Show Notes Episode 41, Chad Allen – Audio Comics

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Co-hosts: Cheryl McNeil Fisher and Kathy King**

This episode reaches far beyond audio comics- innovation, advocacy, art, transmedia, classic literature, political unrest, creative challenges, magic, and more! Audio described comics? Audio comic books? Chad Allen describes his innovative approach to comic books for people who are visually impaired and blind. We will discover how he grew his idea into a production and morphed success into a contract with a large company.

• Readers learn about the messages embedded in this dynamic comic adventure which adults and teens alike will enjoy at different levels of understanding.
• Chad reveals to writers his perspective on the imoact of art, other literature and the passive and active aspects of the creative process.
• Comics as modern mythology!
• And just where does tap dancing fit in? You have to listen to find out!

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About Chad Allen
Chad is a multidisciplinary artist and writer who happens to be blind. He is the creator of the Audio Comic UNSEEN which premiered at the Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco as a part the exhibit on identity Self, Made: Exploring You in a World of We.

Chad is also a magician and has appeared on Penn & Teller: Fool Us and America’s Got Talent. His goal is to give audiences an opportunity to reframe their perceptions of blind people and vision.

Chad says in a LA TIMES article, “You don’t see art with your eyes. You see with your brain, and that’s what I’m trying to teach people more than anything.”

For more information, please contact Chad at: info@chadallenmagic.com

Episode Links

• Unseen- The Audio Comic, https://www.unseencomic.com
• Twitter handle @AccessibleComic, https://twitter.com/accessiblecomic
• Chad’s Magic website,https://www.chadallenmagic.com

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