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Kiss & Tell

A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22

Mari Naomi

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Mari Naomi

MariNaomi is an artist and writer who was born in Texas and raised on the west coast. Her work has appeared in such publications as The Comics Journal, Not My Small Diary, and Action Girl. She believes in animal rights, following one’s dreams, and that nice guys and gals always deserve a shot. She lives with her husband and small entourage of animal friends in San Francisco, California.
 



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"MariNaomi is a true original. This sometimes harrowing tale of young love made me rock with laughter and wince with sympathetic mortification."


- Armistead Maupin, author of Mary Ann in Autumn and Tales of the City
"Despite offering an abundance of convenient stopping points, Kiss & Tell insists on not being put down until you've read every sordid detail. MariNaomi's romantic resume is extensive and messy, but it's a funny and rewarding wreck to watch."


- Jeffrey Brown, author of Clumsy and Funny Misshapen Body
"Kiss & Tell gets love, sex, and everything in between exactly right. Reading MariNaomi's graphic memoir is like reading my own childhood journal-if my journal were extremely funny and well drawn."


- Amy Bryant, author of Polly
"Mari Naomi tells honest stories about her love life. Sometimes they're sweet, sometimes painfully embarrassing...but they're so genuine every time."


- Bitch magazine
"With a bold cartooning style, San Francisco-based artist MariNaomi chronicles her past relationships with boys-mostly sexual-in the self-published Estrus Comics. The current fifth issue opens with a remembrance of an "I'll show you mine if." incident with a male babysitter; when she sees his penis, rainbows and butterflies swirl about the room. Later, she plays "marriage" with boys on her street, gets disgusted administering her first blowjob ("What are those things under his balls?! Dingleberries! Can't he reach that far when he wipes?!"), loses her virginity and gives in to butt sex. It all sounds prurient, but it's not pornographic, and MariNaomi is too smart to not slather a layer of knowing humor on top."


- Bookgasm