5.11.09

Thursday Comic


Solanin - Inio Asano

Solanin is the story of a group of disaffected twenty-somethings muddling through life and practising for a band that never goes anywhere. Although they're always messing around, there's also an ever-present tension between their childhood dreams and the drudgery of adult life - something that's brought into stark relief when tragedy strikes.

This is hardly untrodden territory, but Asano has a keen eye for realism in his scripting and artwork, and his characters are both flawed and likeable. Above all what Asano gave this book that I loved was a real sense of place and ambience. I feel like I know what it would be like to hang out with these characters - although I suppose a big part of it might well be that I'm a twenty-something myself, also struggling to figure out how to mix the things you want to do and the things you need to...

4 comments:

Zhoen said...

We re-tell the same stories over and over again, with each generation finding their own version.

The art looks lovely.

Michelle said...

I haven't figured out how to mix those things together yet. Not quite.

Tinker said...

Some of us are still trying to figure out how to balance those things at fifty-something...

Lovely artwork.

Geosomin said...

I still haven't figured out the mix either...:)