Shit is real #[nn]

Aisha Franz's Shit Is Real arrives via Belgian publisher L'employé du Moi with a cover that perfectly sets the tone: a wide-eyed, slightly dazed face peers out from dense, shadowy foliage, looking equal parts lost and startled. The bold yellow title lettering crashing down over the leaves gives the whole image a raw, urgent energy that feels both funny and quietly unsettling. If you're drawn to comics that wear their anxiety on their sleeve, this 2017 release looks like exactly that kind of honest, searching work.