MariNaomi
MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has been exhibiting her artwork since 2002, and toured with Sister Spit in 2011. Visit her website at www.marinaomi.com.
MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of the graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22 (Harper Perennial). She has been self-publishing Estrus Comics since 1998, 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. 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. Visit her website at www.marinaomi.com.
Your thoughts



I like it when you work hard at your drawing – it’s an aesthetic turn-on (strictly platonic). I love the collection of African/New Guinea masks and statues at the de Young – you could get into some bizarre anatomical territory if you drew some of those. Perhaps you could set one of your traumatic life experiences on the second floor of the de Young? Maybe start having flashbacks, or the museum guard is an ex-boyfriend, or one of the statues has a wooden penis which looks vaguely familiar.