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WE HORNOR YOU, ANIBAL "THE ANIMAL" AROYYO!!!

THE MYTH! THE MAN! THE MAN! THE ARTISTIC BRILLIANCE THAT WHOSE ART CREATEDTHE GROUNDWORK FOR A VISUAL CLASIC, STREET JOURNAL!

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There are artists, and there is “Street Journal.” And the incredible and indelible mark that one Anibal “Da animal” Arroyo left upon this masterpiece of an Urban, graphic Novel tale. 

Now, Anibal Arroyo is passing on the artistic torch onto another, for the revision of this powerful,  dramatic piece.  

There are many things that make Street journal genuinely great.  Whether it be the unflinching drive to tell a emotionally unflinching, powerful story, or its many, trademark touches signature the period of time it takes place. 

It pulls back the bandage on each of our deepest pains,  losses,  challenges and victories,  but one shinning light that can not be denied is the visual precision and right to the mark accuracy of the smallest nuisance that the artist simply makes leap of the page, elevating already strong characters, visually into classic, real people. 

This is where Anibal sines, especially in Street journal. 

See, street journal is a story which takes place in 1995 in the south born.  It is centered around Tyreke Miles, a young man who, despite living in a home of abuse is trying to start a new life with the mother of the daughter, Trish and his two-year-old daughter Melody. His story is told through his journal entries as we see it virtually unfold before our eyes.  

You must be able to tell a precise sequential story, capture emotion and deliver the raw power of what is a masterpiece of a Graphic novel drama.  

This is a large undertaking.   

Anibal captured this, from the needs of the fashion of the time (Clark, wallabies’ shoes, to the beeper on the hip, to the large bubble jackets that trademarked the fly, street gear of the time. 

Capturing this in art one cannot be taught. Why? Because this is his story, one he had an innate understanding of. He lived in the time and fought through the struggles and, much like Tyreke, used his gift to try to win on the other side.  

So it is with a profound word and a triumphed battle cry that I say THANK YOU ANIBAL for being one of the three who made this story special;  one of three who truly,  in creating a new comic genre,  set a new president and, indeed,  made history. 

In a sense, Anibal Arroyo is not stepson away from the Street Journal but going to make history somewhere else. He, our brother, will always be one of the three who brought you Street Journal, and always will be able to say, he was part of the team, the brotherhood, that truly did something special!  

So, we say, Thank you for being part of history with this little brain child known as STREET JOURNAL!  

His legacy with this project is etched in stone (or in pencil, since it is his art.) 

Original Creator of street Journal, Jonathan Syphax, Original Co-Writer, Jorge Medina and Original artist and layout coordinator, Anibal Arroyo. 

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THE ORIGINAL VISUAL CONCEPTS COVERS BY ANIBAL AROYYO

THE ORIGINAL ART  AND PAGES BY ANIBAL AROYYO

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