Dawud Anyabwile
Dawud Anyabwile (FKA David Sims) (born February 6, 1965 in Philadelphia, PA) is an Emmy award winning African-American comic book artist.[1] He is the illustrator of Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline comics,[2] and C.E.O. of Big City Entertainment. He also has an artist archive at the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History in Atlanta, Georgia[3]
Career
Dawud Anyabwile graduated from Central High School of Philadelphia. 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.[4]
Anyabwile worked for WanderLust Interactive in New York City on the Pink Panther CD Rom games and for MTV on Daria in 1996. Then, he relocated to California to work for Klasky Csupo on the The Wild Thornberrys and Rugrats from 1999-2001.[2] Finally, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he landed a production designer position at Turner Studios from 2005-2013. There he created storyboards and many other forms of design work for brands such as Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, Boomerang, Turner Sports, NBA TV and many more.[4]
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.[5]
He also illustrated Walter Dean Myer's Monster: A Graphic Novel in 2015[6] which is an adaptation of Walter Dean Myer's original novel, Monster. Guy A. Sims wrote the graphic novel.
Awards
- Dawud Anyabwile won an Emmy in 2008 for conceptualizing a public service announcement for the Dalai Lama.[7]
- He was nominated for a Will Eisner Award in 1992 for Best Comic Book Artist.[8]
- In 2015, he won the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention in Philadelphia.
- In 2016, he won a Glyph Award for "Best Artist" and "Story of the Year" for the Revelation: Brotherman - Dictator of Discipline graphic novel.[9]
- He was also granted the Key to the City of Kansas City for "Outstanding Service to Children" for the Brotherman comic books in Kansas City, MO in 1992.
References
- ↑ "Dawud Anyabwile Answers 15 Questions With Julinda Morrow | Sequential Highway Sequential Highway". 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- 1 2 "Dawud Anyabwile". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ↑ May, Don. "Auburn Avenue Research Library". www.afpls.org. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- 1 2 neopopstar (2011-07-05). "Drawing from the SOUL". The 15 Project. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ↑ Archipelago, World. "Dawud Anyabwile". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ↑ Sims, Walter Dean Myers, Guy A. "Monster: A Graphic Novel - Walter Dean Myers, Guy A. Sims - Hardcover". HarperCollins US. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
- ↑ "SE Emmy Award Previous Years | NATAS Southeast". southeastemmy.com. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ↑ "1992 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners". www.hahnlibrary.net. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
- ↑ "Glyph Comics Awards :: East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention". ecbacc.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.