Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family

In Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family, video game designer and cartoonist Jordan Mechner (creator of Prince of Persia) turns his pen to his own family history, weaving a graphic memoir that traces the displacement and resilience of his Jewish ancestors across generations. Published by First Second and launched in 2024, this ongoing series blends personal recollection with archival research, using Mechner’s clean, expressive linework to explore themes of identity, migration, and memory. It matters as a deeply intimate work from a celebrated storyteller, expanding the language of comics to document a family’s journey through upheaval.