Madeleine Vasaly

In line at AAA. The friendly lady taking photos keeps asking people where they're traveling and then hitting the shutter the second they start talking. Despite that, the couple ahead of me somehow ended up with the most flattering passport photos I've ever seen. Am I being pranked?

The meditation app I use being bought out by an "AI health company" feels extremely 2026.

Hello! Are there any manga letterer friends available for work? Please DM me!

PAID GIG: I'm looking for someone who knows Spanish Sign Language. I'm going to be translating a graphic novel where SSL is featured (hooray for d/Deaf rep!!) and I want to be sure that I get the text aligned with the signs in the artwork. This should be happening at some point this year. #xl8

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

New on CONvergenceTube: Realities of Self Publishing [CONvergence 2025]

Updated my @bookshop.org list with this weekend's Eisner winners! #SDCC #EisnerAwards bookshop.org/lists/eisner...

I'm not in San Diego this year, so I'm having a not-at-SDCC sale! Use code SDCC26 for 20% off your print or ebook copy of The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style at comicbookstyle.com

I'm not in San Diego this year, so I'm having a not-at-SDCC sale! Use code SDCC26 for 20% off your print or ebook copy of The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style at comicbookstyle.com

The panel @joeyverse.bsky.social and I put together for last year's CONvergence is now up on YouTube! If you want to see us blab about what style guides are and why they matter (or don't) to authors, editors, and publishers, check it out here.

TCG senior editor Madeleine Vasaly (@madeleinevasaly.com) is on the panel "Everything You Know About Publishing Is Wrong" at 8:30 in Lakeshore A! Bust some common publishing myths and get your questions answered. #CVG2026 convergence2026.sched.com/event/2LybW/...

Tonight! With @leeharris.net, @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social, and Jay Gallentine. #CVG2026

It's CONvergence time again… On Thursday night at 8:30, I'll be talking all about how publishing works with some great panelists. Come join us in Lakeshore A! #CVG2026

Will I see you at @mncbaorg.bsky.social SpringCon on Saturday? I'll be hanging out at the @twincitiesgeek.com table starting at 1:00. www.mncba.org

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Next week!

Hey, Los Angeles EFA members! Did you hear I'm presenting a crash course on comics proofreading for your May 14 @efafreelancers.bsky.social chapter meeting? If you've seen me talk before, some content will be familiar, but I'm focusing just on proofreading and have added new info specific to that.

This is the BEST annual guide to Indie Bookstore Day events in the Twin Cities and across greater MN. Bookmark it, share it, and have fun tomorrow! #IndependentBookstoreDay

Our annual guide to #IndependentBookstoreDay has more stores than ever before! See the sales, giveaways, author signings, and more happening at indies in and around #Minnesota this Saturday. #BookSky #TwinCitiesGeeks

When I minored in Japanese, I hoped I'd get some chances to use it in my future career, but I gotta say I never predicted it would involve Godzilla and Ninja Turtles comics.

I thought I might regret picking a pysanky pattern with so many straight lines, but I'm actually pretty happy with this year's attempt

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

Also overnight, someone totally destroyed the memorial outside my Whittier apartment building where there's been a vigil every night since Alex Pretti was killed. Ours was so tiny that it's probably unrelated… but if so, it's a hell of a coincidence.

From professional workshops and conferences to fan conventions and grown-up book fairs, we have the 2026 events for Minnesota book geeks to put on their calendars. #TwinCitiesGeeks twincitiesgeek.com/2026/02/minn...

I wrote about how getting my first tattoo was unexpectedly helpful in dealing with the ICE occupation and how Minnesota tattoo shops are acting as sites of self-care, mutual aid, and ways to just say “Fuck ICE.” (thanks, @nepenthestattoo.com 💜)

I wrote about how getting my first tattoo was unexpectedly helpful in dealing with the ICE occupation and how Minnesota tattoo shops are acting as sites of self-care, mutual aid, and ways to just say “Fuck ICE.” (thanks, @nepenthestattoo.com 💜)

I can't believe it's only been a week.

You know, this is a horrible way to meet my neighbors.

🕯️ SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA Tonight • 7:00 PM CT Step outside and light a candle — on our street corners, with our neighbors, for our communities & Alex. Together we call for #ICEOutNow. 🔁 SHARE WIDELY!

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

For ease of navigation and sharing, I have turned my little list into a website: standwithminnesota.org

The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style came out a year ago today! To celebrate my first book birthday, I’m running a 20% sale on all orders on comicbookstyle.com now through Black Friday with the code BIRTHDAY