This is an attempt to translate Modesty Blaise daily strips in Bengali (details already given in this fb group post) and it's always best to start from the origin story - titled "La Machine".
There are some famous series where basic setting & explanation of the origin etc were given in the subsequent stories, primarily because creators couldn't fully envisioned the basic set-up when they were scripting the first story.
And then, there are some series where almost every major aspects were explained in the very first story, and then maintained throughout the series with some secondary changes/introductions. Modesty Blaise falls in the second category, and hence reading this origin story is very important to understand the basic theme and mood of the series. Once you have done with this story, it won't matter whether you are going to read the very next story or the 20th story, or even some from the later run!
I will post the whole story in a few parts.
Basic info :
Title : "সঙ্ঘ" (La Machine)
Creators : Peter O'Donnell (author ) and Jim Holdaway (illustrator)
Year of publication : 1963
Total number of strips : 114
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There are some famous series where basic setting & explanation of the origin etc were given in the subsequent stories, primarily because creators couldn't fully envisioned the basic set-up when they were scripting the first story.
And then, there are some series where almost every major aspects were explained in the very first story, and then maintained throughout the series with some secondary changes/introductions. Modesty Blaise falls in the second category, and hence reading this origin story is very important to understand the basic theme and mood of the series. Once you have done with this story, it won't matter whether you are going to read the very next story or the 20th story, or even some from the later run!
I will post the whole story in a few parts.
I love Modesty & Willie's adventures, how J.Holdaway portrayed them and how Mr. Donnell scripted the stories. And every time I read them, I wished these strips were available in Bengali.
I do hope you will like this version.
--------------------------Basic info :
Title : "সঙ্ঘ" (La Machine)
Creators : Peter O'Donnell (author ) and Jim Holdaway (illustrator)
Year of publication : 1963
Total number of strips : 114
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