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Mar Mai

Goodreads Author

Born

The United States

Website

http://mar5art.tumblr.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Graphic Novels, Children's, Fantasy

Influences

Stan Sakai, Lloyd Alexander, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jack Kirby, Hergé, [a:Ren ...more

Member Since

October 2012

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/mar_mai

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MAR MAI was born in the cartoon rich decade of the 1980's and was introduced to comics by her brilliant parents at a young age, falling in love with Tintin, Asterix and Usagi Yo Jimbo.

She has been fighting the evils of writer's block for many years, applying that time to create works for websites, major music festivals and publications like Nickelodeon Magazine.

Mar spends most of her time drawing until late into the night, occasionally stopping to drink too much coffee and watch cartoons. She can be found on Twitter and Tumblr, blogging about the lead breaking from her pencils. ...more

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Tribute to the evil of cinema. In order of appearance: http://villaintribute.tumblr.com Do we really appreciate our scoundrels more than our saints? In movie...
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Mar Mai’s books

Average rating: 4.3 · 73 ratings · 13 reviews · 4 distinct works

	The Dragon Tutor 4.25 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of Baozhai 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragon Tutor 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of Baozhai: A Dragon Tutor Character Book 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mar Mai is currently reading

Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves, #1)

by Mary E. Pearson (Goodreads Author)

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Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies

by Hayley Nolan

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Prince of the Elves (Amulet, #5)

by Kazu Kibuishi (Goodreads Author)

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Quotes by Mar Mai (?)

“Ah, I do so love this charmingly rustic, elvin kingdom!-Baozhai”
― Mar Mai, The Dragon Tutor

tags: comic, dragon, dragons, fun, the-dragon-tutor, writing

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Mar’s Quotes

“I decided that adventure was the best way to learn about writing.”
― Lloyd Alexander

tags: adventure, learn, lloyd-alexander, the-book-of-three, westmark, writing

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“It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

tags: planning

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“Ah, I do so love this charmingly rustic, elvin kingdom!-Baozhai”
― Mar Mai, The Dragon Tutor

tags: comic, dragon, dragons, fun, the-dragon-tutor, writing

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Graphic Novel Reading Group — 5407 members — last activity Jan 10, 2026 03:46AM
This is a place where lovers of the Sequential Art form of Literature (graphic novels, comic books, manga, etc.) can get together and talk about their ...more

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Ask Mar Mai — 4 members — last activity Mar 20, 2013 02:33AM
Ask me anything. About drawing, writing, reading... ect.. If you're interested in learning to draw or making comics and need some advice, I'm here to ...more

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For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.

On Reading Graphic Novels — 1817 members — last activity Jan 17, 2026 08:23AM
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This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.

Geek Questioner Reading Room — 123 members — last activity Aug 20, 2019 02:20PM
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