This is a great way to spend your Friday afternoon if you can make it folks!
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix #ComicsA11y #medlibs 📚
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix #ComicsA11y #medlibs 📚
There’s a Zoom link on this page for anyone who wants to attend the grand opening Friday (tomorrow) from 2-4pm ET www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st... #GraphicMedicine #ComicsA11y with @nsousanis.bsky.social and Emily Beitiks of @sfdcc.bsky.social with guests @comicnurse.bsky.social and Silvana Rainey
Exhibit Opening: Comics Beyond Sight
Hear from the exhibit creators, engage with the exhibit, and talk with tabling presenters.
www.lib.umich.edu
October 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
This is a great way to spend your Friday afternoon if you can make it folks!
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix #ComicsA11y #medlibs 📚
#GraphicMedicine #libcomix #ComicsA11y #medlibs 📚
Thank you!!! 🙏 I keep telling myself “It won’t be perfect, but that’s okay.” #GraphicMedicine #ComicsA11y
October 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Thank you!!! 🙏 I keep telling myself “It won’t be perfect, but that’s okay.” #GraphicMedicine #ComicsA11y
There’s a Zoom link on this page for anyone who wants to attend the grand opening Friday (tomorrow) from 2-4pm ET www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st... #GraphicMedicine #ComicsA11y with @nsousanis.bsky.social and Emily Beitiks of @sfdcc.bsky.social with guests @comicnurse.bsky.social and Silvana Rainey
Exhibit Opening: Comics Beyond Sight
Hear from the exhibit creators, engage with the exhibit, and talk with tabling presenters.
www.lib.umich.edu
October 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
There’s a Zoom link on this page for anyone who wants to attend the grand opening Friday (tomorrow) from 2-4pm ET www.lib.umich.edu/visit-and-st... #GraphicMedicine #ComicsA11y with @nsousanis.bsky.social and Emily Beitiks of @sfdcc.bsky.social with guests @comicnurse.bsky.social and Silvana Rainey
Next panel: Tactile Approaches (2.5D and 3D) to Accessible Comics
•Georgina Kleege (@GeorginaKleege), moderator—writer, English professor, arts access activist. Has been blind since age 10. Interested in touch access to information.
#ComicsA11y
•Georgina Kleege (@GeorginaKleege), moderator—writer, English professor, arts access activist. Has been blind since age 10. Interested in touch access to information.
#ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Next panel: Tactile Approaches (2.5D and 3D) to Accessible Comics
•Georgina Kleege (@GeorginaKleege), moderator—writer, English professor, arts access activist. Has been blind since age 10. Interested in touch access to information.
#ComicsA11y
•Georgina Kleege (@GeorginaKleege), moderator—writer, English professor, arts access activist. Has been blind since age 10. Interested in touch access to information.
#ComicsA11y
First post! I just co-hosted this fantastic conversation - really exciting possibilities for the future of accessible comics #ComicsA11y. Learn more and see what we've done for past events & other resources for accessible comics here: https://spinweaveandcut.com/blind-accessible-comics/
![white flyer with headline "The Program in Visual Impairments, Comic Studies & The Longmore Institute on Disability Present: Innovations in Accessible Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers." To the side of that text is the gold seal for San Francisco State University. Under that is a star with the words "Zoom Event! Friday May 5, 2023, 10am to 1:30pm." An image of two eyes against a black box with the words "How can a visual medium become accessible?" Below that is comic-style artwork. A box has the outline of a person in it with the words "Dialogue, Immersive Sounds, Voice Actors." The other two boxes show raised shapes and dots and SFX. Underneath are the words, "Get exclusive access to the projects of the Accessible Comics Collective design competition as they receive feedback from comics/access experts... and YOU!" AD/ASL/CART provided. For other requests: beitiks@sfsu.edu. Supported by the College of Liberal & Creative Arts. Register at [https://tinyurl.com/InnovationsInComics]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:beqpqpce3wnzazg5vc3mezhr/bafkreie4zdthqewj5767luetps4fcftjiboxfkbfxzugnp2oriw2kozyvy)
May 5, 2023 at 9:47 PM
First post! I just co-hosted this fantastic conversation - really exciting possibilities for the future of accessible comics #ComicsA11y. Learn more and see what we've done for past events & other resources for accessible comics here: https://spinweaveandcut.com/blind-accessible-comics/
THANK YOU to Emily Smith Beitiks @LongmoreInst & @Nsousanis & @TVI_ting for a thought-provoking, engaging symposium on #ComicsA11y! So grateful I could join you from Canada.
