Art in the Panel
Artopia Gallery Creative World Art Center 524 S. 1st Ave., Arcadia, CA, United StatesExhibiting artists: Dustin Garcia, Joan Reilly, Jules Rivera, and MariNaomi
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Comics is a Medium, Not a Genre
Boston University, Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery 855 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, MA, United StatesGroup art exhibition curated by Joel Christian Gill. Read about it here.
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. Watch the video here
University of Iowa Mellon Sawyer Racial Reckoning in Comics
Iowa City Public Library 123 South Linn St., Iowa City, IA, United StatesFriday, 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.
Skylight Books – Los Angeles Book Launch with Megan Kelso
Skylight Books 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA, United StatesBook launch for MariNaomi’s I Thought You Loved Me and Megan Kelso’s Who Will Make the Pancakes?
Silver Sprocket – San Francisco Book Launch with Rob Kirby
Silver Sprocket 1018 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesBook 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 StatesBook 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 StatesOlympia 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 StatesBook 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 StatesDouble 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.