Mariko Tamaki (1975) Canadian writer and artist
On comic storytelling in "In Conversation with Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki" https://roommagazine.com/interview/conversation-jillian-tamaki-mariko-tamaki in Room Magazine (June 2015)
“Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they’re after an image, not a person.”
— Scott Lynch, book The Republic of Thieves
Interlude “Striking Sparks” section 6 (p. 247)
Source: The Republic of Thieves (2013)
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