Do you enjoy cosplay and comic cons? Or simply just looking for a fun activity to meet new people? Go to ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con!
The sixth ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con (‘Crip’Con) is Saturday, April 13 in Schine Student Center, and registration is open!
‘Crip’Con is a free, bi-annual comic con hosted by the Disability Cultural Center and Burton Blatt Institute (BBI)’s Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach with support from the Disability Student Union, the Beyond Compliance Coordinating Committee, the Center on Human Policy and the Office of Disability Services. This con gives participants the opportunity to engage in discussions about the representations of disability within mainstream popular cultures, particularly in comic books, graphic novels and manga. This year’s theme is ‘And Justice for All…?’ and will focus on disability justice, freedom of expression and comics culture in today’s world.
There’s a great lineup of activities, workshops and art exhibits this year, like light painting, design your own Access Avenger, song/poetry beats making and a plenary panel!
This year’s panel on disability justice features Jason Harris G ’18, BBI research associate; Leroy Moore and Keith Jones, Krip-Hop Nation; Jason Pittman, author of ‘The War for Kaleb;’ Nancy Silberkleit, Co-CEO of Archie Comics; Lucy Wales, artist and Rochester Institute of Technology graduate; Georgia Webber, artist, writer and editor and author of “Dumb: Living Without a Voice.”
So put together your best cosplay, brush up on your favorite comics, bring your friends and go to ‘Cripping’ the Comic Con!
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided for the entire symposium. Communication Access Realtime Translation (CART) will be provided during the welcome and the morning plenary session. For more information about accessibility, visit the ‘Crip’Con accessibility subpage.
Reclamation of the word ‘Crip’ is also a key component of the event. The ‘CripCon’ uses ‘Crip’ in an empowering way. For more information, visit the ‘What Cripping Means’ page.