Brotherman #1 - Cover: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A framed poster of the front cover of Brotherman No. 1 illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. The poster features a color image of the face of Brotherman. He is wearing a blue mask with the letter “B” on his forehead. Printed in white ink at the top of the page is “BROTHER / MAN / DICTATOR OF DISCIPLINE.” Printed in white ink across the middle of the front cover is “HE’S HERE!” Printed in white ink at the bottom of the front cover is “…Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.” In the top left corner is a rectangle with an image of a city skyline at top. Below the image in blue and white text is “BIG CITY / COMICS / No. 1 / $2.00 USA / $2.75 CANADA.” On the back of the frame, handwritten in graphite and ink on the left side is “©DAWUD ANYABWILE FKA DAVE SIMS 1990 / “Brotherman # 1 – cover” / WWW.BROTHRMANCOMICS.COM.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1990
• Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Big City Comics, Inc., American, 1989 - 1996
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (frame): 43 5/16 × 35 7/16 × 2 in. (110 × 90 × 5.1 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Object number: 2017.116.5.4
• 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

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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.