Poster for a Milestone Media company-wide comic book series: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Promotional poster for a Milestone Media company-wide comic book series owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The color poster is of a crumpled and burnt newspaper on concrete. The top of the newspaper reads [Dakota Chronicle] and the headline at the top reads [GOVERNOR PROMISES URBAN UTOPIA]. The large image in the center of the newspaper shows the comic book characters Rocket and Icon standing in front of a burning cityscape. Icon is wearing a green cape and has his arms wrapped around rocket, who’s head is resting on his chest. She is crying. The bottom of the poster reads [LONG / HOT / SUMMER] and [IT’S GOING TO BE A RIOT!]. A list of which comic books are taking part in the series and which issues is listed at the bottom. A DC Comics, Inc. logo is in the bottom left corner. A Milestone Media logo is on the bottom right corner.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1995
• Produced by: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
• Owned by: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
• Subject of: DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper, metal, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 25 1/4 × 19 1/4 × 3/4 in. (64.1 × 48.9 × 1.9 cm)
• Place printed: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Advertising
• Topic: Black Enterprise
• Topic: Business
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Object number: 2019.96.26
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
• 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: © Milestone Media LLC Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.