Hi /r/blind!

Earlier this year, I was introduced to the idea of audiobooks for graphic novels by an author I've followed on twitter for a really long time, Jonny Sun. It was the first time I'd considered the accessibility, or lack thereof, of media like graphic novels or comic books for people who are blind or visually impaired.

I never read comic books growing up, and I don't really know much about them at all, so I enlisted the help of a couple people who do. Over the course of the past few months, we've put together a podcast where each episode they talk about an issue, its creators, characters, stuff like that, then perform a table read of it with narration and description of each panel. The show is called "Paneled: Comic Book Narration."

We don't presume ourselves to be the first people to do something like this, and we definitely have a lot to learn when it comes to doing it well. When all is said and done, none of us have visual impairments, and that's what brings me here. It would be incredibly helpful to hear feedback about what works well or doesn't, what helps or hinders understanding of the issue we're narrating. It's still far from perfect, but going forward, we want to know what elements are worth keeping and what needs to change.

The show doesn't technically "release" until this Saturday, but I've already got our first four episodes uploaded to our RSS feed. In addition to the full show (which runs about an hour), there are audiobook versions of each story (10-30 minutes), which means it's just the comic book, no commentary or cross talk. We post the episodes on $1 but they're also available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, and most third party podcast apps (I hope, I'm new to producing so I'm still trying to figure out how distribution works).

A long post, I know, but I would really, really appreciate any comments, suggestions, or complaints. I'm still trying to work out the direction of the show, especially the audiobook portion.