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

Thu Sep 11 14:06:40 UTC 2014

Hi all,

Minh brought up some good points.  I'm mainly looking into this so I
can have all options available.  There is no text at all in The Silver
Scorpian, so it would probably take either a reader or the disability
services staff to follow the "Written descriptions of images used in
class" part of my accomodations in order for me to get it.

I met with my professor before class this morning, and she clarified
that Silver Scorpian is just an example.  Our last assigned paper is
about diversity in superhero fiction, and she picked him because the
main character is in a wheelchair, and also diverse racially.  She
also thinks it's really cool that American and Sirian teens worked
together to develop the character and story, and since we have a few
international students from middle eastern countries in our class
they'd be able to get a cultural kickback out of reading about a
non-American super.  However, she suggested writing about Iron Man,
Dare Devel, or Chief from XMen more as other options for the paper if
I wanted to write about disability specifically, rather than coming up
with an alternative assignment.  The class does not have to write on
Silver Scorpian, or disability at all; the paper could also be about
LGBT representation in super fiction, gender in heroes, etc.  It's
also going to require research that might not even be about
superheroes.  For example, she said that if I chose to write about how
Tony Stark is diverse due to his heart problems represented in super
fiction, I would want to research cardiology so I have information to
site in my paper.

I'm stubborn and typically avoid using readers and scribes for things,
but I do want to at least have the option of writing on The Silver
Scorpian even if I do choose to write about Dare Devel or Iron Man for
the paper.  I'd like to be able to do it by myself if at all possible,
so I will get someone to describe it if no other option for me to do
it independently becomes available.

To answer Chris's question, I have not checked Bard.  Another way in
which I'm stubborn I guess is that I'm a bookshare snob; I don't
really like Bard or Learning Ally.  Honestly, I think Learning Ally
might be the most likely source to have it, but I just hate listening
to people read.  I pay attention much better when I use braille and do
my own work.

On 9/11/14, minh ha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Kaiti,
>
> Have you considered getting a reader to have them narrate all the
> dialogue in the comic and describe the pictures to you? We had to read
> a couple of graphic novels in one of my AP English classes in high
> school and one of my friends and I just sat down together and went
> through the novel together. It took maybe a couple of hours to read
> through an entire book since most of it consists of graphics. I don't
> have any vision so using a CCTV wasn't even an option for me to look
> at the illustrations, but I did really well when it came time to
> analyzing the novel without actually experiencing the visual parts. My
> teacher did offer to let me sit that section out and just do another
> project, but I hate not doing what everyone else was so I decided to
> try a reader and see how it would go. Hopefully you can find a
> solution that works best for you because Silver Scorpion sounds
> awesome.
>
> Minh
>
> On 9/11/14, Chris Nusbaum via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Have you checked BARD?
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> nabs-l mailing list
>>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>> nabs-l:
>>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/dotkid.nusbaum%40gmail.com
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> nabs-l mailing list
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> nabs-l:
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/minh.ha927%40gmail.com
>>
>
>
> --
> "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty
> recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity:
> but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on
> their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible." T. E. Lawrence
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nabs-l:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/crazy4clarinet104%40gmail.com
>

-- 
Kaiti