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...

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...

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 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!

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.

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)

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

Minneapolis.

This is a fab little book for people who work on comics—it has helped me when I proofread for IDW—but, as I said when it first came out, I also think readers of comics would find it just as interesting! I certainly found it interesting as I copyedited it, and that was before I got the IDW gig!

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

Our annual guide to #BlackFriday and #SmallBizSat at #Minnesota's indie bookstores is here! It's time to start making your weekend plans with @boneshakerbooks.bsky.social, @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social, @wildrumpusbooktore.bsky.social, and more! #TwinCitiesGeeks

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.

I finally have the perfect shirt for when I'm working on TMNT comics

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

A friend and I were talking about awkward stock photos again and I realized it's never a bad time to reshare this list of sites with free stock images that are both less awkward AND more inclusive in terms of the people in them. (It includes a great one for your fall vaccine coverage!)

#NoKings #NoKingsMinneapolis #NoKingsTwinCities

On campus at MCAD today to talk to comic students about why creators should care about editorial style. Thanks to @opauloart.bsky.social for inviting me!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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