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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Schoolwide lecture

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 […]

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

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).