Original Comic Splash Page Brotherman #11: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An original comic book splash page for Brotherman No. 11 illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile and written by Guy Sims. The page features a black and white image of three young men walking down a city street. The man on the left is wearing a stripped jacket, patterned shirt, jeans and sneakers. The man in the middle is wearing a dark jacket with light sleeves, a grey shirt, pants and sneakers. The man on the right is wearing a hat, sunglasses a vertically striped shirt, jeans and sneakers. The men on the left and right are shaking hands and have speech bubbles above their heads. Text at the top of the page reads “BY MY THIS YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS PRETTY POPULAR. MY CLOSEST FRIENDS WERE KEVIN GATHERS AND MONK STYLES. WE WERE TIGHT AND HUNG OUT WHENEVER WE COULD. IN THEIR OWN WAY, THY HELPED ME IN CHOOSING MY DIRECTION.” There are three boxes with text at the bottom of the page. The one on the left reads “DIRECTED / by / JASON SIMS.” The one in the middle reads “GUIDED / by / GUY SIMS.” The one on the right reads “DIAGRAMMED / by / DAVID SIMS.” The page is inscribed and signed on the back.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1996
• Illustrated by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Written by: Guy A. Sims, American
• Subject of: Jason E. Sims, American
• Subject of: Big City Comics, Inc., American, 1989 - 1996
• Type: drawings
• Medium: India ink, plastic on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)
• Place made: East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Object number: 2017.116.5.9
• 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.