VOTM: What’s the most unusual experience you’ve had at a reading?
NAOMI: At a library reading a few years ago, an elderly lady started heckling me! She was really mean. When one of the audience members pointed out the irony of her having a peace symbol on her purse, the woman punched them in the hand!
MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of four graphic memoirs, with her first graphic novel coming out next spring. She’s also the creator and curator of the Cartoonists of Color and Queer Cartoonists databases.
Come see MariNaomi read at Book Show in Highland Park on Friday, August 18 at 7:30pm.