Fan Sites & Communities
Reader-led sites, close reading and conversations around Modesty’s world.
A selected reading room beyond this archive: reader-led sites, independent projects, criticism and publication guides. Each entry explains what you will find and the language used.
Articles & Special Projects
Interviews, research projects and perspectives worth exploring.
Bibliographies & Collecting
Publication indexes, collected editions and specialist publishers.
Fan Sites & Communities
John Higgins — Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin
A personal reference devoted to the prose: character interests, skills, languages, music and a bibliography. Particularly useful for following details across the books.
Bear Alley — Steve Holland
Enter through Holland’s discussion of The Lady Killers, including the collection’s regional-strip extras, then explore his wider writing on British comics.
Articles & Special Projects
Fumettomania — Special Project Modesty Blaise
A substantial series of articles, interviews and art history, including the 1973 O’Donnell interview, Hampson and Williamson tryouts, and radio adaptations. Individual articles retain their named authors.
Crime Time — Girl Walking
O’Donnell recalls a wartime encounter and explains how it helped him imagine Modesty’s childhood. Published on 29 June 2002.
The Comics Journal — R.C. Harvey
Harvey’s 2015 essay considers the adventure strip and the enduring relationship between Modesty and Willie. A personal critical perspective, with substantial discussion of the characters.
The Lost Characters of Frank Hampson
Hampson’s surviving Modesty samples are placed beside Holdaway’s published versions. The accompanying interpretation is Alastair Crompton’s; the samples are not a separate published daily series.
Artistic Licence Renewed — The Spy Fantasy
David Craggs places Modesty among the adventure writers who followed Fleming. A lively, opinion-led comparison, useful for context rather than as a definitive publication checklist.
Bibliographies & Collecting
ComicWiki — Modesty Blaise
A broad entry with newspaper stories, characters and editions in several countries. A useful starting point for tracking a title or reprint, with edition details to follow up.
Titan Books — Modesty Blaise collections
Titan’s anniversary feature links to its collected editions and product records. Use the archive’s Collections & Covers shelf to follow the stories within the books.
Modestyblaise.no
A Norwegian publishing project presenting restored, chronological Modesty Blaise albums. This is a publisher’s shop, with information about its own editions.
Selection reviewed 4 November 2026. External sites maintain their own content; descriptions identify the kind of resource rather than endorse every claim. Publisher and shop links are labelled as such.