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Flavio Massaruto writes for comics and is involved in jazz. Squaz is the pen name for Pasquale Todisco, an Italian comic artist with a very hard-edged expressionistic style of art reminiscent of the famous Argentine artist Jose Munoz.
""[The authors] do an absolutely amazing job at making Charles Mingus' musical art their art, too...This graphic novel shares some insights into an amazing jazz composer and human being."" --Karen Maeda, Sequential Tart Reviews ""Fascinating, informative, entertaining, Mingus is especially and unreservedly recommended as a 'must read' pick for the legions of Charles Mingus jazz fans."" --James A. Cox, Library Bookwatch Reviews ""Massarutto and Squaz are true to their structure throughout, expressing the vibrant possibilities of jazz via constantly shifting moods and approaches."" --Ian Keogh, The Slings and Arrows Reviews ""This impressionistic, interpretive biography of Charles Mingus (1922-79), jazz giant and volatile personality, is visually dazzling...One can almost hear the music while reading the panels."" --Library Journal ""This title will appeal to jazz fans, especially those knowledgeable of Mingus' career."" --Booklist ""This intensely personal assessment and interpretation is less a biography and more a heartfelt paean of appreciation, channeling and exploring the hard, harsh tone of troubled times where talented, dogged souls fought for recognition and survival in a world determined to exploit and consume them."" --Comics Reviews
