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

Realities of Self Publishing [CONvergence 2025]

The world of self-publishing can be misleading. This will be a disc...

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

Eisner Award–Winning Books About Comics

An incomplete list of books that have won the Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book and Best Academic/Scholarly Work, in reverse chronological order.

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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.

CONvergence Connie@convergencecon.bsky.social · last mo.

New on CONvergenceTube: The Magic of Style Guides [CONvergence 2025]

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

Madeleine Vasaly@madeleinevasaly.com · last mo.

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

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

convergence2026: Everything You Know About Publishing Is...

View more about this event at convergence2026

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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

Minnesota Comic Book Association

The MNCBA celebrates comic book creators and their work! With over 30 years of history, the Minnesota Comic Book Association’s SpringCon and FallCon shows are Minnesota’s largest conventions focused o...

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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...

Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...

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It's always fun when books I've worked on are up for the Eisner Awards, but I especially want to shout out Ben Wickey, whose @topshelfcomix.bsky.social book on the Salem witch trials is beautifully drawn, deeply thought out, and extensively researched. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796451...

More Weight: A Salem Story by Ben Wickey: 9781603095600 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

“Every word is an accusation…and every whisper kills.” This staggering graphic novel explores the infamous Salem witch trials and the long shadows they cast more than 300 years later....

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Next week!

An Introduction to Proofreading Comics — Madeleine Vasaly

For the Editorial Freelancer Association’s Los Angeles Chapter, I’ll be discussing what an experienced proofreader of prose or picture books should know before diving into their first comic book issue...

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Madeleine Vasaly@madeleinevasaly.com · 3mo ago

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.

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

Twin Cities Geek@twincitiesgeek.com · 3mo ago

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

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

The MN Guide to Independent Bookstore Day 2026

On April 25, 2026, bookstores throughout Minnesota and around the country will be celebrating Independent Bookstore Day.

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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 don't post all that often about what I'm working on, but in addition to a whole lot of comic series and graphic novels, one of my big ongoing projects for IDW has been copyediting this—the new official Godzilla TTRPG!

IDW Publishing@idwpublishing.com · 5mo ago

The time is here! Get ready to join the G-Force and fight #kaiju with your team. The #Godzilla: The Roleplaying Kickstarter Game is live on #kickstarter! Read more on what's included and potential goals we could hit: kickstarter.com/projects/idw... #IDWGAMES #Godzilla

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.

Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 6mo ago

Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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...

Minnesota Events for Writers and Book Lovers in 2026

Whether you're publishing your first novel, hoping to meet your favorite author, networking for your editing business, or looking to sharpen your skills as a writer, there's sure to be at least one…

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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 💜)

Tattooing as Self-Care and Resistance

“One thing all tattoos have in common is that they represent ownership, connection, and expression of the body and self.”

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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 💜)

Tattooing as Self-Care and Resistance

“One thing all tattoos have in common is that they represent ownership, connection, and expression of the body and self.”

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

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

My neighborhood is in the news for a horrible reason. But at the protests and vigils today, I saw humanity at its best. People constantly distributing hand warmers in the subzero temps. People opening their homes and businesses. People setting out tables with supplies. People caring for each other.

🕯️ 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!

Today it came to my neighborhood. ICE killed Alex Pretti in a spot I've walked through hundreds of times in the 12+ years I've lived in Whittier. Every day since this occupation started, there's been a new horror. It won't stop until we get them out.

#ICEOutMN #ICEOut

With other businesses and workers throughout the state, I’m participating in today’s general strike to protest the ongoing ICE occupation of Minnesota: no work, no school, no shopping. (1/5)