Events
Upcoming/Current Events
August 12 to November 10, 2024
Artists: Eddie Ahn, Rina Ayuyang, Tessa Hulls, MariNaomi, and Thien Pham
Long Distance Relationship presents five graphic novel and memoir creators working in a range of styles and techniques to explore their deeply personal and complicated relationships with history, culture, family, and community. As part of the Asian American diaspora, these artists share similar experiences of fissure between the past and present that are both unique and universal.
Curated by Glori Simmons and Jenifer Wofford
Opening reception August 22, 2024, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
August 24 to September 8, 2024
Art Exhibit: Dino Show: A Prehistory Themed Exhibition
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s embroidery “Teacup Dinosaur”
September 1, 2024
Signing at the Fieldmouse Press table, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
October 14, 2024
Imaike Library Club reading and presentation
Details TK (limited to 15 attendees)
October 30, 2024
November 6, 2024
UCSD visit
Details TK
November 7, 2024
Chaffey College visit
Details TK
Past Events
August 3 to 18, 2024
Art Exhibit: Creatures of Flight Show
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collage, “Smooth-Billed Ani in a Tropical Storm”
July 30, 2024
VanCaf Q&A
Virtual class visit
July 13 to 28, 2024
Art Exhibit: Plants & Flowers Show
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collages, “Bee Chill” and “Gingko”
June 22 to July 7, 2024
Art Exhibit: Fruits and Veggies Show
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collage, “Charmed, I’m sure”
June 16, 2024
Interview with MariNaomi and other Giant Robot artists (click above link to see the interview)
May 29 to June 1, 2024
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collage, “Capybara Onsen”
April 13 to 28, 2024
Art Exhibit: Land and Sea Show
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collage, “Sea of Love”
March 2 to 17, 2024
Group art show featuring MariNaomi’s mixed-media collage, “Daikon Doggos”
March 3 to 16, 2024
JoCo Cruise
MariNaomi was a featured guest and performer on JoCo Cruise, where they performed a reading, spoke on a panel with John Hodgman and Mara Wilson (moderated by John Scalzi), and performed some very bad karaoke onstage with folks who actually knew how to sing.
February 18, 2024
SF Queer Comics Festival
“Graphic Content” panel moderated by Justin Hall
October 7, 2023
Litquake
“Right to Read” Banned Book Panel
With Jasmine Stirling, Sarah and Ian Hoffman
September 17, 2023
Book Passage reading with Julia Wertz
Julia and Mari read from their respective books: Impossible People and I Thought You Loved Me.
September 9-10, 2023
Small Press Expo featured guest
Saturday, Sept. 9, 4pm to 5pm – White Oak Room
Panel with Justin Hall and Rob Kirby
Sunday, Sept. 1, 1:30pm to 2:30pm – White Oak Room
Panel: “Sub-genres of Memoir” with Paul Gravett, Eddy Campbell, Kayla Greet, and Beth Trembley
September 8, 2023
People’s Book with Keith Knight
7 p.m. Author’s talk with celebrated cartoonist Keith Knight. Free, in-person event. RSVP here.
September 3, 2023
San Francisco Zine Fest
MariNaomi signed books at the Fieldmouse Press table from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
August 10, 2023
You Are Going to Die Presents: Death of a Relationship
An open mic event, the communal offering for us to creatively explore our relationship losses — the death of friendships, partnerships, familial estrangements, ghosting, missing persons — to grieve, bereave, berate, or honor who we’ve lost and might have loved…to MAYBE find some healing and at least remember we’re not alone.
Hosted by Ned Buskirk and featuring MariNaomi
August 6, 2023
Henderson’s Writer’s Group
Dime Grinds author meet and greet.
July 29, 2023
June 21, 2023
SF Pride Panel
A Pride panel featuring Laura Gao, MariNaomi, and Baruch Porras-Hernandez, moderated by Paula Farmer.
