![]() Direct influences from the 'Valérian' books can be traced back in the 'Star Wars' film series. Mézières's vivid imagery inspired not only his peers, but the movie industry as well. One of the first European comics with a flawed male anti-hero and a strong, independent female lead, the adventures of 'Valérian & Laureline' set a new standard for sci-fi comic worldwide. Mézières proved to be a master in crafting believable space machinery and extraterrestrial worlds, all with their own individual sceneries, monsters and inhabitants. First serialized in Pilote magazine and then published directly in book format, the episodes gradually shifted from a cartoonish drawing style to a semi-realistic graphical approach. Unlike the "good-versus-evil" space opera themes of earlier sci-fi comics, the authors interlaced their stories with humor, political satire and strong doses of humanism and feminism. ![]() Together with his childhood friend and scriptwriter Pierre Christin, he innovated the genre with the adventures of the spatio-temporal agents Valérian and Laureline (1967-2010), who roam time and space to safeguard the member planets of the Terran Galactic Empire. ![]() Jean-Claude Mézières was one of the foremost creators of European science fiction comics. ![]() ![]() Valerian and Laureline - 'Châtelet Station, Destination Cassiopeia' (1980). ![]()
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