Dawud Anyabwile (born February 6, 1965, in
Philadelphia) is an
African-American comic book artist. He is the illustrator of ''Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline comics'',
and C.E.O. of Big City Entertainment. He also has an artist archive at the
in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Career
Dawud Anyabwile graduated from
. After high school, he attended Mason Gross School of Arts at
Rutgers University for a year (1983–84) followed by
Tyler School of Art at
Temple University for a year (1985).
He began his career as an artist in 1984 by airbrushing T-shirts at
The Gallery Mall of Philadelphia.
In 1989, he collaborated with his brother
Guy A. Sims to create and self-publish the ''Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline'' comic book series. Guy A. Sims wrote and Dawud Anyabwile illustrated eleven ''Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline'' issues. The first one was published April 1990 and the last one was published July 1996.
Anyabwile worked for WanderLust Interactive in New York City on the
Pink Panther CD Rom games and for
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
on ''
Daria'' in 1996. Then, he relocated to California to work for
Klasky Csupo on ''
The Wild Thornberrys'' and ''
Rugrats'' from 1999 to 2001.
Finally, he moved to
Atlanta, Georgia where he landed a production designer position at
Turner Studios
Turner Entertainment Company is an American multimedia company founded by Ted Turner in 1986. Purchased by Time Warner in 1996 as part of its acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System (TBS), the company was largely responsible for overseeing th ...
from 2005-2013. There he created storyboards and many other forms of design work for brands such as
Cartoon Network
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,
TNT,
TBS,
Boomerang,
Turner Sports,
NBA TV and many more.
In 2015, Anyabwile once again collaborated with his brother Guy A. Sims and colorist Brian McGee to publish part one of a new graphic novel series for ''Brotherman: Dictator of Disciple'' called ''Revelation'' through Big City Entertainment.
He also illustrated
Walter Dean Myer's ''Monster: A Graphic Novel'' in 2015 which is an adaptation of
Walter Dean Myer's original novel,
''Monster''. Guy A. Sims wrote the graphic novel.
Awards
References
External links
*
Brotherman Comics website
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1965 births
African-American artists
African-American comics creators
American comics artists
Artists from Philadelphia
Regional Emmy Award winners
Living people
Rutgers University alumni
Temple University Tyler School of Art alumni
21st-century African-American artists
20th-century African-American people