Computer games released in Germany

dtp Entertainment AG has released 2 titles from the Her Interactive library in German. #1 is Die Legende des Kristallschädels (Legend of the Crystal Skull) and #2 is Das Phantom von Venedig (Phantom of Venice).

French artist Albert Chazelle

Albert Chazelle was the illustrator for the earliest Nancy Drew books published in France, where the character is called Alice Roy. A sketch made by this artist was recently made public.

Red Gate Farm in Japanese

Just in time for Christmas, the next title in the series (Red Gate Farm) will be issued by Tsogen of Japan. It seems like an overwhelming majority of the cover art (US and foreign) for Red Gate Farm features the white robe clad "cultists" - wish they would come up with another scene to depict!

Two new covers from Sweden

Wahlstroms will be releasing two more Kitty books in March 2010. One is the next title in the Girl Detective series, and the other is a reprint featuring revised art from one of the Classic paperback stories.




Kidnappad! (Girl Detective #16 Dangerous Plays); artwork by Andreas Bennwik






Kitty och mysteriet med de stulna böckerna (#126 The Riddle in the Rare Book); artwork by Andreas Bennwik

Girl Detective books in Norway

The Norwegian publisher has changed its name to Cappelen Damm and appears to only be continuing to publish the Girl Detctive titles (called Nye Frøken Detektiv). In other words, they are no longer republishing the original "Klassiker" titles.

Frøken Detektiv: ledetråd Hawaii (Girl Detective #13 Trade Wind Danger) published 2009, uses Andreas Bennwik artwork from the Wahlstroms (Sweden) edition




Frøken Detektiv: et sant mareritt (Girl Detective #14 Bad Times, Big Crimes) published 2009, uses Andreas Bennwik artwork from the Wahlstroms (Sweden) edition

The Next Girl Detective book in Swedish

Prinsen och målningen (Girl Detective #15 Framed) published by Wahlströms, September 2009. Original artwork by Andreas Bennwik.

Graphic novels in Finland

The first three titles from the Girl Detective Graphic Novels series were released in Finnish in 2007 (shortly after their English counterparts were introduced). I just received copies in today's mail and was happy to add them to my collection.

The books are published by Egmont and duplicate the format of the US versions. They also repeated the "neiti etsivä" nickname started back in the 1950s when the first Nancy Drew books were translated into Finnish. Conveniently, it roughly translates to "miss" or "girl" detective. The only change is that the heroine is called Nancy in the graphic novels, rather than Paula, as she was previously known in Finland.