Brotherman comic sketchbook illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Original Brotherman comic sketchbook illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile. The sketchbook has a black cover with silver and blue stylized lettering covering the front, spine and back. The sketchbook has 168 pages. It is illustrated using pencil and different colored inks and markers. The book contains pages of handwritten text as well as sketches and storyboarded images. Handwritten in the middle of one page towards the back is “©DAVIDSIMS92.” One page has been torn out in the middle of the sketchbook.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: ca. 1992
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Subject of: Big City Comics, Inc., American, 1989 - 1996
• Type: sketchbooks
• Medium: ink, graphite on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (closed): 13 15/16 × 11 × 11/16 in. (35.4 × 28 × 1.8 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (open): 13 15/16 × 22 7/16 in. (35.4 × 57 cm)
• Place used: East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Object number: 2017.116.3
• 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.