Original ballpoint pen artwork created to commemorate our fifth anniversary in December 2023. Produced in collaboration with One Block Down for our anniversary event in Paris, the illustration by Robert Meinhardt brings together documented individuals, objects, and scenes from books published between 2018 and 2023. Featured are Fat Tony, The Teenage Sicario; Vagancia, documented in Sicario Warfare; the "Eagle of Tehran" from Crime Wave Tehran; a bank robber wearing the distinctive outfit documented in Oxy-Ace & RS6 behind the wheel of an Audi RS6; two Brazilian gang members from Favela Máfia; football hooligans and a burning Italian police vehicle from Ultra Violent; a Brooklyn gang member aiming a TEC-9 from Live On Live Long; a female gang member from Playboys; a dog wearing a walkie-talkie from Favela Narco Pets; and an incarcerated Crip from Crowbar Hotel. Also depicted are "550"-branded cocaine bricks, referencing consignments bearing the same marking that were seized in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain during 2023.