November 10, 2024 at 1:14 PM
THANK YOU to Emily Smith Beitiks @LongmoreInst & @Nsousanis & @TVI_ting for a thought-provoking, engaging symposium on #ComicsA11y! So grateful I could join you from Canada.
We need to rely on each other to amplify the work being done in this field and make it more discoverable.
Most blind children haven't read a comic. Most educators may not understand why visuals have to be described.
#ComicsA11y
Most blind children haven't read a comic. Most educators may not understand why visuals have to be described.
#ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 12:59 PM
We need to rely on each other to amplify the work being done in this field and make it more discoverable.
Most blind children haven't read a comic. Most educators may not understand why visuals have to be described.
#ComicsA11y
Most blind children haven't read a comic. Most educators may not understand why visuals have to be described.
#ComicsA11y
The power of accessible comics is so compelling, it's already changing how sighted people experience the medium. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 10:07 AM
The power of accessible comics is so compelling, it's already changing how sighted people experience the medium. #ComicsA11y
This medium is capable of reinforcing and strengthening spatial literacy skills.
The medium gives life to stories, often from marginalized or underrepresented groups.
#ComicsA11y
The medium gives life to stories, often from marginalized or underrepresented groups.
#ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:43 AM
This medium is capable of reinforcing and strengthening spatial literacy skills.
The medium gives life to stories, often from marginalized or underrepresented groups.
#ComicsA11y
The medium gives life to stories, often from marginalized or underrepresented groups.
#ComicsA11y
Frame-by-frame progression works well in educational texts, breaking down complex trajectories into absorbable moments. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:37 AM
Frame-by-frame progression works well in educational texts, breaking down complex trajectories into absorbable moments. #ComicsA11y
One reason accessible comics are important: access is joyfully achievable!
Why do blind people need comics? The comic medium offers some unique superpowers that we all need to experience. #ComicsA11y
Why do blind people need comics? The comic medium offers some unique superpowers that we all need to experience. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:30 AM
One reason accessible comics are important: access is joyfully achievable!
Why do blind people need comics? The comic medium offers some unique superpowers that we all need to experience. #ComicsA11y
Why do blind people need comics? The comic medium offers some unique superpowers that we all need to experience. #ComicsA11y
As we've seen in the panels today, accessible comics do have the potential to be as diverse and impactful as comics in their traditional medium. Unique tropes and conventions of the comic medium are recognizable in accessible comics. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:24 AM
As we've seen in the panels today, accessible comics do have the potential to be as diverse and impactful as comics in their traditional medium. Unique tropes and conventions of the comic medium are recognizable in accessible comics. #ComicsA11y
Final talk of the day is by Chancey Fleet (@ChanceyFleet) of NYPL's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Final talk of the day is by Chancey Fleet (@ChanceyFleet) of NYPL's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library. #ComicsA11y
Contrast this with depiction of Matt Murdock, whose blindness is signalled with dark glasses. Some gendered influences there. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Contrast this with depiction of Matt Murdock, whose blindness is signalled with dark glasses. Some gendered influences there. #ComicsA11y
José explaining how the depiction of Alicia Masters has changed with younger writers in the past twenty years or so. She is independent, wealthy, but there are still some carryover visual markers of her blindness—namely, blank irises. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 8:04 AM
José explaining how the depiction of Alicia Masters has changed with younger writers in the past twenty years or so. She is independent, wealthy, but there are still some carryover visual markers of her blindness—namely, blank irises. #ComicsA11y
In fiction in particular, the symbolic absence of a sense is used as a literary device, which is why Sabine focuses on nonfiction. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:57 AM
