Meine Mutter ist in Amerika und hat Buffalo Bill getroffen

Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo, with translation by Kai Wilksen, created this single-issue German graphic novel for Carlsen Comics in 2009. The story follows a young boy in 1970s France whose mother is absent, prompting him to piece together her life through letters and his own vivid imagination. Bravo’s warm, expressive art and Regnaud’s tender script capture a child’s perspective on family secrets and the distance between reality and fantasy. It stands as a poignant, self-contained European work that quietly resonates with anyone who has ever filled in the blanks of a parent’s story.