<I>Rythm Mastr: Every Beat of My Heart</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1999-2000
name: label: Illustrated by
content: Kerry James Marshall, American, born 1955
label: Written by
content: Kerry James Marshall, American, born 1955
label: Published by
content: Carnegie Museum of Art, American, founded 1895
notes: label: Description
content: This is an issue of the comic book “RythmMastr: Every Beat of My Heart" formed out of two newsprint sheets folded together to create an eight-page unbound booklet. The top sheet (a) cover page has a single scene in the top two-thirds of the image, and an image gallery of eight characters in the bottom third. The top image depicts an urban scene of an apartment building in the process of being knocked down by a wrecking ball. There is vertical and horizontal text within and next to the wrecking ball that reads “RYTHM / MASTR.” The upper stories are already exposed, showing one room with the silhouette of a woman and child in it. Flying up to intercept the swing wrecking ball is a figure in a red robe and headdress, holding a golden machete-type objects in his hand. Below on the ground in the forefront of the scene is a man partially twisted away from the viewer wearing a red shirt, green pants, and a grey kufi. He is playing a large traditional drum slung over his shoulder on a strap as he gazes up at the flying figure. Next to the man is another figure wearing a kente-type pattern cloth wrapped around him. He carries a tall gold staff in his right hand. In the bottom right corner of the image is a white rectangle with text that reads “Story and Pictures / K.J. MARSHALL / This project was / generously supported / for the 1999/2000 / Carnegie International, / by / Susan and Lewis Manilow / c 1999/2000 /Kerry James Marshall.” The bottom third of the page has large text in the lower left corner that reads “EVERY / BEAT / of / MY / HEART.” Next to the text is a gallery of eight squares, four on top and four on bottom, each with a portrait of a character and their name written vertically. The story continues on the interior pages of the booklet, depicting an SUV crash and the aftermath with emergency response and news coverage.
label: Description
content: The last page of the booklet features four panels. The top two show a car chase from above. the third panel depicts two men in the front seat of a car having a dialogue. The last panel on the page shows a large bulge in the street. There is a small rectangle in the upper left corner with text that reads "Suddenly, the street..."
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Social reform
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.57.3.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: comics
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kerry James Marshall
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (closed): 17 3/16 × 11 1/2 in. (43.7 × 29.2 cm)