# Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew go Manga **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 20, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301 "2005-04-20T20:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/1 "2005-04-20T20:21:47Z")
[url=“[http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew\_x.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew_x.htm)”]They have an image for the girls from Nancy Drew. Apparently they’re early bloomers (or not considering they’re in their 70s or 80s now). I wonder what the boys will look like. > [@](#): > > Longtime fans will hardly recognize their old favorites. The Hardy Boys have the wide-eyed look of traditional manga characters. So do Nancy Drew and friends Bess and George, who wear form-fitting clothes, with plenty of cleavage for Bess. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/2 "2005-04-20T20:27:03Z")
Can we have a link? ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/3 "2005-04-20T20:30:35Z")
[http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew\_x.htm](http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew_x.htm) Sorry, I meant to include that. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/4 "2005-04-20T20:36:22Z")
[Found one](http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-04-18-nancy-drew_x.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/5 "2005-04-20T20:39:10Z")
Strange, **Homebrew** wasn’t there when I previewed. [Here are some bust shots](http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/girldetective.html). ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/6 "2005-04-20T23:06:31Z")
Bad news: > [@](#): > > The pocket-size Papercutz series is drawn in the style of the popular Japanese comics known as manga. It isn’t really manga, just as american made comic MegaTokyo isn’t manga. Good news: > [@](#): > > On Board, are NBM Founder and President, Terry Nantier and Editor and Chief Jim Salicrup. Rounding out this creative team are writers Scott Lobdell and Stephan Petrucha and artists Lea Hernandez and Sho Murase. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/7 "2005-04-20T23:56:14Z")
> [@Jim Salicrup](#): > > Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon would be proud! It’s pretty easy to be proud when you don’t actually exist. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/8 "2005-04-21T02:48:52Z")
Wow, Bess lost weight! (I’ve read a ton of Nancy Drews to my daughter. Need abashed smiley here.) ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hardy-boys-and-nancy-drew-go-manga/300301/9 "2005-04-21T18:59:46Z")
{Previews images} I’m sorry, this is not “manga style” drawing! In fact it’s pretty damn ugly looking.{Waiting for ultra busty Nancy Drew dressed in sailor suit.}