Neville Maurice Colvin was born in New Zealand in 1918.  He began his career as a cartoonist in 1936 working for the Wellington Evening Post doing political and sports cartoons for a decade.  In 1946, he moved to London and continued his cartooning career, primarily drawing sports and political cartoons for the News Chronicle, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express and Evening Standard until the mid-1950s. He then decided to expand his scope to serialized newspaper strips drawing Ginger & Co.for  Swift Weeklyfrom 1960-62.  He worked briefly with on the James Bond strip from 1976-77. Between 1977 and 1980, Colvin worked on a number of projects, including an aborted Modesty BlaiseSunday strip.

Books by Neville Colvin

Modesty Blaise

by Peter O'Donnell and Neville Colvin

The dark underworld of espionage and crime is lit up by the gorgeous Modesty Blaise — high priestess of pulp crime.

This latest volume features the classic stories The Wild Boar, Kali’s Disciples and The Double Agent — in which the head of French intelligence is kidnapped; Modesty and Willie face a dangerous cult; and Modesty’s double causes all sorts of mayhem!

With introductions and exclusive features that takes the reader behind the scenes on the many aspects of Modesty’s world, this latest stylish collection is absolutely essential.