I liked this comic for the simple reason that it is heavy (murder and drugs) and light (witty lines and playful flirting) at the same time. They meet up with the Hardy Boys and look for clues.Ī diverse crew (a lesbian couple and several POC) and Nancy’s own smarts are quick to pick up the trail of a killer, and obviously the local police are no help. After arguing with each other for a bit about who didn’t keep in contact with whom, they return to site of their last case, so many years before. Called back to Bayport by a mysterious note, she reunites with some of her old friends. The Palace of Wisdom is an updated version of the classic Drew stories. Sobol, the author of Encyclopedia Brown, and it got me in the mood for young sleuths… The next day I was scrolling through my Hoopla app and came upon this Nancy Drew graphic novel. This is also the first time my mother has been genuinely excited about one of my projects – so that’s extra fun.I just read an article last week about Donald J. And none of that even mentions the fact that she’s a detective and detectives are always my favorite characters with all their sharp senses and tragic origins.

Nancy’s a character that appeals to me on so many levels – she’s smart and sassy, heroic, and determined, but she’s also got some sharp edges that people too smart for their own good often have and I think that makes her really relateable and well…human. She added, 'Nancy Drew is one of the most iconic characters in all of literature so getting a chance to put a modern spin on her for a modern audience was truly exciting. Everyone from my mother to friends of all different ages have this incredible connection to Nancy – and everyone sees her a bit differently.” “One of my absolute favorite things about Nancy,” Thompson told The Mary Sue, “Is the look on people’s faces when you say her name.

RELATED: Charlie’s Angels Is Coming To Comics in 2018 Nancy, the classic master teen mystery-cracker, will be shown in a way you’ve never seen before, by a creative team with a huge respect for the original tales, and what she could mean for a modern audience. There she’ll have to find out which of her friends are still her friends, which are enemies, and who exactly is trying to kill her…and (hopefully) stop them before they succeed. But her totally-in-control-and-obviously-running-perfectly-smooth-(but-not-really) life hits a snag when a mysterious message drags her back to the hometown she left behind. In the new series, Nancy Drew is seventeen and good at everything… especially solving crimes.

Nancy Drew by Kelly Thompson