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Jim Holdaway (1927 - 1970)
Born in Barnes, London, Jim Holdaway became a freelance illustrator in 1950, working for publishers such as Odhams and Farrington Press. He worked on all types of artwork, adverts, cartoons, book illustrations and covers. His first full length stories were for Gallant Detective in 1952, and then went on to strips for Comic Cuts, and Swift. His first newspaper strip was Romeo Brown in the Daily Mirror. Sadly none of the original art for this strip has survived. This association with Peter O'Donnell led to the creation of Modesty Blaise which he drew from 1963 until his untimely death in 1970.

We have been selling art to collectors for over 20 years, and the most regularly requested art has been Jim Holdaway's Modesty Blaise, written by Peter O'Donnell. At last, we have an exclusive arrangement to offer for sale a limited selection of his fabulous pen and ink artwork. We also have Modesty Blaise original signed artwork by Romero, John M Burns, Patrick Wright and Modesty Blaise newspaper strip reprints and novels!

These Modesty Blaise strips are shown in date order of publication.

We have recently added (AUGUST 2007) approx 20 more Modesty Blaise originals by Jim Holdaway, including some early pieces.

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1427 (Original)
(Ref: Holdaway1427)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1967

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Jericho Capers', the 12th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Saturday 12th February 1967.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £225.00 ($337.50) (€247,50)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1539 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1539)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 150mm)

Date: 1968

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'Bad Suki', the 13th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Monday 15th April 1968.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £250.00 ($375.00) (€275,00)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1639 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1639)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 150mm)

Date: 1968

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Galley Slaves', the 14th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Friday 20th September 1968.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £250.00 ($375.00) (€275,00)

Modesty Blaise daily strip #1706 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1706)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 7" (500mm x 180mm)

Date: 1968

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: Original art for the daily strip Modesty Blaise published Saturday 7th December 1968 in the London Evening Standard. Taken from the 15th story "The Red Gryphon". Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation.

Our Price: £110.00 ($165.00) (€121,00)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1723 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1723)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1968

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Red Gryphon', the 15th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Tuesday 31st December 1968.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £275.00 ($412.50) (€302,50)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1724 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1724)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1969

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Red Gryphon', the 15th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Wednesday 1 January 1969.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £250.00 ($375.00) (€275,00)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1783 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1783)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1969

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Red Gryphon', the 15th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Monday 10th March 1969.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £250.00 ($375.00) (€275,00)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #1790 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway1790)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1969

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'The Red Gryphon', the 15th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Tuesday 18th March 1969.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £275.00 ($412.50) (€302,50)

Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise daily strip #2074 (Original) (Signed)
(Ref: Holdaway2074)

Artist: Jim Holdaway

Medium: Pen & Ink on Board

Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 160mm)

Date: 1970

Signature: Signed by Artist

Description: This is the original art used for an episode of 'TheWarlords of Phoenix', the 18th Modesty Blaise adventure, and appeared in the London Evening Standard on Monday 6th February 1970.

Modesty Blaise was Peter O'Donnell's most famous literary creation and has appeared in many popular novels and newspaper strips for nearly 40 years.

Our Price: £275.00 ($412.50) (€302,50)

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