Comics by MariNaomi

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Read MariNaomi’s comics on the Rumpus!

Read MariNaomi’s comics on SFBay.ca!

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Read MariNaomi’s graphic memoir, available at libraries, bookstores, and all those fun places!
Order it online at indiebound!

Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume Ages 0 to 22
A graphic memoir by MariNaomi, published by Harper Perennial
Available wherever books are sold
Order it online at indiebound!

In this fresh and offbeat graphic memoir, critically-acclaimed comic book artist MariNaomi chronicles her time as a misfit
teen and young woman looking for love in San Francisco, while bringing to light issues of identity and sexuality.

From her father and mother’s interracial marriage to “you show me yours, I’ll show you mine” moments on the playground
to drug experimentation and questions about her sexuality, MariNaomi lays bare all her hurts and loves in this coming-of-
age graphic memoir that’s poignant and often hilarious. Each chapter highlights a different relationship in her life, including
a heartfelt and sweet first love and an honest look at how her blunt views on sex affected her work and her relationship
with her parents. Though she often admits to actions that some might find shocking, her deft writing and assured
illustration make this memoir one to applaud. MariNaomi’s words and illustrations beautifully meld together, creating a
memoir that is funny and frank and marks a strong new female voice in the graphic book world.

“MariNaomi is a true original. This sometimes harrowing tale of young love made me rock with laughter and
wince with sympathetic mortification.” —Armistead Maupin, author of Mary Ann in Autumn and Tales of the City

“The book’s charm lies in MariNaomi’s amused and loving perspective on her curious, tough, occasionally foolish
younger self: she knows she may have misunderstood the dynamics of her relationships, but she can still
evoke the intensity of her feelings.” —The New York Times

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Watch the April 2008 reading of MariNaomi’s “Jackie” from Estrus 5

MariNaomi’s art and comics have also appeared in the following places:

• Action Girl Comics (issues 15, 16, 17)—Slave Labor Graphics
• The Bridge Project—edited by Matt Leunig
• Broken Pencil Magazine
• Cheer to Muses: Contemporary Works by Asian American Women—AAWAA
• The Comics Journal—Women in Comics issue (cover art)
• Estrus Comics—self-published comics zine, seven issues (1998-2009)
• Frisco al Fresco—on sfbay.ca
• IndieFLY (issues 1, 2)
• iSpy (issue 2)—Christina Loff
• I Saw You... A Missed Connections Anthology—edited by Julia Wertz
• Make Magazine
• A Multitude of Voices (vol. 15)—edited by Matt Holdaway
• New Girl Law: Drafting a Future for Cambodia by Anne Elizabeth Moore—cover art by MariNaomi
• Not My Small Diary (issues 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and others)—edited by Delaine Derry Green
• On the Other Hand—edited by Peter Conrad
• Pazzione (debut issue)—Turcano Press
• Pet Noir: An Anthology of Strange but True Pet Crimes—edited by Shannon O'Leary
• Pet Project—edited by Rina Ayuyang
• Smoke In Your Eyes—on The Rumpus.Net, edited by Paul Madonna
• Storytime Anthology—Friends of Lulu
• Stray (issues 1, 2)—edited by Robert Kranzke
• This Isn't Working: Comics About Ex-Boyfriends—Paper Rocket Press, edited by Robyn Chapman
• Transit Comics—edited by John Isaacson
• True Porn Anthology (vol. 1)
• Ladydrawers—Truth-out.org (3 episodes)
• Versus Comics—Lost Dog Press (issues 1, 3)
• Who is Your Leader?
• Womanifesto for the Categorical New Freedom Lady—Inga Muscio (art & production)
• Women's Review of Books—March/April 2011 (Volume 28, Issue 2)

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