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Madeline McGrane
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cartoonist. lives in minneapolis.

website: https://madelinemcgrane.com/
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Find Dragoslava, Maudit Vampire ! online bliss-editions.com/products/dra...
The cover of the graphic novel Dragoslava, Maudit Vampire ! The cover shows the vampire kids, Dragolava, Quintus, Eztli, running toward the viewer of the drawing away from a house and through misty field.
October 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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I will be on tour in France for the French edition of The Accursed Vampire, Dragoslava, Maudit Vampire!
A drawing of the vampire kids walking towards a metro station. The text is the dates, times, and locations for the Dragoslava, Maudit Vampire book tour. 17/10 17h-19h Momie BD Paris, 21/10 16h-19h Momie Dijon, 22/10 16h-19h Momie Lyon, 24/10, 25/10, 26/10 Quai Des Bulles St-Malo A drawing of the vampire kids observing the tomb of Philip the Bold A drawing of the vampire kids at the fontaine bartholdi
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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🏀feratu
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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berries for you
a photo of a jack in the pulpit plant with berries
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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toadgirl
drawing of toads with cartooned human heads
September 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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August 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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hello people in and around the twin cities i will be tabling at FLOP at @oddmartmn.bsky.social this weekend, may 31st and june 1st. stop by and pick up some accursed vampires and minicomics
May 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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dragoslava with birkin bag
a digital drawing of dragoslava, a bald child vampire who wears a black high collared cape, holding a birkin bag
April 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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flower fairies from 2019
digital drawing of a fairy sitting on an amanita bisporigera mushroom and a fairy sitting on a wild parsnip stalk a digital drawing of a fairy standing on a white baneberry plant and a fairy sitting on a foxglove plant
April 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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a digital painting of a woman and an imp listening to music on a portable cd player
April 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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shadow of the vampire
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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a digital drawing of a caterpillar with a human face crawling along the branch of a plant. the plant has green leaves and white berries.
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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a drawing of 30 imps
March 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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here are some more demon ladies with small imps. drawn perhaps 5 or 6 years ago
a digital drawing of a demonic woman with a little imp asleep on her bosom a digital drawing of a demonic woman with a little imp sitting on her shoulder a digital drawing of a little imp leaping joyfully
March 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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lady of the imps
A digital drawing of a demonic woman who resembles some depictions of the the Virgin Mary with a group of imps.
March 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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more painting. still having fun
a painting of a girl riding a horse.
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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me when i am painting
a Richard Scarry illustration of a pig painting
February 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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painting again
a painting of two demonic women dancing
February 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Happy Valentine's Day!
here is an accursed vampire valentine i made in 2023
Text: your blood is just my type, valentine Image: Eztli, Quintus, and Dragoslava, three child vampires from The Accursed Vampire Graphic novel series, walk by. They are smiling mischievously and their hands and faces are covered in blood.
February 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Augustin Paper Doll. A Double Digest activity page
Augustin Paper Doll. A rat with an 18th century outfit and several accessories
January 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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made this last year for promo for an art market thing. dragoslava's picnic
January 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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cheese rat
January 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Letter to Babette 4/4. thanks for reading.
