Modesty Blaise strip 2239 - Modesty Readies for a Siege (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Enric Badia Romero
Medium: Ink on Acid-free Paper
Size: 20" x 6" (500mm x 165mm)
Date: 1970
Signature: Signed by artist in first panel
Code: RomeroMB2239

This is the Signed unique original Ink drawing by Enric Badia Romero.

A splendid Modesty Blaise strip painted by Romero for a daily instalment of 'Willie The Djinn', the first Blaise story written by Peter O'Donnell especially for him to illustrate.

The strip shows Modesty and Willie Garvin preparing for a siege.

The strip is signed in the first panel and has the printed version of the newspaper strip affixed to the reverse.

• Artist Biography
  Enric Badia Romero (born 1930; Spain)
  The celebrated Spanish artist launched the comic Alex in 1953 and in 1970 took over the illustration of Modesty Blaise, the long running syndicated newspaper strip of Peter O'Donnell's adventurous sexy heroine, for longer than any other artist. He is also famous for his full colour and pen and ink illustrations of the scantily clad heroine Axa.