Events
Spring 2024
Mission Comics reading with Julia Wertz
Details TBA
October 21, 2023
Oktoberfest Conference
Panel: The Right to Read: Book Banning and Censorship, with Jasmine Stirling, MariNaomi, Sarah Hoffman, and Aida Salazar, moderated by Ian Hoffman
October 7, 2023
Litquake
11 a.m. “Right to Read” Banned Book Panel
With Jasmine Stirling, Sarah and Ian Hoffman, and Aidan Salazar
September 17, 2023
Book Passage reading with Julia Wertz
1 p.m. Julia and Mari will read from their respective books: Impossible People and I Thought You Loved Me, then be in discussion about comics and memoir stuff.
September 9-10, 2023
MariNaomi will be a special guest at SPX. Panels and signing times at the Fieldmouse Press table.
Saturday, Sept. 9, 4pm to 5pm – White Oak Room
Panel with Justin Hall and Rob Kirby
Saturday, Sept. 9, 5:15pm to 7 pm
Mari will sign books at the Fieldmouse Press table
Sunday, Sept. 10, 12:15pm to 1:15pm
Mari will sign books at the Fieldmouse Press table
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 will sign 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)
MariNaomi will be a special guest at CAKE! Look for them at the Fieldmouse Press table 211 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),, 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
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