Cover art drawing with overlays for an issue of Icon owned by Dwayne McDuffie
date: label: Date
content: 1997
name: label: Illustrated by
content: Mark D. Bright, American, born 1955
label: Produced by
content: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
label: Owned by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Romeo Tanghal, Filipino, born 1943
label: Subject of
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: DC Comics, Inc., American, founded 1934
notes: label: Description
content: An original ink drawing with transparent overlays for the cover of Icon #44 owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The drawing is done with black ink on white paper. It features the character Rocket flying upwards with arms outstretched. She is surrounded by smoke. The character named Icon is wearing a cape and is looking on from a building ledge with his arms crossed. A cityscape is in the background. Two plastic overlays are attached to the drawing. The drawing is visible through the overlays. The overlay directly above the drawing has words and logos on it in black ink. In the top left corner is the DC Comics logo, Milestone Media logo, issue number and price. At the top center of the page is [MCDUFFIE BRIGHT TANGHAI / ICON / THE BEGINNING OF THE END]. The top overlay has several handwritten inscriptions concerning the layout of the cover.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Movement
content: Afrofuturism
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charlotte (Fullerton) McDuffie
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2019.96.6.1
objectType: label: Type
content: drawings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Milestone Media LLC
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 × 12 1/2 in. (43.2 × 31.8 cm)