Events

November 4, 2023
Panels in Action
10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: 3rd annual “Panels in Action,” a half-day event with authors and illustrators of graphic novels, comics, and manga. Details TBA
September 9-10, 2023
MariNaomi will be a special guest at SPX. Panels and signing times at the Fieldmouse Press table TBA.
September 3, 2023
San Francisco Zine Fest
MariNaomi will be signing books at the Fieldmouse Press table from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
August 6, 2023
Henderson’s Writer’s Group
Dime Grinds author meet and greet. Details TBA
July 27-29, 2023
June 21, 2023
SF Pride Event
At 5:30 p.m., MariNaomi will be on a Book Passage panel in regards to queer, banned books.
June 17, 2023
Queer Comics Expo
MariNaomi will be on the following panel:
12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. Banned Books Panel featuring MariNaomi, AJ Sass, and Katryn Bury
June 3-4, 2023
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
MariNaomi will be a special guest at CAKE! Look for them at the Fieldmouse Press table on Saturday 2-4 and Sunday 3:15 to 5.
On Sunday 2-3, MariNaomi will be on the following panel:
Let’s Get Mushy! Romance Comics Explored
Join us for a discussion exploring different perspectives on romance comics, featuring Molly Mendoza (The Worst), MariNaomi (I Thought You Loved Me), Wendy Xu (Tidesong), and Grace Allison Perkins (Tender Stories). Moderated by Sage Coffey (PANEL ROOM)
May 26, 2023
Libelula Books – San Diego Book Launch
6 p.m. MariNaomi will perform 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
Register here (free/$10-15 suggested donation)
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 will read from their new book I Thought You Loved Me, and talk with Michael Fournier about the book, followed by a Q&A.
March 29 to July 23, 2023
Perdona, estoy hablando (group art exhibit)
CentroCentro te invita el próximo 28 de marzo, a las 19:00 h, a la inauguración de la exposición Perdona, estoy hablando, una aproximación enciclopédica al cómic autobiográfico hecho por mujeres, comisariada por Tevi de la Torre, Teresa Ferreiro Peleteiro y Roberta Vázquez.
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
AWP
9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. panel: Comics are the Future: Transformative Storytelling through Sequential Art, with Dr. Charles Johnson, Dr. Jose Alaniz, Megan Kelso, MariNaomi, moderated by Meg Lemke
March 8, 2023
Timberland Regional Library – An Evening with MariNaomi
Join us for the 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 will consist 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. This event will occur after business hours and no other library services will be available.
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