James Bond (comic strip) To wit, Fleming wrote: Regardless, Fleming later agreed, and to aid the "Daily Express" in illustrating James Bond, Fleming commissioned an artist to sketch whom he believed James Bond to look like. The assigned illustrator, John McLusky, however, felt that Fleming's 007 appeared too "outdated" and "pre-war", and thus changed James Bond to a more rugged and masculine appearance. The first strip, "Casino Royale", was published in 1958. The story was adapted by Anthony Hern, who previously had serialised "Diamonds Are Forever" and "From Russia with Love" for the "Daily Express". The majority of the early comic strips were adapted
Jill Bennett (British actress) "The Nanny" (1965), "The Skull" (1965), "Inadmissible Evidence" (1968), "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1968), "Julius Caesar" (1970), "I Want What I Want" (1972), "Mister Quilp" (1975), "Full Circle" (1977) and "Britannia Hospital" (1982). She also appeared in the Bond film "For Your Eyes Only" (1981), "Lady Jane" (1986) and "Hawks" (1988). Her final film performance was in "The Sheltering Sky" (1990). She made forays into television, such as roles in "Play for Today" ("Country", 1981), with Wendy Hiller, and as the colourful Lady Grace Fanner in John Mortimer's adaptation of his own novel, "Paradise Postponed" (1985). Among several