June 17, 2023
Queer Comics Expo
Banned Books Panel featuring MariNaomi, AJ Sass, and Katryn Bury
June 3-4, 2023
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) special guest
Let’s Get Mushy! Romance Comics Explored panel
A discussion exploring different perspectives on romance comics, featuring Molly Mendoza (The Worst), MariNaomi (I Thought You Loved Me), and Grace Allison Perkins (Tender Stories).
May 26, 2023
Libelula Books – San Diego Book Launch
6 p.m. MariNaomi performed a visual reading and talk a bit about their book, followed by Q&A and a signing.
May 12, 2023
Litquake’s The Epicenter: MariNaomi with Grace Loh Prasad
April 3-4, 2023
Rhode Island School of Design
Schoolwide lecture on April 3, 6:30 pm. Class visits on April 3 and 4.
April 2, 2023
Riffraff Bookstore – Providence Book Launch
March 30, 2023
Bigger Boat Visiting Writers’ Series – An Evening with MariNaomi
6:30 p.m. MariNaomi read from their book I Thought You Loved Me, and spoke with Michael Fournier about the book, followed by a Q&A.
March 29 to July 23, 2023
Pegasus Shattuck – SF East Bay Book Launch
7 p.m.: Double book launch and visual reading. MariNaomi (I Thought You Loved Me) and Tessa Brunton (Notes from a Sick Bed) read from their respective graphic memoirs and were conversation about their work.
March 23, 2023
Pegasus Shattuck – SF East Bay Book Launch
7 p.m.: It’s a double feature! Please join us for this exciting double book launch and visual reading. MariNaomi (I Thought You Loved Me) and Tessa Brunton (Notes from a Sick Bed) will read from their respective graphic memoirs and be in conversation about their work.
March 11, 2023
Fantagraphics Bookstore – Seattle Book Launch
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Book launch conversation with Megan Kelso, and reception for a Mutha art show curated by Meg Lemke.
March 10, 2023
Timberland Regional Library – An Evening with MariNaomi
Olympia book launch of MariNaomi’s newest graphic memoir, I Thought You Loved Me, a collage-comics memoir about queer friendship and the unreliability of memory. The evening consisted of a reading with visuals by MariNaomi, followed by a moderated conversation with the author and Frank Hussey of Danger Room Comics, and then a short Q&A and book signing.
March 8, 2023
Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Book launch for MariNaomi’s I Thought You Loved Me and Rob Kirby’s Marry Me a Little. Mari and their comics hero and friend Rob were in conversation about their queer graphic memoirs.
March 4, 2023
Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Book launch for MariNaomi’s I Thought You Loved Me and Rob Kirby’s Marry Me a Little. Mari and their comics hero and friend Rob will be in conversation about their queer graphic memoirs.
February 26, 2023
Skylight Books – Los Angeles Book Launch with Megan Kelso
5 p.m.: Book launch for MariNaomi’s I Thought You Loved Me and Megan Kelso’s Who Will Make the Pancakes?
February 10-11, 2023
University of Iowa Mellon Sawyer Racial Reckoning in Comics
Friday, Feb. 10, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.: MariNaomi “How to Become an Overnight Success in Twenty Years” introduced by Rachel Williams
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: MariNaomi and Joe Sacco signing at Prairie Lights Bookstore
Saturday, Feb. 11, 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Panel discussion: Joe Sacco and MariNaomi moderated by Esther Claudio.
February 8, 2023
San Francisco State University Comics Studies Panel
Education and banned comics panel, featuring comics authors Joel Christian Gill, Maia Kobabe, and MariNaomi, and Joe Schmidt of the NYC Department of Education.
January 19-March 24, 2023
Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre
Group art exhibition curated by Joel Christian Gill. Read about it here.
December 1, 2022 to February 17, 2023
Art in the Panel
Exhibiting artists: Dustin Garcia, Joan Reilly, Jules Rivera, and MariNaomi