Shit Is Real #[nn]

Aisha Franz's Shit Is Real announces itself with striking visual confidence — a cracked, purple-tinted face peers wide-eyed through shadowy teal foliage against a deep black background, radiating unease and raw vulnerability in equal measure. Published by Reprodukt in 2016, this graphic work sees Franz handling every line and ink herself, and that total authorial control shows in the cover's moody, unsettling atmosphere. If you're drawn to comics that wear their emotional honesty right on the surface, this one is hard to look away from.