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{{Short description|French cartoonist and illustrator (born 1966)}}
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| birth_place   = [[Angouleme]], [[France]]
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| nationality   = French
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| notable works = ''[[Garulfo]]''<br />''D''
| collaborators = [[Alain Ayroles]]<br>Thierry Leprévost
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'''Bruno Maïorana''' (born 23 December 1966) is a French [[cartoonist]] and [[illustrator]] 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]] and Thierry Leprévost, to major in comic art.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Maïorana, Bruno - Bibliographie, BD, photo, biographie
 | url = https://www.bedetheque.com/auteur-326-BD-Maiorana-Bruno.html
 | website = bedetheque.com
 | access-date= 11 June 2018
}}.</ref> However, Maïorana dropped-out before graduation to work as an illustrator at animation studio IDDH, where Ayroles, [[Jean-Luc Masbou]] and Leprévost would also work for a time.<ref name=comte>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtiEEyFoPm0 |title=Alain Ayroles, parcours d'un conteur fantastique - BD'dicace |last=Le comte sequentiel |date=11 December 2020 |website=Youtube |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref><ref name=comte1>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrUIvwo7orA |title=Garulfo, un conte revisité - BD'xploration |last=Le Comte Séquentiel |date=2018 |website=Youtube |publisher= |access-date=20 March 2021 |quote=}}</ref> Maïorana's first graphic novel project, [[Garulfo]], 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.<ref name=dragan>{{cite journal |last1=Dragan |first1=Miroslav  |date= |title=Garulfo l'art du conteur |url= |journal=Pavillon Rouge |volume=14 |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=}}</ref><ref name="Vincent">{{cite web |url=http://www.bdselection.com/php/?rub=page_dos&id_dossier=64 |title=Interview - Alain Ayroles |last=Vincent |date= |website=BD Sélection |publisher= |access-date=10 June 2009 |quote= |archive-date=10 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070510172657/http://www.bdselection.com/php/?rub=page_dos&id_dossier=64 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After Ayroles had approached Maïorana<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hawa |first1=Racih |last2=Liger |first2=Baptiste |date=May 2021 |title=Plus près des étoiles |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/acbb9c688b22b7a82a362d1c61476622/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=5001983 |journal=Lire |volume= |issue=496 |pages=99 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> for his collaboration, [[Guy Delcourt (editor)]] agreed to publish the series which ran from 1995 to 2002.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tallet |first1=Richard |date=14 April 2012 |title=Le loup, le renard et la BD |url= |journal=Charente Libre |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> The series proved a commercial and critical<ref name=plet2>{{cite journal |last1=Plet-Nicolas |first1=Florence |date=2014 |title=Beaux inconnus et fiers baisers (La Quête de l'oiseau du temps et Garulfo)|url= |journal=Le Moyen Âge en Bulles |volume= |issue= |pages=181–200 |doi= |access-date=}}</ref> success but ended after only six albums.<ref name=dragan /><ref name="Vincent"/>
By 2014, the series had sold around 300,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|first=Julien |last=Helmlinger |title=Bruno Maïorana, auteur de Garulfo, a décidé d'arrêter la BD|website=ActuaLitté|date=27 May 2014|url=https://actualitte.com/article/49032/edition/bruno-maiorana-auteur-de-garulfo-a-decide-d-039-arreter-la-bd}}.</ref>

Maïorana's second, and final, graphic novel project began in 2009 when he teamed up with [[Alain Ayroles]] once more to illustrate '''D''', a gothic tale of Vampires in Victorian London, published by [[Guy Delcourt (editor)|Guy Delcourt]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Allison |last=Reber|title=D : pour le meilleur et le vampire |website=BoDoï|date=16 January 2009|url=https://www.bodoi.info/d-pour-le-meilleur-et-le-vampire/}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Philippe |last=Tomblaine|title=''D T3 : Monsieur Caulard'' par Bruno Maïorana et Alain Ayroles|website=BDZoom|date=5 June 2014|url=http://bdzoom.com/75314/lart-de/%c2%ab-d-t3-monsieur-caulard-%c2%bb-par-bruno-maiorana-et-alain-ayroles/}}.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Giret |first1=Haude |date=9 March 2009 |title=Rendez-vous d'enfance avec le mythe du vampire |url= |journal=Sud Ouest |volume= |issue= |pages= |doi= |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.actuabd.com/Alain-Ayroles-Bruno-Maiorana |title=Bruno Maïorana rêvait depuis longtemps de dessiner une histoire de vampires |last=Detournay |first=Charles-Louis |date=25 August 2014 |website=Actua BD |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

Despite the success of both series and having shared his concerns over the future of the trade with fans,<ref>{{cite web|first=Richard|last=Tallet|title = Bruno Maïorana : "Trop d'albums de BD qui sortent? Carrément!" |url =http://www.charentelibre.fr/2012/01/02/bande-dessinee-la-bulle-eclate,1072679.php|website =CharenteLibre.fr|date=2 January 2012|access-date = 2016-01-24}}</ref> he announced in 2014 via his Facebook page that he was quitting the comics industry for good.<ref>{{cite journal|author=|title=Bruno Maïorana arrête la BD : "le 9e art n'est pas viable"|journal=Sud Ouest|date=27 May 2014|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/2014/05/27/bruno-maiorana-arrete-la-bd-le-9e-art-n-est-pas-viable-1567963-790.php}}</ref> 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 <ref>{{cite web|first=Marc |last=Dacier|title=Bruno Maïorana : "La BD me manquera jusqu'à la fin de ma vie"|website=Actua BD|date=16 December 2015|url=http://www.actuabd.com/Bruno-Maiorana-La-BD-me-manquera}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
=== Garulfo ===
Written by [[Alain Ayroles]], colors by Thierry Leprévost.
*1 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=1995 |title=De mares en châteaux |trans-title=From ponds to castles |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=2-84055-045-8}}
*2 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=1996 |title=De mal en pis |trans-title=From bad to worse |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=2-84055-087-3}}
*3 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=1997 |title=Le prince aux deux visages |trans-title=The Prince with Two Faces |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-84055-139-3}}
*4 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=1998 |title=L'ogre aux yeux de cristal |trans-title=The Ogre with Crystal Eyes |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-84055-237-6}}
*5 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2000 |title=Preux et prouesse |trans-title=Knights and Prowess |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=2-84055-334-1}}
*6 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2002 |title=La belle et les bêtes |trans-title=Beauty and the Beasts |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-84055-579-7}}

=== D ===
Illustrated by [[Alain Ayroles]], colors by Thierry Leprévost
*1 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2009 |title=Lord Faureston |trans-title=Lord Faureston |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-7560-0412-9}}
*2 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2011 |title=Lady d'Angerès |trans-title=Lady d'Angere|url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-7560-1960-4}}
*3 {{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2014 |title=Monsieur Caulard |trans-title=Mr Caulard |url= |language=French |location=Paris |publisher=Delcourt |isbn=978-2-7560-1960-4}}

===Artbooks===
*{{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2013|title=Carnet d'auteur|trans-title= |url= |language=French |location=Marseille|publisher=Snorgleux|isbn=978-2-36014-042-8}}
*{{cite book |last=Maïorana|first=Bruno |date=2019|title=Drawing |trans-title= |url= |language=French |location=Roeschwoog |publisher=Black and White|isbn=979-10-94988-45-9}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/bd/series/serie-garulfo/album-garulfo-t01 Garulfo on Delcourt's website]
*[https://www.bedetheque.com/serie-57-BD-Garulfo.html Garulfo on BeDeTheque.com]
*[https://www.instagram.com/bruno.maiorana/ Bruno Maïorana on Instagram]
*[https://www.danielmaghen.com/fr/bruno-maiorana_b243.htm Bruno Maïorana at the Daniel Maghen Gallery, Paris]

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