Chad Burdette
Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner was in New York Comic Con promoting his graphic novel Replay: Memoir of an Uprooted Family.
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In this interview with Michner we talk about Replay, Prince of Persia’s 35th anniversary, and the upcoming English release of his modern retelling of Monte Cristo.
REPLAY: MEMOIR OF AN UPROOTED FAMILY
In 1941, a ten-year-old boy named Franzi Mechner narrowly escaped Nazi-occupied Europe and settled in North America. Nearly five decades later, his son Jordan created Prince of Persia for the Apple II. The renowned game developer explores the unexpected links in these and other family stories in an intergenerational graphic novel that traces his family’s journey through war, Nazi occupation, and everyday marital strife.
Available now from Macmillan / First Second Books.
MONTE CRISTO
Sam Castillo, an innocent American contractor framed for terrorism in the war on Iraq, endures 15 years in a secret offshore prison. He returns with a new identity as enigmatic billionaire Victor Sirin, determined to wreak vengeance on the three powerful men who destroyed his life — only to face an unexpected new opponent who threatens to awaken his frozen heart. Dumas’ timeless epic of love, revenge, and redemption is reconceived in a fresh, exciting graphic novel update written by Jordan Mechner and illustrated by Mario Alberti.
Coming in November from Magnetic Press.
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