Valor Family - It's getting dark: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital art poster featuring an image of a panel from Brotherman comics. The panel depicts a man named Len and the Valor family standing behind a yellow car. Len is standing on the left and is wearing a brown hat, black jacket and grey turtleneck sweater. A speech bubble above his head reads “LET ME GIVE YOU A RIDE / IT’S GETTING DARK.” Antonio Valor is standing next to Len and has his arms wrapped around a young girl wearing a brown jacket and yellow backpack. Carmen Valor is standing on the left and is wearing a blue headband and brown jacket. Three speech bubbles are pointing towards her. The one at top reads “IT’S OK LEN WE’RE ONLY / GOING A COUPLE OF BLOCKS / LIKE YOU ALWAYS SAY.” The speech bubble to the right reads “WE SHOULDN’T BE / AFRAID TO WALK / OUR OWN STREETS.” The speech bubble in the bottom right corer reads “BESIDES. I NEED TO STOP AT THE STORE ON THE WAY.” Houses are in the background.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
• Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Written by: Guy A. Sims, American
• Subject of: Big City Entertainment, Inc., American, founded 2007
• Type: posters
• Type: promotional materials
• Medium: ink on cardboard, wood, metal, adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W: 59 1/2 × 33 in. (151.1 × 83.8 cm)
• Place printed: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Comics and graphic novels
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Graphic design
• Object number: 2017.116.6.2
• 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.