[nabs-l] Seeking advice from any commic book fans out there.

[Chris Nusbaum]

Have you checked BARD?

Chris Nusbaum

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> On Sep 11, 2014, at 12:40 AM, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This semester I'm in a really awesome English 200 course at my
> university.  All of our English courses for 100 and 200 (the two
> required composition courses) have themes.  I'm in a class which is
> themed "Superheros and Villains in Society."  It looks at the
> historical, cultural, and social contexts of supers, and the roles
> they play as archetypes and icons in various societies.  The course
> looks really diverse, and I know we're planning on exploring supers
> and villains who are in minorities.  In fact, one of our scheduled
> readings later in the semester is The Silver Scorpian.  This is a
> relatively new comic from what I understand, and my professor says
> people who are not interested in commics, disability studies, or both
> would likely know who he is.  Basically, he's a Muslum kid from the
> Middle East, who is wheelchair-bound after being involved in a
> bombing.  He is chosen to handle a power that has been hidden for
> centuries, and has to stand up for justice as... you guessed it, the
> Silver Scorpian.
> 
> My professor is also wonderful, and is willing to work with me to make
> the class as accessible as possible.  One of our readings which we
> will be starting next week is The Watchman, and instead of having the
> disability office go through the entire book and narrate all the
> pictures (which there are a lot of so my book would be very late), the
> prof has given me permission to watch a version of the film which
> speaks the dialog, and will allow me to pause the DVD to look at the
> pictures in the book zoomed in and on a large computer display.  She
> has also provided the class with chapter summaries, and sent them to
> me in advance.  However, the Silver Scorpian books are even less of
> graphic novels and more like actual commics than Watchman is, and
> there is no movie adaptation since he's still a new character.  My
> prof has said she would be willing to come up with an alternative
> assignment and let me use another movie, and she even said I would be
> fine to do Dare Devel if I wanted to since I already own that movie.
> 
> However, I am curious as to whether or not there is a comic resource
> out there.  Bookshare sometimes describes illustration in files and
> I've seen that before, but they don't have commics as far as I can
> tell from my searches.  Any ideas how I might be able to get a copy of
> The Silver Scorpian?  If not, I'm perfectly happy to do a project
> using a film adaptation on Dare Devel or Iron Man (her other
> suggestion), but I'm mainly just curious as to whether or not this is
> out there.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- 
> Kaiti
> 
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