1. Mariko Tamaki was born on 1975 and is a Canadian artist and writer.
11 Facts About Mariko Tamaki
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Mariko Tamaki is known for her graphic novels Skim, Emiko Superstar, and This One Summer.
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Mariko Tamaki has twice been named a runner-up for the Michael L Printz Award.
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Mariko Tamaki studied English literature at McGill University, graduating in 1994.
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Skim, a collaboration with her cousin Jillian Mariko Tamaki, was published in 2008 by Groundwood Books.
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Mariko Tamaki writes that artists such as Herge, Igort, and Vittorio Giardino, as well as Asian art, had an influence on her style, but her storytelling is rooted in American comics influences like Daniel Clowes, Chester Brown, and Will Eisner.
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Mariko Tamaki performed at experimental feminist performance art festival Edgy Women in Montreal in 2006 and 2010.
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In 2016 it was announced that Mariko Tamaki would be writing a new series called Hulk starring She-Hulk for Marvel Comics, as well as the mini-series Supergirl: Being Super for DC Comics.
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Mariko Tamaki's graphic novel collaboration with artist Rosemary Valero-O'Connell, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me, is a queer coming-of-age story about a toxic relationship.
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Mariko Tamaki is the first female lead writer of the title's publication history.
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Mariko Tamaki was awarded an Honour of Distinction by the Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a literary award for LGBTQ writers in Canada, in 2012.