Blindness & Disability

October 18, 2025

Matt listening to music while rinsing his coffee cup.

The 40+ ways Daredevil: Born Again reminds you that Matt is blind (for real)

Previous posts in this series: The 50+ ways in which Marvel’s Daredevil reminds you that Matt is blind (for real) The 50+ additional ways in […]

May 10, 2023

Matt arrives outside the prison, as seen in episode four of the third season of Daredevil.

Yet another 25 ways Daredevil’s third season reminds you that Matt is blind (for real)

It’s been almost six years since I typed up “The 50+ ways in which Marvel’s Daredevil reminds you that Matt is blind (for real),” which […]

January 4, 2023

Close-up of Matt's hand holding a stack of printed braille documents, as seen in the first episode of The Defenders.

A Daredevil wish for Braille Day

So, today is apparently World Braille Day! I feel like I should be on top of these kinds of things, but in my defense, it's […]

August 13, 2022

Panel of Matt and Maya Lopez enjoying a meal on their date, as seen in Daredevil #11 (1998), by David Mack and Joe Quesada

How will Daredevil and Echo communicate?

I will eventually get back to how wonderful and amazing it is that Charlie Cox will be back as Matt in Daredevil: Born Again. However, […]

September 26, 2021

A really creepy shot of Mole Man, from Daredevil #9 by Mark Waid and Paolo Rivera

Book excerpt: “The In-Betweeners”

Once again, here is an excerpt from my book, which I've been working on pretty diligently over the last two-three months. I'm having so much […]

June 4, 2018

The other “mask”

In search of a topic for a post to start the week, I turned to Facebook to ask TOMP's followers for ideas. One idea was […]

May 6, 2018

Close-up of Matt's hand holding a stack of printed braille documents, as seen in the first episode of The Defenders.

The 50+ additional ways in which Daredevil and Defenders remind you that Matt is blind (for real)

See also my follow-up post from 2023 detailing similar scenes from season three. In August of last year, I wrote my longest posts yet (now […]

August 14, 2017

Matt talking to Foggy and Karen, as seen in episode eight of Marvel's Daredevil on Netflix

The 50+ ways in which Marvel’s Daredevil reminds you that Matt is blind (for real)

Since this post was originally published, I have also written a follow-up piece featuring details from season two and The Defenders, as well as a follow-up […]

July 27, 2014

Matt asks to have a large robot described to him, in Daredevil #5

A world of touch and motion

I'm going to state right off the bat that, as I'm sitting down to write this, I don't have a proper title yet for this […]

January 31, 2014

Matt Murdock and the tax code

I will often joke about the fact that no aspect of Daredevil – the character, or the book and its cast – is too mundane […]

May 17, 2013

“There’s an app for that, Matt!”

Here's the lettered preview for next week's Daredevil #26! Are you as excited as I am? In Daredevil #22, we saw Matt demonstrate a cool […]

March 18, 2013

Braille-iant Daredevil

Hey everyone! I've been busy lately, but did manage to record a new podcast last week that I hope to have edited and ready to […]

January 20, 2013

Daredevil #22 revisited

I knew as soon as I was done writing my review of Daredevil #22 that I would have to go back and write about it […]

October 15, 2012

Matt talks about his computer, from Daredevil #5 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martín

A screen reader primer for Daredevil fans

I was going to start this post by saying something along the lines of: "Usually, for White Cane Day (i.e. October 15 and also known […]

May 9, 2012

Matt talks about his computer, from Daredevil #5 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martín

Global Accessibility Awareness Day

I've been super busy for the last couple of weeks, so this post will have to be short and sweet (I'll be back on track […]

March 10, 2012

“Sometimes in my dreams, I can see”

"Do blind people see in their dreams?" To be honest, I've never thought much about this question myself. Or rather, I've possibly thought about it […]

February 6, 2012

Matt is reading the newspaper in an issue of Daredevil from the Ed Brubaker and Michael Lark run.

No more print reading for Waid’s Daredevil?

Mark Waid said a lot of interesting things in the video interview he did with Blastoff Comics, but one thing really made me sit up […]

November 26, 2011

Daredevil really is blind, “For Dummies”

Last week or so, someone from an (apparently) popular gaming forum posted a link to this site in a thread, causing a nice spike in […]

November 1, 2011

Matt takes Austin to his apartment, computer is seen in the background. From Daredevil #5 by Mark Waid and Marcos Martín

Matt Murdock enters the 21st century

Daredevil #5 not only revealed that Matt is about to go up against some of the biggest baddies in the Marvel Universe. It also finally […]

July 16, 2011

Things that have me excited for the Daredevil relaunch – Part 7

I'm back again for another installment of the "Countdown to Daredevil #1" series. We're on the home stretch now, which means that the first issue […]

July 12, 2011

Things that have me excited for the Daredevil relaunch – Part 3

Time for another quote, and this one literally had me going "Finally!" when it first appeared. I touched on it before, at the time the […]

March 13, 2011

Matt comes into Tyrone's room

The nastier side of Matt: Tyrone’s story

Before there was the - yet to be named - "blind kid" in Daredevil: Reborn, there was Tyrone. What the two have in common, besides […]

February 23, 2011

Clint Barton, a reluctant “Daredevil”

I happen to be something of a Hawkeye fan actually. He has an unusual skill where others have superpowers (which does make it just a […]

February 15, 2011

Matt bonding with the Uni-Power

“Oh, the blind thing? It comes and goes…”

One common element used a lot in superhero comics consists of the hero temporarily losing his (or her) powers. This has happened to Daredevil enough […]