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- Founded:
- March 2008
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- Skim Launch
The Gladstone Hotel
Wednesday, March 26 at 7:00pm
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Skim launchCreated on March 28, 2008 at 7:21pm
Mariko at Shameless magazine launchCreated on March 15, 2008 at 5:09pm
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- REVIEWS! 11:33am Mar 4|2 Comments
- And we've only just started! Skim is on the move! 8:03am Feb 29|1 Comment
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More Reviews!
The Irish Times: http://hackettflynn.blogspot.com/2009/07
teen librarian: http://teenlibrarian.co.uk/?p=191
Wonderful review by Julia Eccleshare, Guardian Children's Book Editor, online at Love Reading 4 Kids: http://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/4
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Jillian and Mariko will be taking part in a live to talk about Skim, this month's featured book on the CBC Book Club!
At 2 pm EST we will be online and available to answer ALL your questions. There is no question too crazy, no question too academic, no question too cat focused!
Go to http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/bookclub/l
Source: www.cbc.ca
March 11/09: Inaugural Book Club live chat with Hannah Sung March 26/09: Q & A with Lawrence Hill April 4/09: Funny books with Hannah Sung April 23/09: Live chat with author Jonathan Goldstein April ...
Skim Tamakis and Skim up for 2009 Doug Wright Award!
Source: network.nationalpost.com
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Skim Mariko Tamaki interviewed by McGill Daily.
Source: www.mcgilldaily.com
"Skim has the opposite message of something like Romeo and Juliet; it’s a book about survival. Just because everything is not going your way doesn’t mean you have to give up and kill yourself. If you best friend decides she hates you and if you fall in love with someone you’re not supposed to, it’s ...
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Hey guys, come visit us (Jillian and Mariko) at SPX this year. We might be in extra good moods 'cause of our Ignatz Awards Noms!
Jillian will also be participating in a panel entitled "The Page as Canvas":
The Page as Canvas
Alongside the word balloon, the formal device most closely associated with comics is the panel gr...id itself, the framework that provides structure and sequence to most comics pages. What happens when artists break the grid and use the page more broadly as a narrative canvas? What problems and opportunities does this approach present? Moderator Austin English will explore this topic with panelists Molly O’Connell, Juliacks, Jillian Tamaki, and Lauren Weinstein.
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Jillian will also be participating in a panel entitled "The Page as Canvas":
The Page as Canvas
Alongside the word balloon, the formal device most closely associated with comics is the panel gr...id itself, the framework that provides structure and sequence to most comics pages. What happens when artists break the grid and use the page more broadly as a narrative canvas? What problems and opportunities does this approach present? Moderator Austin English will explore this topic with panelists Molly O’Connell, Juliacks, Jillian Tamaki, and Lauren Weinstein.
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Skim
With:
Mariko Tamaki - author
Jillian Tamaki - illustrator
Jessica Westhead - moderator
Emily Pohl-Weary - opening remarks
Skim Mariko raffled off copies of Skim and then signed them for the lucky winners. It was a great afternoon. Thank you to Shameless for having us, the great ad inside their front cover, and the support for Skim!
Skim All things Skim, including author pics, events photos and anything else that comes up along the way!
". . . avoids all the cliches of a coming-of-age story. . . . Original in every which way." — Valerie D'Orazio, Friends of Lulu ". . . expressive, vibrant and precise all at once . . . evocative and wondrous . . . . ...
Skim All things Skim, including author pics, events photos and anything else that comes up along the way!
Skim All things Skim, including author pics, events photos and anything else that comes up along the way!
Sequential shows Skim debuting at #10 on their list of top selling graphic novels in the country! Skim will have its official launch Wednesday March 26, 2008 at The Gladstone Hotel, presented by Pages Bookstore, This Is Not a Reading Series, and EYE WEEKLY...
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Welcome to the fan page for "Skim," the debut graphic novel by cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki!
Check out our discussion board with our first question to you, What was your nickname in high school and why? Give it!
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"A gothic Lolita story..."
This Is Not a Reading Series hosts cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki as they discuss the process and partnership that lead to their debut graphic novel, "Skim." The evening will be moderated by author Jessica Westhead and promises to be a whack of fun!
MARIKO TAMAKI is a Toronto-bas...ed writer and performer -- "a talented writer getting better and better," says Now magazine. She is the author of
Cover Me, True Lies: A Book of Bad Advice, Fake ID, and Emiko Superstar, illustrated by indie comics legend Steve Rolston. Visit her portfolio at www.marikotamaki.com
JILLIAN TAMAKI grew up in Alberta and currently lives and works in New York. Her work appears in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, the Walrus, Maclean's, and the Village Voice. She has received a number of awards for her editorial illustrations, including a National Magazine Award. For a gallery of her work, visit www.jilliantamaki.com
JESSICA WESTHEAD is a Toronto-based writer who has published stories in The Antigonish Review, Matrix, This Magazine, Geist, Taddle Creek, Forget Magazine, Word and Kiss Machine, and contributed to the anthology Desire, Doom and Vice: A Canadian Collection. Westhead’s first novel, Pulpy & Midge, was published last year by Coach House Books.
Presented by Groundwood Books, Pages Bookstore, and EYE WEEKLY.Read More
"A gothic Lolita story..."
This Is Not a Reading Series hosts cousins Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki as they discuss the process and partnership that lead to their debut graphic novel, "Skim." The evening will be moderated by author Jessica Westhead and promises to be a whack of fun!
MARIKO TAMAKI is a Toronto-bas...ed writer and performer -- "a talented writer getting better and better," says Now magazine. She is the author of Cover Me, True Lies: A Book of Bad Advice, Fake ID, and Emiko Superstar, illustrated by indie comics legend Steve Rolston. Visit her portfolio at www.marikotamaki.com
JILLIAN TAMAKI grew up in Alberta and currently lives and works in New York. Her work appears in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, the Walrus, Maclean's, and the Village Voice. She has received a number of awards for her editorial illustrations, including a National Magazine Award. For a gallery of her work, visit www.jilliantamaki.com
JESSICA WESTHEAD is a Toronto-based writer who has published stories in The Antigonish Review, Matrix, This Magazine, Geist, Taddle Creek, Forget Magazine, Word and Kiss Machine, and contributed to the anthology Desire, Doom and Vice: A Canadian Collection. Westhead’s first novel, Pulpy & Midge, was published last year by Coach House Books.
Presented by Groundwood Books, Pages Bookstore, and EYE WEEKLY.Read More
Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki in discussion with Jessica Westhead
Time:7:00PM Wednesday, March 26th
Location:The Gladstone Hotel
February 29, 2008 at 7:39am
