I'm sending this to everyone because I think it was so
nice that the author/artist of Laika, the graphic
novel that Shelley wants to read, responded to my
letter. Unfortunately, as he explains, there is no
straight text that can be sent to bookshare. That's
not the way he works.
It seems to me that the only way a graphic novel can
get to those of you who are blind would be if NLS or
some organization could get actors to read it. To whom
would one make such a suggestion? More and more
graphic novels are being produced, and especially for
children and young adults, it would be nice if they
were available.
G.Cindy
--- Nick Abadzis <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Nick Abadzis <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Laika
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:15:30 +0000
To: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Dear Cindy,
Sorry it's taken me a little time to reply. I've
spent the last
couple of days struggling to come up with a viable
solution to the
problem you outline. In truth, you've caught me at
an abnormally busy
time, so when I can get a spare little while, I'll
consider the
situation more fully.
I was saddened to learn of the situation with the
member of your
organization, as I'd really like for her to read my
book. It's
definitely a disadvantage of this particular
communications medium
that it can't be easily converted into another
format. I wish I could
say there existed a strightforward "script" to the
book;
unfortunately, that's not the way I work - apart
from an early six-
page outline, there never was typed manuscript as
such. The early
drafts of the story exist mostly as 'thumbnails',
tiny scribbled
drawings with lots of ballooned dialogue. There is a
fair amount of
writing too of course, but it all got boiled down
and absorbed by
telling as much of the story as possible through
pictures.
There is actually a beta of a website I am preparing
based on some
lectures I did last year (URL below) that explains
my working method
(go to the 'About' section and you can see the
outline I mentioned
earlier, plus a whole bunch of other stuff).
http://www.nickabadzis.com/laika/
None of this helps your member, of course, which
will probably be the
most frustrating answer I can give. For that, I can
only apologize.
As I say, if I can figure out a way of converting
what exists into
something that can be read in a reasonably
satisfactory manner by
someone either partially sighted or blind, I will of
course be in
contact again. So, 'til then, I'm working on it.
All the best,
Nick Abadzis
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