Hello, I'm Madeleine!
⭐️ If enjoy my work and want to keep up with new stuff I make, I send out a free little newsletter every month with a short comic + updates on my work:
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hourly comics day 2024
“God is under the rubble in Gaza. He is with the frightened and the refugees. He is in the operating room. This is our consolation. He walks with us through the valley of the shadow of death.”
– Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac, in his sermon “God is under the rubble in Gaza.”
I made this painting of the manger scene created by Rev. Dr. Isaac’s church, Christmas Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, with the Christ child under the rubble (original image here).
I'm offering another poetry comics intensive course starting January! Would love to see you there.
More details below ⬇️
Book news! I am so excited for this book to be in the world and in your hands. Coming Spring 2025.
There are a handful of things I’ve been trying to explore since 2017 that never felt quite complete, and this book feels like the most solid offering of what I’ve been trying to say: about despair and terror and world-rending grief, about solidarity, about the hope that God has not abandoned us, about the quiet hum of the sacred at the heart of everything.
I’m planning some cool things around the book launch, and I always share to my newsletter first (link to subscribe).
The process of finishing and pitching this book was interesting and complicated, and I learned a lot. I think there’s lots that might be helpful for other cartoonists who are starting out — if you make comics and want to talk through what I’ve learned about finishing and pitching a book-length comic, email me before January 1st to find time for a short zoom (madeleinecomics [at] gmail [dot] com).
Thanks for reading!
"Power concedes nothing without demand", Melanie Cervantes, December 2022, Screen Print • sold on the Justseeds store
30/30 complete • read all 30
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23/30 • inspiration below fold