In fiction in particular, the symbolic absence of a sense is used as a literary device, which is why Sabine focuses on nonfiction. #ComicsA11y
Sabine: It's very important to her to identify as blind. No blind person has consumed her work and told her that she's not really blind—that kind of gatekeeping is something sighted people do. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Sabine: It's very important to her to identify as blind. No blind person has consumed her work and told her that she's not really blind—that kind of gatekeeping is something sighted people do. #ComicsA11y
Joe, in his consultation work, incorporates not only his lived experience but also on research and on experiences from other blind people he knows. The age of vision loss contributes a lot to a person's perspectives. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Joe, in his consultation work, incorporates not only his lived experience but also on research and on experiences from other blind people he knows. The age of vision loss contributes a lot to a person's perspectives. #ComicsA11y
These early depictions are the sighted person's representation of blind people, which is the problem. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:38 AM
These early depictions are the sighted person's representation of blind people, which is the problem. #ComicsA11y
Not represented as a powerful figure—she defeats the villain but is depicted as bumbling into her success. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Not represented as a powerful figure—she defeats the villain but is depicted as bumbling into her success. #ComicsA11y
José says the four stages don't necessarily progress linearly. They can progress and regress.
José talking about the character Alicia Masters from the Fantastic Four, who is blind and a romantic interest of a major character. Introduced in 1962.
#ComicsA11y
José talking about the character Alicia Masters from the Fantastic Four, who is blind and a romantic interest of a major character. Introduced in 1962.
#ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:25 AM
José says the four stages don't necessarily progress linearly. They can progress and regress.
José talking about the character Alicia Masters from the Fantastic Four, who is blind and a romantic interest of a major character. Introduced in 1962.
#ComicsA11y
José talking about the character Alicia Masters from the Fantastic Four, who is blind and a romantic interest of a major character. Introduced in 1962.
#ComicsA11y
Getting blind people leading their own shows is what will get us to stage 4. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Getting blind people leading their own shows is what will get us to stage 4. #ComicsA11y
Joe on 4 stages of representation of marginalized populations
1. nonexistence
2. ridicule
3. regulation (represented in professions that confer respect)
4. full range of roles and respect
In the disability realm, we're not there yet. #ComicsA11y
1. nonexistence
2. ridicule
3. regulation (represented in professions that confer respect)
4. full range of roles and respect
In the disability realm, we're not there yet. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Joe on 4 stages of representation of marginalized populations
1. nonexistence
2. ridicule
3. regulation (represented in professions that confer respect)
4. full range of roles and respect
In the disability realm, we're not there yet. #ComicsA11y
1. nonexistence
2. ridicule
3. regulation (represented in professions that confer respect)
4. full range of roles and respect
In the disability realm, we're not there yet. #ComicsA11y
Sabine makes high-contrast comics—reflects her relationship with the sight that she does have as well as her experience as a blind person. She binds her zines by hand and there's a tactile experience there as well. #ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Sabine makes high-contrast comics—reflects her relationship with the sight that she does have as well as her experience as a blind person. She binds her zines by hand and there's a tactile experience there as well. #ComicsA11y
Sabine: Her work centred on her own experience, so she is free from the expectation that her work represents all of the blind community. As with all marginalized communities, blind people are not monolithic.
#ComicsA11y
#ComicsA11y
November 10, 2024 at 6:59 AM
Sabine: Her work centred on her own experience, so she is free from the expectation that her work represents all of the blind community. As with all marginalized communities, blind people are not monolithic.
#ComicsA11y
#ComicsA11y