Design overlays for a Milestone Media newsletter
date: label: Date
content: 1997
name: label: Produced by
content: Milestone Media, American, founded 1993
label: Owned by
content: Dwayne McDuffie, American, 1962 - 2011
notes: label: Description
content: A photocopy of the [COMPANY LINE] newsletter owned by Dwayne McDuffie. The photocopy has two plastic overlays attached to it with adhesive tape. The page has [THE COMPANY LINE] logo at the top left. Text on the top right reads [MARCH MILESTONES]. A large image on the left side of the page features four comic book characters. The character on the right is Hardware. He is wearing a metal helmet and has his right fist extended outward. The character in the front is Rocket. She is wearing a helmet that does not cover her hair, jacket and gloves. She has both her fists raised. Behind her is the character Icon. He has a large cape fastened by a large ring on his chest. The right side of the drawing has an image of the comic book character, named Static. He is wearing a baseball cap, a mask, gloves and a jacket. His left fist is extended outward. Images from the comic books Static #45, Hardware #49 and Icon #43 are on the right side. Several paragraphs of typed text are on the page between the images. The overlay directly above the photocopy has a large [250] in the center of the page. The overlays have several handwritten inscriptions concerning the layout of the page.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Comics and graphic novels
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: Mass media
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
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: 2019.96.17
objectType: label: Type
content: copies (derivitive objects)
label: Type
content: overlays
label: Type
content: photocopies
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, ink on plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (44.5 × 31.8 cm)