MariNaomi

MariNaomi is a graphic memoirist. Her works include Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22, Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories, Estrus Comics and the forthcoming Turning Japanese. Mari’s work on The Rumpus won a SPACE Prize and an honorable mention in Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Comics 2013.

Her artwork has been featured in venues such as the De Young Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. In 2011, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. She is also the creator and curator of the Cartoonists of Color Database and the LGBTQ Cartoonists Database. Visit her website at marinaomi.com.


Articles by MariNaomi

Thursday September 1

Things That Go Bump in the Night

In this installment of The Illustrated PEN, artist and writer MariNaomi recalls a traumatic encounter she suffered as a teen, and describes how, years later, she still grapples with the aftermath of her experience.

Friday December 11

Turning Japanese

Mari-san, why didn’t your mother teach you Japanese? That’s a question I’ve been asking for a long time.