Retirement gifts

Forty years of service. One epic final issue.

Better than a card with 30 signatures and a gift voucher. A personalized retirement comic book starring your colleague as the hero of their own career. A leaving gift the whole team can sign. From $19.90.

Why a comic works as a retirement gift

  • The career as an adventure arc

    The impossible deadline, the legendary spreadsheet, the client from hell — the war stories become the plot.

  • A leaving gift from the whole team

    One person orders, everyone recognises the in-jokes. It gets passed around the office before it gets handed over.

  • Better than a plaque

    Nobody re-reads a plaque.

How it works

  • Spill the beans

    Their job, their hobbies, the thing they say every morning. Every detail becomes plot, or you can write the plot yourself.

  • Add one photo

    One clear, front-facing photo. That face becomes a comic hero who is unmistakably them, on every page rather than just the cover.

  • Watch the reveal

    The cover and the complete first page are drawn free, in about two minutes. The rest of the story stays a surprise.

  • Gift it

    The digital PDF lands within the hour. Printed editions arrive in about three weeks: roughly a week in production, then a couple of weeks in the post.

Editions and prices

  • Digital — $19.90

    The finished comic as a high-resolution PDF, ready within about an hour of ordering. Nothing ships, so it works at 9pm the night before.

  • Standard Print — $39.90

    A 20-page saddle-stitched comic printed at comic-shop quality, with the digital PDF included. Free shipping to the US, Canada and Australia.

  • Deluxe Print — $59.90

    32 pages and 70+ panels, perfect-bound, with the digital PDF included. Free shipping to the US, Canada and Australia.

Other occasions

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