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A Look Inside Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki's Roaming Graphic Novel

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki are following up with their repeatedly-banned graphic novel This One Summer with Roaming.

Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki are following up with their repeatedly-banned graphic novel This One Summer with a brand new graphic novel out in September from Drawn & Quarterly, Roaming.

Spring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city. Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and a deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though seen through the eyes of first-time travelers. The awe, wonder, and occasional stumble along the way come to life with stunning accuracy. Roaming is the third collaboration from the critically acclaimed team behind Skim and Governor General's Literary Award winner This One Summer. Moody, atmospheric, and teeming with life, the magic of this comics duo leaks through the pages with lush and exquisite pen work. The Tamakis' singular, elegant vision of an urban paradise slowly revealing its imperfections to the tune of its visitors' rhythms is a masterpiece―a future classic for generations to come.

Mariko Tamaki is also a writer on Batman, Thor & Loki, Crush & Lobo, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man & Venom, Green Lantern, Buffy, Harley Quinn and graphic novels Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me and I Am Not Starfire. Two years ago, Abrams ComicArts announced her Surely Books as an LGBTQ+ focused imprint of graphic novels. Her cousin Jillian Tamaki is known for Super Mutant Magic Academy, Boundless and They Say Blue.

UPDATE: There was a preview for the comic book here, but Julia Pohl-Miranda, Marketing Director, atDrawn & Quarterly wrote to us to say "I saw that you recently posted a preview of Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki on Bleeding Cool. While I understand that this is the same content as what is on our website, I must ask you to take this piece down. Right now, it looks like we have granted you an exclusive excerpt, which is something I'd typically ask an outlet to pay for and am currently negotiating for this book…  when in fact you've just reproduced the imagery we include on our website.,,, For now, I must ask that you take down this Roaming excerpt."

So we have. The first time a publisher has asked us to take down an openly available preview of a graphic novel, but these are strange times we live in. We hope whoever pays the publisher for a preview appreciates it. Roaming by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki will be published on the 12th of September, 2023. And a signed edition is available directly from Drawn & Quarterly, but I should probably remove the link for that as well.

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