Standard
The full illustrated book — softcover.
This edition
- Up to 100 moments
- 37 pages
- Softcover
- Premium colour paper
- Add a hardcover or extras at checkout
For a son, daughter, sister, brother, niece, cousin, aunt or uncle — turn your shared story into a custom comic keepsake. Personal, funny, and kept for years. From $49.
No payment to start · 5 minutes of setup · Pay only if you love it
My son!
Looking for the most personal gifts for adult children and siblings? Gather your best photos — and moments from friends and family — and we’ll turn them into a printed comic-style book they’ll keep forever.
Drop in real photos — we illustrate the best moments into a printed recap book.
Send one custom invite. Friends and family upload from their phones; every moment lands in the same shared grid.
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Scan or share — no app download needed
Photos arriving…
Friends drop moments into a shared album. We illustrate the best ones into a comic-style gifts for son.
Photos pouring in…
Cover title The Year in Review
A keepsake book
Six steps and about five minutes of your time — we handle the writing, art, and printing.
A few questions, names, and photos. No writing needed.
Share one link — friends and family upload photos and stories from their phones. No accounts.
The best moments become comic panels with captions. You steer the tone — tender to full roast.
See every page before paying a cent — the whole book, cover to cover.
Love it? Confirm your order and we print your book.
Decide if you want to receive it to your address or directly to the birthday boy's! We ship worldwide.
Celebrate who they’ve become with a comic of your shared story — a gift for a son or daughter that means more than anything off a list.
Roast the childhood chaos and celebrate the bond. The sister or brother gift that wins the family group chat.
Become the favorite aunt with a fun, personal comic starring your niece — niece gifts from an auntie that actually wow.
Same seven questions, asked of each one. We lose two of them.
Compare The Great Recap against
The Great Recap
from $69
A comic book built from your real photos.
Standard photo book
$40–95
Your phone photos, laid out with captions.
Custom name storybook
$40–95
Their name dropped into a ready-made plot.
Experience gift
$80–250
Dinner or tickets. A great night out.
In your favour. Written from your story
Not really. Same layout as everyone's
Partly. Their name, stock artwork
Not really. Anyone can book the same night
In your favour. Drawn as comic panels from real ones
In your favour. Straight off your phone
Not really. Illustrations only
Not really. No photos involved
In your favour. One share link collects their photos
Partly. Only if they email you photos first
Not really. Just you and a form
Not really. Hard to include distant family
In your favour. Free preview of the whole book
In your favour. You build the layout yourself
Partly. Cover mock-up only
Not really. You book it blind
In your favour. Hardcover on the shelf
In your favour. Hardcover on the shelf
In your favour. Hardcover on the shelf
Not really. Gone by the next morning
Partly. About 25 minutes
Not really. An hour or two of dragging photos
In your favour. A name and a checkout
In your favour. Book it and you're done
Partly. Digital same day, print in ~5 days
Partly. Print in about a week
Partly. Print in about a week
In your favour. The moment you book
"Made one for my sister’s big move. The childhood roast panels had the whole family crying laughing."
"I’m officially the favorite auntie now. My niece carries her comic everywhere."
"Welcomed my daughter-in-law with a book of our family story. She said it made her feel truly part of us."
Comes in 3 editions — Standard, Premium, or Deluxe.
The full illustrated book — softcover.
This edition
Hardcover, heavier paper, bonus chapters included.
This edition
A dedication page they’ll keep.
This edition
$0.60 per additional moment. One photo uploaded = one moment
Preview is free. Extra copies 25% off. Ships in about 5 days.
Any family member — a son, daughter, sister, brother, niece, cousin, aunt, uncle or daughter-in-law. You choose whose story it tells and the tone, from funny roast to heartfelt tribute.
Share your shared memories, inside jokes and a few photos. We turn them into illustrated comic panels with captions — unmistakably about the two of you.
Yes — additional copies of the same recap are 25% off, great for siblings or a whole family.
No. Five minutes of questions and photos is enough — we handle the rest, and you can edit any line before ordering.
Digital is ready the same day; printed books ship in about 5 business days, with rush delivery available.
Then you don’t pay — the first panels are free to preview. You approve a proof before we print.
Standard includes 100 moments, Premium 120, and Deluxe 150. One photo uploaded equals one moment. Extra moments are $0.60 each if you keep every photo in the book — or you can stay at the included count with no extra charge.