Big City Subway Map: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A large map of Big City, the fictional setting for the characters of Brotherman Comics. The map is in color and shows streets, parks and waterways. Neighborhoods are labeled with black text. The dominant features on the map are colored subway routes. The routes are purple, orange, blue, green and black and identify stops along each of the routes. The back of the map is white and has wood blocks adhered to it. Hanging wires are connected to the blocks.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2009
• Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on cardboard, wood, adhesive, wire
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 36 × 51 × 3/4 in. (91.4 × 129.5 × 1.9 cm)
• Place used: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Object number: 2017.116.5.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brotherman Comics / Big City Entertainment, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Big City Entertainment, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.