Alte Zachen

Alte Zachen, a 2022 graphic novel from Cicada Books, follows a young girl and her elderly grandmother as they walk through contemporary New York City, their journey punctuated by the grandmother's vivid memories of her Jewish childhood in mid-20th-century Europe. Writer and artist Ziggy Hanaor crafts a tender, intergenerational story that bridges past and present, exploring memory, displacement, and the quiet resilience of family bonds. This single-issue work matters for its gentle, visually rich meditation on how history lives on in the everyday.