University of Iowa Mellon Sawyer Racial Reckoning in Comics

Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn St., Iowa City, IA, 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.

Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby

Silver Sprocket 1018 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, 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.

Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby

Olympia Public Library 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA, 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.

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 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.

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 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 […]