Salva Rubio is a Spanish writer specialized in history. With a master's degree in scriptwriting, he has been involved in many documentaries, short, and feature length films. He also wrote the Monet biography with Efa (NBM). EFA is a pen name for Ricard Fernandez, a Spanish artist who left school at 16 to pursue his dream of being in comics. He has since published quite a few graphic novels and series. He also did the art for the superb Monet biography (NBM).
A passionate rendering of a fiery life. --Publisher's Weekly The art provides crucial visual details, from subtle facial expressions to the rich backgrounds of a Roma camp, jazz club, and hospital. It includes a kind of soundtrack, too, naming song titles that are supplemented by an enlightening afterword with photographs. Django, Hand on Fire is a fascinating account of the crucible in which an artist's second life was forged. --Peter Dabbene, reviewer for Forward