The Detective Scribbles, No. One, Monsieur H. Poirot

Here is the first drawing in a whole new series of doodles, entitled The Detective Scribbles. Hopefully, every week or so, I will have a new drawing that consists of a new fictional detective. This week is the most famous detective in the world, according to this character's "little gray cells," I am, of course, speaking of Monsieur Hercule Poirot, the brainchild of a very clever woman by the name of Agatha Christie. He was a Sherlock Holmes of a generation that just emerged from the first World War. This fastidious little character with his waxed moustache and seemingly infinite intellect emerged onto the literary scene in 1920 with his first adventure, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (a book that I would recommend for any bookworm who has an interest in crime fiction). Since his first adventure to his swansong in Curtain, Poirot and his fastidiousness that bordered on the obsessive compulsive had solved grand and marvelous crimes that enthralled the world because of his creator, Mrs. Christie.

He is one of my favorite fictional detectives because he's a character to sort of snicker at due his eccentricities such as how he keeps everything neat and tidy, much like his idiosyncratic moustache, and how it is said that even the slightest speck of dust would hurt more than a bullet. This little Belgian detective has had many actors who have tried to portray him on both the silver screen and the stage, but my favorite actor who has portrayed him is possibly the only one that I think could play Poirot to a T: that is the English actor by the name of David Suchet. If you have followed this particular blog with any particular interest, you will remember that I have mentioned a program called Masterpiece Mystery, which is on PBS. You will find that, at least at this present time, there is a new season of the Agatha Christie's Poirot that is currently airing, it's last episode in the season, Hollowe'en Party, is set to air...well...tonight, Sunday, July 3rd. So, to wrap up this quite lengthy post, I would highly recommend reading Christie's little Belgian detective and see his little grey cells at work, or tune into Agatha Christie's Poirot starring the quintessential actor David Suchet, if you are fans of crime fiction, I doubt that you will disappointed. Thanks for enduring the rambling. Keep a sharp eye out for my next post. (Note: I am well aware that the drawing sort of leans over, quite harshly, to one side, I am most sincerely sorry, it is the one of the faults of being right-handed.) Click here to check out this season of Agatha Christie's Poirot and also previous seasons of the program.