Magdalene Visaggio

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Magdalene Visaggio
BornSeptember 22, 1984 [1]
Long Island, United States
OccupationComic Book Writer
NationalityAmerican
Period2007–present
Notable worksKim & Kim
Quantum Teens Are Go
Eternity Girl

Magdalene Visaggio (born September 22, 1984) [1] is an American comic book writer. Visaggio is known for her work on Kim & Kim and Vagrant Queen. Her comics have been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards. Her comic series Vagrant Queen was adapted into a television series which ran for a single season on Syfy in 2020.

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Personal life

Visaggio was born in 1984 on Long Island and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University and Seton Hall University. [2] [3] She has stated that she has autism. Her favorite television shows growing up were the animated X-Men , Sailor Moon , and FLCL . Visaggio said that she would like to write comics of Silver Surfer, Spider-Girl, or Doom Patrol. [4] Visaggio is a trans woman. [5] She is also a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. [6]

Career

Visaggio first published work was in 2006 as writer and co-creator of Sanctuary a self published series with Martin Krause and Kevin Roberts. [7] The first three issues of the series were subsequently rewritten by Visaggio before being renamed Stronghold in 2014 with a collected edition of the first three issues and the series continuing on under the new moniker from #4. [8] In 2015 Visaggio successfully used Kickstarter to publish the first issue of Andrew Jackson in Space. [9] From 2016, Visaggio contributed a number of articles on comic books to Paste. [10]

Visaggio came to wider prominence in the comic book industry with the limited series Kim & Kim from Black Mask Studios. The series was nominated for the 2017 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series [11] and GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book. [12] The success led to Visaggio signing a three-book deal with Black Mask Studios for her next three projects: Quantum Teens Are Go,Kim & Kim: Love is a Battlefield and Sex Death Revolution. [13]

In 2017, she was chosen to take part in DC Comics Writer Workshop program, studying under Scott Snyder. [14] Her first published work for DC was for the Young Animal Imprint where she wrote several backup features and the limited series Eternity Girl. [15] From her time in the Writers Workshop, short-stories by Visaggio were featured in the one-shots DC Cursed Comics Cavalcade and DC New Talent Showcase 2018. [16] [17] [18]

In 2018, her graphic novel The Ojja-Wojja: A Teen Horror Mystery or Whatever, You Know? was bought by HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray in a two book deal, with the first book due out in Spring 2021. [19] 2018 also saw the debut of Vagrant Queen from publisher Vault Comics. In 2020, a television series adaptation of Vagrant Queen aired on SyFy (co-produced by Blue Ice Pictures), but, after a single ten-episode season, the series was cancelled due to low ratings. [20] In comics, 2019 saw Visaggio co-write Strangelands with Darcie Little Badger for Humanoids Imprint H1. [21] It also saw her publish her first work with Valiant Comics with a new volume of Doctor Mirage. [22]

In 2020, Visaggio launched a second volume of Vagrant Queen at Vault Comics [23] and her second series at ComiXology; Lost on Planet Earth. [24]

Awards and nominations

Bibliography

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  6. ↑ @MagsVisaggs (November 11, 2017). "I'm gonna wrap up there because I need to clean up my apartment some. But Democratic Socialism offers a compelling alternative to these issues and I am proud to be a member of the @DemSocialists" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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