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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 1d

Comics very often don't get a dedicated copyedit, and sometimes there's a good reason for that. But fixing spelling, formatting, and continuity issues before the text is lettered makes things SO much easier for everyone—and your letterer and proofreader will thank you.

3 Reasons to Copyedit Your Comic Script — Madeleine Vasaly

Copyediting isn’t always part of the publishing process in comics, but it can benefit the work and everyone involved.

www.madeleinevasaly.com

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 1d

I'll be holding down the @twincitiesgeek.com table all day Sunday! Stop by and pick up some freebies. #MNCBA #FallCon

Minnesota Comic Book Association @mncbaorg.bsky.social · 1d

Come say "Hi!" 👋 at MNCBA FallCon 2025!

#MNCBA #MCBA #FallCon #MNStateFairgrounds #TwinCities #ComicCon #ComicConvention

Photo of Mark Stegbauer at MNCBA FallCon 2025

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Professional Editors Network @pensite.org · 2d

Don't miss the last Publisher/Freelancer Social Hour of 2025! PEN and the Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable invite you to this free casual networking event for anyone with a job or an interest in the Twin Cities publishing scene.

Publisher/Freelancer Social Hour

October 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.

pensite.org

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 3d

I got both together and was feverish and achy all night and a bit under the weather the next day. First time I've had much of a reaction since the original covid shots, I think.

Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 12d

(Had to repost these, because naturally there was a typo!)

Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 12d

I’ll be at the October 15 PEN/MBPR social hour in St. Paul, so I hope to see some of you there!

Publisher/Freelancer Social Hour

October 15, 2025, at 4:30 p.m.

pensite.org

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 12d

The 2025–2026 @pensite.org season kicks off tonight, and for the first time in a long time, I won’t be running the meeting!

After 7(!) years on the PEN board, my retirement officially goes into effect this week. I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many lovely people over all that time.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · 12d

Lovely to see you!

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 12d

Don’t worry, once we’ve helped them come for immigrants and trans people, they’re sure to be appeased and dedicated to solidarity in our great big tent and not come after anyone else, as history teaches

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Sep 2

The darkest one is the ad where the dad is trying and failing to get his kid to eat and his AI has to remind him what the kid's favorite food is.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Sep 2

Someone just drove past my apartment playing "Sixteen Tons" at top volume. Happy Labor Day.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Sep 1

It's Letterer Appreciation Day! Today only, get 15% off my book on comics style with the code LETTERER.

Good lettering is seriously underrated. And in comics and graphic novels, the letterer is one of the people whose work most affects—and is most affected by—the work of the proofreader.

The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style

An Editorial Handbook for Print and Digital Comics

comicbookstyle.com

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy #Letterer Appreciation Day! If you want to check out fantastic letterers here on bluesky, here's a starter pack!

Also, if you are a letterer who wishes to be included in this pack, or an aspiring letterer who would like a portfolio review, please message me any time.

go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Sep 1

It's Letterer Appreciation Day! Today only, get 15% off my book on comics style with the code LETTERER.

Good lettering is seriously underrated. And in comics and graphic novels, the letterer is one of the people whose work most affects—and is most affected by—the work of the proofreader.

The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style

An Editorial Handbook for Print and Digital Comics

comicbookstyle.com

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 11

We try.

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New New York Times @nyt-first-said.bsky.social · Aug 6

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 9

These movies love ignoring their own messages. Like in Jurassic World when Bryce Dallas Howard says "corporate" thinks they need to "up the wow factor" with genetic modification, and Chris Pratt goes, "They’re dinosaurs. Wow enough."

I really hoped they were being self-aware there, but no.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · Aug 9

there's an interesting idea threaded through the last three or four Jurassic Park movies: mega corporations are convinced cloning dinosaurs is worth a huge amount of money somehow but it never ever pans out

you could make a really fun movie or series with this as the underlying premise

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 5

Most of my SDCC photos are crappy snapshots taken on the move, but I'm glad this one came out halfway decent. The cosplayer (AZ Tony Stark) happened to walk by me on a lunch break and you couldn't NOT notice that suit.

A San Diego Comic-Con cosplayer in a high-quality Iron Man costume with his helmet off, standing on the steps behind the convention center with a bright blue sky behind him

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 5

Thanks for the shoutout! It was great chatting.

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Dillon Gilbertson @dillgilbertson.bsky.social · Aug 5

Yall I got to look at this book during SDCC and it's great. The very first page I opened covered 2 different questions I'd literally always had about editing. Be sure to check it out.

Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Jul 29

Comic creators! Did you know @cartoonist.coop members get a discount on The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style?

Visit the co-op intranet under Education in the Benefits section to access your code for 10% off your order on comicbookstyle.com.

The Proofreader's Guide to Comic Book Style

An Editorial Handbook for Print and Digital Comics

comicbookstyle.com

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 4

Someone is selling a Tutant Meenage Neetle Teetles cross-stitch in the @twincitiesgeek.com Facebook group and let me tell you, that stupid meme has not stopped being funny after two years of working professionally on Ninja Turtles content.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 3

I masked at CVG except when I was speaking on panels. I got covid there last year but escaped it this time.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 2

As someone who has to answer "How many fingers am I holding up?" because I can't see the big E on the eye chart, I feel this.

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Madeleine Vasaly @madeleinevasaly.com · Aug 2

Knock on wood, but I think I made it through SDCC and a six-hour flight diversion without getting covid. Shoutout to N95s.

A woman with short dark blond hair wearing sunglasses on a balcony with the San Diego Bay in the background

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