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Madeleine Vasaly

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freelance editor and proofreader of books, comics, news, and other stuff • The Proofreader’s Guide to Comic Book Style • @twincitiesgeek.com co-head and senior editor • she/her 📑 madeleinevasaly.com/links 💬 comicbookstyle.com

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INCREDIBLE

05.03.2026 23:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My pleasure!

03.03.2026 22:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Madeleine Vasaly — My Work: Comics & Graphic Novels

I'm also the current proofreader and/or copyeditor for all of IDW's Godzilla comics, which include the new Kai-Sei Era lineup the RPG ties into as well as titles like Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre, TMNT x Godzilla, and Mothra: Queen of the Monsters, to name just a few.

03.03.2026 18:58 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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!

03.03.2026 18:57 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

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.

26.02.2026 19:25 👍 8145 🔁 3651 💬 22 📌 0

Chicago follows that cap style as of the current edition too

22.02.2026 04:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm a little rusty on AP style, but I think they keep the cap on titles even in constructions like "former President So-and-So," which I expect would extend to "ex"

22.02.2026 04:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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.

18.02.2026 22:01 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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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…

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...

18.02.2026 21:31 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1

yddub yeh

16.02.2026 05:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RIP 💀

13.02.2026 02:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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.”

I just got mine on my upper back!

(pictured here, but not the one in the preview: twincitiesgeek.com/2026/02/tatt...)

12.02.2026 01:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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.”

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 💜)

04.02.2026 20:09 👍 35 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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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.”

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 💜)

04.02.2026 20:09 👍 35 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0

I feel so validated

01.02.2026 05:39 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A sign on a utility pole reading "Don't reject your eyes & ears"

A sign on a utility pole reading "Don't reject your eyes & ears"

Wall of stickers, posters, and graffiti reading, among other things, "No ICE: Stop kidnapping, murdering detaining."

Wall of stickers, posters, and graffiti reading, among other things, "No ICE: Stop kidnapping, murdering detaining."

View of the Alex Pretti memorial from inside Glam Doll Donus

View of the Alex Pretti memorial from inside Glam Doll Donus

A painting of Alex Pretti and a quilted banner with his name hang on the wall inside Glam Doll Donuts

A painting of Alex Pretti and a quilted banner with his name hang on the wall inside Glam Doll Donuts

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

31.01.2026 20:53 👍 24 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

I'd love it!

29.01.2026 02:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Holy shit you weren't kidding

29.01.2026 02:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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

25.01.2026 03:25 👍 83 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0

My neighbors are amazing. My neighbors protect their own.

25.01.2026 03:51 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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.

25.01.2026 03:49 👍 314 🔁 39 💬 4 📌 1

I should also be clear—today is when the killing came here, but it's far from ICE's first visit. Just days ago, they were gassing people blocks away from this intersection. And they will just keep escalating.

24.01.2026 22:19 👍 16 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA
TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT
STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS.
WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX.
ICE OUT NOW
SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)

SHINE A LIGHT FOR MINNESOTA TONIGHT AT 7:00PM CT STEP OUTSIDE AND LIGHT A CANDLE ON OUR STREET CORNERS. WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALEX. ICE OUT NOW SAT. JAN 24, 7:00 PM (CST)

🕯️ 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!

24.01.2026 20:44 👍 90 🔁 88 💬 4 📌 9
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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.

24.01.2026 21:21 👍 70 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
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Yes, it was cold. #ICEOutMN #ICEOut

23.01.2026 22:37 👍 24 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Marchers wearing heavy coats and holding signs under a bright blue sky

Marchers wearing heavy coats and holding signs under a bright blue sky

The Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis holding a "fuck ICE" sign

The Mary Tyler Moore statue in downtown Minneapolis holding a "fuck ICE" sign

#ICEOutMN #ICEOut

23.01.2026 22:35 👍 89 🔁 25 💬 2 📌 3

Thanks, Sydnee!

23.01.2026 16:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Donate to ILCM Every dollar donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota goes to support our mission of providing the highest quality legal services, education, and advocacy to meet the needs of low-income immig...

If you’re outside MN and want to help, there are a lot of great nonprofits that could use your support, like the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. And call your reps—tell them not to fund ICE and to hold officials and agents accountable for violating constitutional and human rights.

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23.01.2026 16:51 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

We are calling for an end to the occupation, for federal agents to be held accountable for their actions, and for Congress to immediately intervene. And when you see all of us marching out there, keep in mind that the warmest it’s expected to get today is about −10°F (before windchill).

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23.01.2026 16:49 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month-old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.

Protesters, observers, journalists, and unsuspecting bystanders have been physically attacked, gassed, and held without charge.

This is not a targeted operation to hunt down dangerous criminals. ICE agents are the ones committing crimes and violating our constitutional rights.

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23.01.2026 16:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0