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MariNaomi is the award-winning author and illustrator of the graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has self-published fifteen zines and counting, including seven issues of Estrus Comics (1998-2009), and her work has appeared in such publications as I Saw You: Comics Inspired by Real Life Missed Connections, Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women and Action Girl Comics. She is a regular contributor to TheRumpus.net (Smoke In Your Eyes), SFBay.CA (Frisco al Fresco) and Tapastic (Said while Talking).

Mari has been exhibiting her artwork since 2002 and has done live painting performances in such venues as the De Young Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. She has performed many visual readings of her comics, including an international tour with Sister Spit in 2011, and has appeared on HGTV's That's Clever. She is slated to be the guest teacher at the California College of the Arts MFA in Comics program in July of 2013.

Read Mari's artist statement here.

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Interviews, Readings, etc. … (by date)


Ladydrawers blog—January 2013 interview by Anne Elizabeth Moore
Art Animal—July 2012 interview by Alison Kjeldgaard

Rumpus Letters In the Mail reading—Verdi Club, San Francisco, June 2012 (video)
LA Zine Fest Sleep Deprived reading—Los Angeles, June 2012 (video)
Geek Bombast—February 2012 podcast interview (audio)
TCJ Talkies—November 2011 podcast interview with Noah V
an Sciver with Mike Dawson (audio)
Radar blog—October 2011 interview about vampires by Michelle Tea
Booksmith Reading—April 2011 reading at Booksmith in San Francisco, CA, plus Q&A (video)
Graphic Novel Reporter—April 2011 interview by John Hogan
San Francisco Chronicle—April 2011 interview by Nellie Bowles
Smith Magazine—April 2011 interview by Lisa Qiu
Large-Hearted Boy—March 2011 autobio playlist for Kiss & Tell by MariNaomi
The Comics Journal—March 2011 interview by Rob Clough
Nichi Bei Times—January 2010 interview by Beth Hillman
The Puppy reading—Three Dollar Bill Cafe, San Francisco, March 2008 (video)
With Zan Christensen of Northwest Press—Wondercon, San Francisco, February 2008 (video)
Ink Studs—2008 interview by Robin McConnell (audio)
SFist—2007 interview by Christina Loff
LaDy LaMb&Popsy—2007 interview by Claudio Parentela
That's Clever, season 4, episode 6—2006 HGTV (video)
Juxtapoz Tribe—2005 interview by Dharmabox

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