Everyone has a story about them. Now they have the book.
Every family has one: the grandmother whose kitchen fed the street, the grandfather who could fix anything with a length of wire. A comic book turns the things they have always done into the powers that save their town. Their real face on the cover, drawn from a photo you send. The grandchildren in the panels beside them.
A gift for grandparents should say we were listening.
The stories you have heard a hundred times
The trattoria near the port. The winter the roof came off. The thing they always say at the door. In a comic those are not old stories, they are the plot, and the whole town depends on the person who lived them.
Three generations on one page
Add photos of the grandchildren, your parents, the dog, and they are drawn into the story around them. Grandma stays the hero. The rest of the family shows up as the crew she has been running all along.
Made to be read aloud
26 pages and 50+ panels, written and drawn for one person, checked by a person before it is sent. A high-resolution PDF within 24 hours, ready to print at home or at a copy shop, so it can sit on the shelf next to the albums.
What arrives in your inbox.
- A 26-page comic: cover, dedication, 22 story pages, epilogue, back cover
- Grandma or grandpa drawn from their own photos, in their own town, with the family around them
- A high-resolution PDF, ready to print or to send, within 24 hours
The Table That Tells - Dawn on the quay: Nonna Rosa and the anchovy crate, DA ROSA on the sign, in watercolor
The Table That Tells - The spoon handover: a grandmother's kitchen in Naples, passed to the next cook
Story ideas - steal one, or tell us yours.
The kitchen that fed the street
Forty years, one stove, no written recipe. When the town's big dinner falls apart, she does what she has always done: feeds everyone and tells them the truth.
The garden is the weather station
He knows rain is coming before the forecast does. The night the river rises, the whole street finds out why he was always in the garden at five in the morning.
The back road
She taught three generations to drive on the same road. Now the road is the only way out of town, and only she knows every bend.
The shop everyone still calls by their name
They sold the shop years ago. The sign is still theirs. When the new owners lose the keys to the whole town, the old owners know where everything is.
The quiet fixer
Every broken toy, bike and bad day in the family went to grandpa, and he never told the parents. A story about the man who fixes things quietly, told at last.
What to put in the form.
The thing they always say
The line at the door, the warning about coats, the phrase the whole family now uses. Quote it exactly. It goes in a bubble.
Their real places
The kitchen, the allotment, the workshop, the church, the shop. Name the town and the street. Real places are drawn in.
A photo of them as they look now
Two or three clear photos of their face in daylight. Add one photo of each grandchild you want drawn beside them, and say who is who.
Who the book is from
Say it is from the grandchildren, and the dedication page carries their words, in their names. If you want a tender book or a funny one, say that too.
Comics we have made for grandparents and the families around them.
Easier than getting them to sit still for a photo.
Tell us about them
A short form and a few photos. Their personality, your occasion, the details only you would know.
We build their comic
An original story with them at the center - their real face on the cover, their city as the setting. A person checks every page before it ships.
Give the gift
A high-res PDF in your inbox - typically the same day, always within 24 hours. Print it, wrap it, or send it.
A full comic book, not a strip with their name in it.
- Length
- 26 pages: cover, dedication, 22 story pages, epilogue, back cover. Not a strip, not a poster.
- Panels
- More than 50 individually composed panels, each one drawn for this story.
- Likeness
- Drawn from the recipient's own photos - real face, real hair, real glasses, real dog.
- Setting
- Their city, with its real landmarks, as the world of the book.
- Story
- Written from scratch from what you tell us. No template plot, no name swapped into a stock script.
- Review
- A person reads every page before it goes out.
- Speed
- Typically the same day, always within 24 hours.
One gift. One price. Theirs forever.
- A complete, original 26-page comic - 22 story pages
- 50+ individually composed panels
- Their real face on the cover and every page
- Their city as the setting, their story as the plot
- Six visual styles to choose from
- A person checks every page before delivery
- One free revision, no questions asked
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Before you start.
Can grandma be the hero and the grandchildren be in it too?
Yes. She is the hero. Add photos of a few grandchildren and they are drawn beside her, faces recognizable, as the crew she has been running all along. A grandfather works the same way. A pet can join too, drawn from a photo.
Can it be a book about a grandparent we have lost?
Yes. Choose Memorial as the occasion in the form and tell us what you want kept. The story is set in their life at its best: their kitchen, their town, the things they were known for. The writer keeps to what you tell us, and a person reads every page before it is sent.
How fast is it?
Most comics are delivered the same day you order, and always within 24 hours. You get a high-resolution PDF by email, sized for printing at home or at any print shop.
What do you need from me?
Two or three clear photos of the person, a few details about them, and the occasion. The form takes a few minutes. The more specific the details, the more the story feels like them.
What if something is off?
Every comic includes one free revision, and there is a 14-day refund window. A person reviews every page before it is sent.
Is it really 26 pages?
Yes: a cover, a dedication page, 22 story pages, an epilogue and a back cover, with more than 50 individually composed panels. It is a full comic book, not a strip or a poster.
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They started the family. Make them the hero.
Their face on the cover. The grandchildren in the panels. A book that gets read aloud at the table and kept on the shelf next to the albums.
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