Letter to Babette page 9 Augustin falls past visions of rat saints, rat Felicity and Perpetua, rat saint Bartholomew, Rat saint Lucy holding her eyeballs. Bellow the saints, devils leap to grab at Augustin and pull him into the darkness. Text: What visions I had. I begged for salvation and the saints watched me fall. Letter to Babette page 10 Augustin is lying in bed, a bite on his neck Text: I would wake and feel pain in my neck and death around me and I would again be consumed by visions. Augustin turns to see the rat holy virgin holding the rat christ child. The child reaches for Augustin. Rat Christ, wearing the crown of thorns, holes in his paws, reaches down and kisses Augustin on the head. Augustin wakes from his visions, Frederick is kissing him on the head. Augustin: Frederick. Frederick holds Augustin’s limp paw. Frederick: Augustin, your paw is so cold. Please, Listen to me. Frederick gesticulates while telling his story, then lays his head across Augustin’s lap. Text: Frederick told me his grisly story as if it was the gospel. He is an immortal creature that feeds on blood. As are my sisters. And the old woman, and Mathilde who is mistress over all. Mathilde who will kill me unless I become her creature. And then he wept and groveled for my affection. Letter to Babette page 11 Later, in the daylight Augustin runs away from the manor house. Text: I regained a little strength and fled. He collapses in front of an abbey and is found by two nuns. Text: I found refuge at an abbey. Babette is reading Augustin’s letter while a nun looks on. Text: And now I am writing to you of my trial. Babette: And this is all? Nun: Yes. The young man perished soon after. Babette: A strange tragedy. Nun: Indeed. Babette looks out the window of her apartment, holding Augustin’s letter in her paw. Babette: Oh Augustin. What is the meaning of this horror? What has become of you. Augustin awakes sitting in a coffin in the dark. Augustin: Where am I? Letter to Babette page 12 Augustin looks down at himself in the coffin in shock. Augustin: Why am I in a coffin? Speaker off panel: You’re in the family crypt. Augustin is indeed in the family crypt, Frederick is there, wearing a cape, instead of rat teeth he now has little fangs. Augustin: Frederick! Frederick: There’s no time for yelling we must go immediately if we’re to escape from Mathilde. Frederick helps Augustin climb out of the coffin. Augustin: What have you done to me? Frederick: I’ve saved you. Augustin: Where will we go? Augustin and Frederick run away together hand in hand. Frederick: I don’t know. Far from here. Augustin: I should write to Babette. Frederick: Is Babette your mistress? Augustin: No, my friend. In spite of everything I love you Frederick. Augustin and Frederick hold each other and sprout bat-like wings. Text: Maybe we’ll find a castle and lure handsome young people to their deaths. Or burrow into soft earth and be forgotten or go to the city. Amongst life, amongst the people, the poets, and their blood.
January 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Letter to Babette 3/4
Letter to Babette page 5 Augustin sits at the table with a glass of wine and feels distress. Text: My head soon swam with exhaustion and wine. If only I had known the horrors to come I would have stayed by Frederick’s side. The old woman leads Augustin to bed through a hallway of religious paintings. Text: The old woman brought me to bed. Augustin has a disturbing dream of Mathilde seducing Frederick and letting a poisonous snake bite him. Then a demonic Mathilde spears Augustin in the neck. Augustin wakes greatly disturbed. Text: If only I had known the sick truth of my imaginings Augustin, awake and dressed, stands before the old woman. Old rat woman: Young man, your friend is too ill to travel. We will tend to him and he will follow you when he is well. Augustin kneels by Frederick’s bedside. Augustin: Sweet friend, I will return for you. Letter to Babette page 6 Augustin walks along the mountain path again, now in summer. Text: Not long after, my business complete, I searched for Frederick Augustin stands in a clearing, loomed over by twisting, dead trees and bare rocks. Text: I could not find the castle. Only trees and stones Augustin drinks in a tavern. Text: I would find Frederick later. I had other things to do. I lingered in the city Augustin goes to the theatre Text: My sisters wrote to me, eager for my return. But I did not want them to dote on me. I wanted life, not childhood. Augustin reads a letter at a party. Text: They told me of Frederick’s return, he had not written to me yet, had not found me. Oh Babette, that angered me. Augustin lies next to Babette in an Idyllic field surrounded by trees and flowers. Babette is reading. Text: So. I lingered. I spent the summer with you and your painters and poets. Letter to Babette page 7 A rat pays a visit to Augustin who is lying on a sofa next to several empty liquor bottles. Text: A friend of my family brought me troubling news from home. News of death and fear. Augustin rides a horse towards a small town Text: I was urged to set off at once Augustin wanders down a cobblestone street, past empty shops and houses, broken furniture strew about. Text: The town was desolate. Augustin meets his sisters. They turn away from him. Text: My sisters were cold and strange. Their love for me was home. I was lost without it Augustin encounters a rotting rat corpse in the garden. Text: There were other things. Frightful things. Letter to Babette page 8 Augustin sees Frederick in the garden, there is something strange about him now. He is frightening. Text. There was Frederick. We avoided each other but sometimes I glimpsed him in the shadows. Sometimes Mathilde and the old woman were at his side. Augustin stumbles around, drunk. Text: Around that time my life became a haze of drunkenness. While stumbling around Augustin sees Frederick biting the neck of another rat. He tries to intervene Augustin. Frederick! Stop! Augustin screams as Frederick reaches for his throat. He falls backwards.
January 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM