With Émile Bravo, Reprodukt welcomes one of the most important contemporary comic authors in Europe to its program. Like few others, he combines modern storytelling and relevant content with a timeless-classic drawing style. His comics, such as "Portrait of a Hero as a Young Fool" or "My Mother is in America and Met Buffalo Bill," are characterized by their appeal to readers of all ages. "The Forgotten Garden" now brings together Émile Bravo's comics for an explicitly adult audience for the first time. In it, he criticizes racism, globalization, and the Middle East conflict, parodies "Gaston" or "Spirou," and delights with a spirit of experimentation that always serves the story. Clever, political, and deeply darkly humorous, his short comics are a celebration for all those who have not lost faith in the subversive power of comics.