Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre

Boston University, Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, United States

Group art exhibition curated by Joel Christian Gill. Read about it here.

Timberland Regional Library – An Evening with MariNaomi

Seattle Convention Center Summit Bldg. Level 3, Rooms 333-334, Seattle, WA, United States

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 […]

Fantagraphics Bookstore – Seattle Book Launch

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1201 South Vale St., Seattle, WA, United States

Book launch conversation with Megan Kelso, and reception for a Mutha art show curated by Meg Lemke.

Pegasus Shattuck – SF East Bay Book Launch

Pegasus Shattuck 2349 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, CA, United States

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.

Rhode Island School of Design

Rhode Island School of Design 20 Washington Place, Providence, RI, United States

Schoolwide lecture

Litquake’s The Epicenter: MariNaomi with Grace Loh Prasad

Hotel Emblem 562 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA, United States

Litquake’s Epicenter featured MariNaomi’s graphic memoir, I Thought You Loved Me, a multimedia exploration of the expectations of friendship, the unreliability of memory, and the struggle to let go. I Thought […]

Libelula Books – San Diego Book Launch

Libélula Books & Co 950 S 26th St, San Diego, CA, United States

MariNaomi performed a visual reading and talk a bit about their book, followed by Q&A and a signing.

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) special guest

Broadway Armory 5917 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States

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 […]

Queer Comics Expo

San Lorenzo Library 395 Paseo Grande, San Lorenzo, CA, United States

Banned Books Panel featuring MariNaomi, AJ Sass, and Katryn Bury