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Said While Talking
A collection of slice-of-life autobiographical vignette comics, many of which first appeared on Tapastic.com. Listen in on Mari's private conversations with friends, lovers, and a celebrity or two.
84 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
38 people want to read
About the author
MariNaomi
35 books439 followersMariNaomi (they/them) is the SPACE award-winning, Eisner-nominated author and illustrator of Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011), Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories (2dcloud/Uncivilized Books, 2014), Turning Japanese (2dcloud, 2016, Oni Press 2023), I Thought YOU Hated ME (Retrofit Comics, 2016), the Life on Earth trilogy (Graphic Universe, 2018-2020), Dirty Produce (Workman Publishing, 2021), and the collage-comics memoir I Thought You Loved Me (Fieldmouse Press, 2023). Their work has appeared in over a hundred print publications and has been featured on websites such as The New Yorker’s Daily Shouts, The Washington Post, LA Times, The Rumpus, LA Review of Books, Midnight Breakfast and BuzzFeed. Their comics have been translated into French (Devenir Japonaise, Editions IMHO, 2021), German, and Russian.
MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum.
In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba, and the California Leader of Authors Against Book Bans.
MariNaomi lives in Northern California with their spouse and a menagerie of beloved rescue animals.
MariNaomi’s comics and paintings have been featured in the Smithsonian, the de Young Museum, the Cartoon Art Museum, the Asian Art Museum, and the Japanese American Museum.
In 2011 and 2018, Mari toured with the literary roadshow Sister Spit. They are the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color Database, the Queer Cartoonists Database, and the Disabled Cartoonists Database. They have taught classes for the California College of the Arts Comics MFA program, and was guest editor for PEN Illustrated. They were cohost of the Ask Bi Grlz podcast with author Myriam Gurba, and the California Leader of Authors Against Book Bans.
MariNaomi lives in Northern California with their spouse and a menagerie of beloved rescue animals.
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February 10, 2014
These comics reflect my goofy side, which I must always give five stars to. (I know, I know.)
May 29, 2014
I love MariNaomi's autobio comics! She has a very engaging storytelling style that pairs well with her sharp, clean artwork.
April 12, 2018
I'm a fairly completest-level fan of MariNaomi. This is a spare zine with a bunch of collected short graphic pieces. She eschews panels here, and the imagery floats across the page.
Enjoyable, but relatively forgettable compared to her longer works.
Enjoyable, but relatively forgettable compared to her longer works.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews