Bruno Maïorana (born 23 December 1966) is a French

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary an ...

and

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who quit the comics industry in 2014, at the height of his popularity.

Biography

After high school Bruno Maïorana enrolled in the fine art school in Angoulême, where he met future collaborators

Alain Ayroles Alain Ayroles is a French author, playwright, screenwriter and translator known best for his graphic novels '' Garulfo'', '' De cape et de crocs'' and ''Les Indes Fourbes''. Career Education and early career Alain Ayroles studied sequential ...

and Thierry Leprévost, to major in comic art. However, Maïorana dropped-out before graduation to work as an illustrator at animation studio IDDH, where Ayroles,

Jean-Luc Masbou Jean-Luc Masbou (born in Figeac on 14 March 1963) is a French cartoonist. Masbou studied at the École supérieure de l'image of Angoulême. He has published the series ''L'Ombre de l'échafaud'', for which he wrote the scenario, and the series ' ...

and Leprévost would also work for a time. Maïorana's first graphic novel project,

Garulfo ''Garulfo'' is a six-volume fantasy graphic novel created by writer Alain Ayroles, cartoonist Bruno Maïorana and colorist Thierry Leprévost. ''Garulfo'' is a humorous modern fable inspired by traditional folklore, legends and fairy tales. It i ...

, was based on Ayroles idea to turn a classic fairy tale on its head. Originally, Ayroles intended to illustrate the story himself, however, editors advised him to find someone to collaborate with as the draft boards he had presented to them did not meet approval. After Ayroles had approached Maïorana for his collaboration, Guy Delcourt (editor) agreed to publish the series which ran from 1995 to 2002. The series proved a commercial and critical success but ended after only six albums. By 2014, the series had sold around 300,000 copies. Maïorana's second, and final, graphic novel project began in 2009 when he teamed up with

once more to illustrate D, a gothic tale of Vampires in Victorian London, published by Guy Delcourt (editor) Despite the success of both series and having shared his concerns over the future of the trade with fans, he announced in 2014 via his Facebook page that he was quitting the comics industry for good. The reason for this high-profile departure Maïorana put down to the deadline-driven system of remuneration, whereby each page or board has to be delivered with a certain timeframe, regardless of the amount of work it might require. He now specialises on "pure" illustration, working in black pen on white

Bibliography

Garulfo

Written by

, colors by Thierry Leprévost. *1 *2 *3 *4 *5 *6

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Illustrated by

, colors by Thierry Leprévost *1 *2 *3

Artbooks

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References

External links

Garulfo on Delcourt's websiteBruno Maïorana on Instagram

Bruno Maïorana

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