You handle yourself pretty good: 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 two men clasping hands. The man on the left is wearing a black shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He is viewed in profile. The man on the right is also wearing a dark shirt and also has a lighter colored shirt on. The sleeves of the dark shirt are torn off. Three speech bubbles are pointing to the man on the right. The speech bubble in the middle of the panel reads “YOU HANDLE YOURSELF / PRETTY GOOD. / YOU CAN THROW HANDS / LIKE THE BEST OF ‘EM. THOSE GUYS FROM / WANE BAY AINT JOKERS.” The speech bubble on the right of the panel reads “THEY SERIOUS SCRAPPERS.” The men’s faces have shadows across them that resemble bars in a prison cell. Shadows in the background show light coming through windows that also appear to have bars on them.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Created by: Dawud Anyabwile, American, born 1965
• Created by: Brian McGee, American, born 1970
• 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 x D: 59 1/16 × 36 3/8 × 13/16 in. (150 × 92.4 × 2 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: 2017.116.6.3
• 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.