Your translated memory or mine? Re-membering graphic novels in performed audio descriptions for The Cartoon Museum, London

• Published in: Journal of graphic novels & comics Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 491 - 507
• Main Author: Asimakoulas, Dimitris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 03.07.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accessibility; audio description; Blindness; Collective memory; comics translation; Graphic novels; memory; museum; translation technology; Translations; Visual impairment; United Kingdom > UK; England; London England

This article offers a practical and theoretical exploration of a (highly) specialised type of comics re-mediation, namely, audio described (AD) comics for the Blind and Partially Sighted (BPS). Building on relevant work in comics studies and translation studies, it is argued that translation activit...