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Presented By: University Library

Comics Beyond Sight

Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off. Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off.
Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off.
This exhibit covers a variety of creative approaches to comics accessibility, and by extension visual accessibility broadly. Those approaches range from multimedia (audio and textual descriptions) through multidimensional and emerging technologies strategies (3D printing, haptics, and screen-based mobile touch interfaces). It demonstrates that all comics can be made accessible. Learn about the international efforts of innovators in the realm of comics accessibility for the blind and visually impaired, assembled by the Accessible Comics Collective at San Francisco State University with the expertise of blind access professionals.

Emily Beitiks was the accessibility lead for the content creation of the exhibit. She is the co-director for the San Francisco Disability Cultural Center (the first civically funded disability culture center on the planet!), and prior to that, the director of the Longmore Institute on Disability.

Nick Sousanis (SFSU), the lead creative organizer of the exhibit, is a Detroit native and was the first person known to have published their Ph.D. dissertation in comics format (UNFLATTENING).

View the exhibit anytime the Hatcher Library is open, and join us for an opening presentation on Friday, October 2nd, 1:00pm - 4:00pm.
Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off. Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off.
Comics take us places, but if you can't see their contents, those places are closed off.

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