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ladyvyola ([personal profile] ladyvyola) wrote2010-05-04 02:17 pm

RIP Peter O'Donnell

Peter O'Donnell, creator of Modesty Blaise, dies at age 90

O'Donnell and his artist collaborators brought a great deal of fun and joy into my life, giving me a heroine rich in personality and flaws, with a deep backstory and a fabulous present any pulp protagonist would envy. And then he gave her Willie Garvin, the best accessory any girl has ever had.

Rest in peace.

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Oh, dear. This Yuletide, I wrote Modesty Blaise fic. Yuletide 2007 I wrote A Knight's Tale fic. I refuse to look closer to see if there are any other weirdly coincidental deaths along the way since 2003.
copracat: Modesty Blaise from the comic La Machine (princess)

[personal profile] copracat 2010-05-04 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, no.

I couldn't say thank you better than you have.
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[personal profile] nagasvoice 2010-05-12 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
One of my writer buddies pointed me to Modesty Blaise as being work with a hero similar to mine, in spite of the gender differences, and part of it was simply the working relationship between Modesty and Willie.