Donnell on Wikipedia, with a complete bibliography.
Peter O'Donnell also wrote as Madeleine Brent.
http://www.cs.umu.se/~kenth/modesty.html
is an excellent resource on this author.
To help keep the novels and the adventure strip collections separate, here's some info about the Modesty Blaise works.
In 1963, O'Donnell began his 38-year run as writer of the Modesty Blaise adventure story strip, which appeared six days a week in English and Scottish newspapers. He retired the strip in 2001.
Each strip story took 18-20 weeks to complete. Several publishers over the years have attempted to collect these stories in large softcovers. Titan Publishing is currently in the process of bringing them all out in large-format softcover, with 2-3 stories in each books. These are called "graphic novels" in the Goodreads title.
Meanwhile, during those 38 years, O'Donnell also wrote 13 books about Modesty Blaise: 11 novels and 2 short story/novella collections. These stories are not related to the strip stories; they are not novelizations of strip stories. They are entirely new, though the characters and "lives" are the same. These have been labeled "series #0".
There is a large article on Peter O'Donnell on Wikipedia, with a complete bibliography.
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August 31, 2017
This comic book consists of two episodes: La Machine and the Long Lever.
La Machine is fantastic and special covering the story of Modesty's childhood and rise. It chronicles how a six year old girl can escape the Nazis, survive in refuge camps, and become a criminal mastermind.
The action starts when the beautiful and deadly Modesty, now retired and bored, gets recruited by the British inteligence to destroy an assassin network called La Machine. Her ultra-cool sidecick Willie Garvin follows her every step of the way.
One of my favorite episodes. Enjoy!
La Machine is fantastic and special covering the story of Modesty's childhood and rise. It chronicles how a six year old girl can escape the Nazis, survive in refuge camps, and become a criminal mastermind.
The action starts when the beautiful and deadly Modesty, now retired and bored, gets recruited by the British inteligence to destroy an assassin network called La Machine. Her ultra-cool sidecick Willie Garvin follows her every step of the way.
One of my favorite episodes. Enjoy!
September 23, 2021
Da ragazzo guardai il film di Losey e lo trovai un personaggio divertente. So di qualche altro film realizzato negli anni, ma non so davvero molto di più.
Insomma: un personaggio storico, affascinante, che fa parte dei titoli miliari del fumetto, ma di cui sapevo poco più di nulla.
Queste prime due avventure hanno aperto un mondo :)
Nulla a che fare con Monica Vitti e Dirk Bogarde, Modesty è un personaggio drammatico e avventuroso quanto basta per appassionare sia nei dialoghi che nei disegni (questi ultimi davvero affascinanti).
Una lettura da proseguire senza alcun dubbio.
Insomma: un personaggio storico, affascinante, che fa parte dei titoli miliari del fumetto, ma di cui sapevo poco più di nulla.
Queste prime due avventure hanno aperto un mondo :)
Nulla a che fare con Monica Vitti e Dirk Bogarde, Modesty è un personaggio drammatico e avventuroso quanto basta per appassionare sia nei dialoghi che nei disegni (questi ultimi davvero affascinanti).
Una lettura da proseguire senza alcun dubbio.
April 15, 2022
Younger readers go for it! Superior art and stories compared to today's comics.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews