MariNaomi

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) special guest
2023-06-03 - 2023-06-04 | 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 (Tender Stories).

Libelula Books – San Diego Book Launch
2023-05-26 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Libélula Books & Co, 950 S 26th St, San Diego, CA, 92113, United States
MariNaomi performed a visual reading and talk a bit about their book, followed by Q&A and a signing.

Litquake’s The Epicenter: MariNaomi with Grace Loh Prasad
2023-05-12 | 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 You Loved Me sifts through a meditative ghost story of sorts, taking the form of a scrapbook-esque investigation into why a close friendship from the cartoonist’s youth abruptly ended. Mari and Jodie meet in high school in the 80’s. Both are bisexual outsiders, and each troubled in their own way. A 14-year friendship follows. Boyfriends come and go. When Jodie ghosts Mari in 2001, Mari is haunted. Years later, they search social media and their own journals for clues. Though some questions are answered, Mari is equally mystified by their own youthful insecurities and relationships. All this is told through a captivating collage of cartoons, photos, and text, resulting in an all too human portrait of a relationship.

Grace Loh Prasad was born in Taiwan and raised in New Jersey and Hong Kong before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Grace received her MFA in Creative Writing from Mills College and is an alumna of Tin House and VONA. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Longreads, The Offing, Artsy, Hyperallergic, Catapult, Jellyfish Review, KHÔRA, and elsewhere. Grace is a member of The Writers Grotto and Seventeen Syllables, an AAPI writers collective. Her memoir manuscript is entitled The Translator’s Daughter.

Rhode Island School of Design
2023-04-03 - 2023-04-04 | Rhode Island School of Design, 20 Washington Place, Providence, RI, United States
Schoolwide lecture

Riffraff Bookstore – Providence Book Launch
2023-04-02 | Riffraff Bookstore and Bar, 60 Valley St. #107A, Providence, RI, United States

Pegasus Shattuck – SF East Bay Book Launch
2023-03-23 19:00 (Europe/Madrid) | 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.

Fantagraphics Bookstore – Seattle Book Launch
2023-03-11 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 South Vale St., Seattle, WA, 98108, United States
Book launch conversation with Megan Kelso, and reception for a Mutha art show curated by Meg Lemke.

Timberland Regional Library – An Evening with MariNaomi
2023-03-10 | 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 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.

Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby
2023-03-08 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Olympia Public Library, 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, 98501, United States
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.

Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby
2023-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Silver Sprocket, 1018 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
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.

Skylight Books – Los Angeles Book Launch with Megan Kelso
2023-02-26 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Skylight Books, 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
Book launch for MariNaomi’s I Thought You Loved Me and Megan Kelso’s Who Will Make the Pancakes?

University of Iowa Mellon Sawyer Racial Reckoning in Comics
2023-02-10 - 2023-02-11 | Iowa City Public Library, 123 South Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 52240, United States
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.

San Francisco State University Comics Studies Panel
2023-02-08 | MA
Education and banned comics panel, featuring comics authors Joel Christian Gill, Maia Kobabe, and MariNaomi, and Joe Schmidt of the NYC Department of Education.
Watch the video here

Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre
2023-01-19 - 2023-03-24 | 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.

Art in the Panel
2022-12-01 - 2023-02-17 | Artopia Gallery Creative World Art Center, 524 S. 1st Ave., Arcadia, CA, United States
Exhibiting artists: Dustin Garcia, Joan Reilly, Jules Rivera, and MariNaomi
