SPOILER WARNING: This essay contains spoilers pertaining to Inio Asano’s Solanin
Sailor Twain and the Misty Medium
“Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.”—Gunter Grass Most artists know that if they are drawing with charcoal, they might as well throw themselves down an old Victorian era chimney. While it’s a forgiving medium in the sense that even non-artists can achieve a level of mediocrity with charcoal,…