A blind heroine rules this audio comic book written for a blind audience
SAN FRANCISCO - Chad Allen was feeling helpless. Not because he happened to be blind. He had a healthy handle on that part of his life. It was the insanely dark news cycle that was dragging him down. The sense that the world was falling apart and he could do nothing about it.
Mounting anxiety before the 2016 presidential election propelled him to do what he does best: tell stories. He created an audio comic book titled "Unseen," featuring a blind heroine, an assassin from Afghanistan named Afsana. It is believed to be one of the first audio comic books by a blind author, made for a blind audience.
Working in a highly visual art form, Allen managed to create an auditory experience that closely mimics the sensation of reading a comic book. A whooshing sound occurs whenever a
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