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
July 27-29, 2023
TBA, 2023
Henderson’s Writer’s Group
Dime Grinds author meet and greet. Details TBA
June 3-4, 2023
May 26, 2023
Libelula Books – San Diego Book Launch
Details TBA
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
Details TBA
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 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