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Valérian, agent space-time , series of Cartoon of science fiction created by Jean-Claude Mézières, draftsman, Pierre Christin, scenario writer, and Evelyne Tran-Lê, colourist, is published starting from number 420 of Pilote of November 9th, 1967, then in album at Dargaud as from 1970. This series is one of oldest and most known of the French press drawn with from now on forty years of existence. In 2007, for the fortieth birthday of the creation of the series, and with the publication of the Order of the Stones , the series is renamed Valérian and Laureline . Progressively of reprintings of the albums, their covers carry from now on Valérian and Laureline instead of Valérian space-time agent .

At the time of its first publication, the series of science fiction are very few: after the American precursors Dick Calkins and Phil Nowlan with Buck Rogers (1929), Clarence Gray and William Ritt with Brig Bradford / Luc Bradefer (1933) and Alex Raymond with Flash Gordon / Guy the French Flash (1934) and precursors Raymond Poïvet and Roger Lecureux with Pioneers of the Hope (1945), there be Barbarella (1962) of Jean-Claude Forest, Shipwrecked men time (1964) of Paul Gillon and Jean-Claude Forest and finally Lone Sloane (1966) of Philippe Druillet.

The series Valérian and Laureline will become at the same time traditional the 9th art and a chief of work of the Science-fiction sold with more than 2.500.000 specimens. She adds an environment particular to the codified kind of the Space operated by incorporating in it some of the components of the Heroic fantasy opening the door thus in other works such as Lanfeust of the Stars and especially Lanfeust de Troy of Didier Tarquin and Christophe Arleston.

After several personal tests of J-C. Wall and P. Christin , Valérian and Laureline exist now in Anime since November 7th, 2007 on the new specialized channel Canal+ Family thanks to a free-Japanese woman production.

Authors

Jean-Claude Mézières

Draftsman, it created with Pierre Christin the series for the newspaper Pilote . It is the only series of this draftsman in addition very eclectic and particularly fertile except data base

Pierre Christin

Scenario writer, friend of childhood of Jean-Claude Mézières , starting from the Empire of the thousand planets but it put colors all the albums of the series except the Birds of the Master .

Collaborators

J. Goffard

Colourist. Evelyne Tran-Lê being then overloaded of work, it is seen entrusting by Mézières the setting colors of the adventure the Birds of the Master .

Eric Wengler

Computer graphics expert, it realizes with GraphistPaint II-Color and TextureMaker on Macintosh II Apple Computer 5 boxes incorporated in the boards of On the borders .

Marc Armadillo

Vidéographiste, it builds 2 boxes incorporated in the boards the Circles of the capacity .

Guillaume Ivernel

Computer graphics expert, it builds 4 boxes incorporated in the boards of By dubious times .

Origin

During creation in 1959 of the newspaper Pilot , the drafting of the newspaper tried to cover the whole of the kinds of data base to face the competitor magazines: mainly (alphabetically and not of importance) the Newspaper of Mickey, the Newspaper of Spirou, the Newspaper of Valiant Tintin and . Thus are born: Astérix the Gallic , Tanguy and Laverdure , Bore-Red , Bob Morane or Blueberry . When Greg, editor association of the magazine so collaborator Tintin but with Pilot , scénarise and makes appear, drawn by Eddy Paape, Luc Orient in January 1967, Rene Goscinny, then editor association of Pilote , request with Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin to think of a history of Science-fiction. Wall and Christin precisely sought the subject of a history to follow known as series today. Mézières was attracted, following its stay in the United States as cowboy, by the western kind. But this one was already brilliantly represented in Pilote by Jean Giraud with Blueberry , but also in Spirou by Morris with Lucky Luke and Jijé with Jerry Spring and in Tintin by Tibet with Chick Bill. After having thought on a moyenâgeux subject, then XIXe century style Arsene Lupin, it will be thus a series of SF while being reader of the reviews like Fiction or Galaxy Science Fiction or of Philip K. Dick and Jack Vance. To acclimatize itself to the kind and this new style of drawing and their common life is officialized with the first box the Lightnings of Hypsis . Laureline very often leaves Valérian the guêpiers where it does not fail to fall as in the Empire from the thousand planets . This aspect is often regarded as a characteristic particularly attracting of the series in which Valérian is a true anti-hero. So while going up in the past you kill your grandfather before he had procreated, you thus do not have a father, if you do not have a father you cannot thus exist and if you do not exist you cannot kill your grandfather. In other words, if you change the past, you destroy the present and make impossible the future, it is the law of causality of the temporal paradox.

In the Lightnings of Hypsis , coming from 3152, the Superintendant of the Space-time Service helped of Valérian and Laureline while preventing in 1985 the nuclear explosion which was to disorganize the ground in 1986, will destroy the future of this one, therefore to make impossible the constitution of Galaxity which was built on the ruins of the black period of the ground. If Galaxity could not be built during the black age, the space-time machine could not be invented into 2314 and Galaxity does not exist into 3152, Valérian can exist in this century nor in no other besides, unlike Laureline which it comes from Xe century, and if Valérian can exist in no century, how to justify the series. Fortunately the Shingouz negotiate with the Son of the Trinité of Hypsis the return of Valérian and Laureline to the XXe century with their spacecraft, thus authorizing the continuation of the space-time voyages also allowing the continuation of the saga.

But the paradox of the large father is not solved. It is what the authors will endeavor to make, with the will of Jal, another space-time agent survivor of Galaxity , to retort in 1988 the catastrophe avoided in 1985, but Valérian and Laureline , with the assistance of Mr Albert, ruin this attempt On the borders . Pierre Christin thus does not adopt the theory of the autocorrection which wants that time repairs time. In 2001 in By dubious times , a new negotiation brings the answer to two question: there exist two parallel stories of the Earth post XXe century and the ground of Galaxity of XXXIIe century would be some share in a black hole. Thus Schroeder and Sun Rae does not have the memory of their adventure in the City of moving water and in the Grounds in flames. Christin makes the choice of the theory multivers parallel universes. It is the topic of the last albums At the edge of Large Nothing in 2004, the Order of the Stones in 2006 and OuvreTemps , can be in 2008. It will be the album which should enclose the saga Valérian and Laureline .

Space-time voyage

Right from the start of the series the space voyages are done thanks to spaceships of the type XB 27 and the temporal jumps via temporal doors already preposition in various terrestrial places (inn of Aurelaune, New York, Brasilia, Inverloch…). In the first short history the Large Collector, the authors simplify the space-time voyages while equipping ST - Space-time Service - vessels of the type XB 982 allowing the space voyages and the temporal jumps. That makes it possible to develop adventures on unknown planets other that the Earth.

Characters of the series

Hero

''' Valérian ''' (Valérian in images)

originating in Galaxity, on the Earth of XXVIIIe century, can be the best element of ST - Space-time Service - but with the character little soaked and rather dilettante, it with art to put itself in difficult situations. Its mission, at the origin of the series éponyme, is to maintain the order land in the universe.

''' Laureline ''' (Laureline in images)

sauvageonne of the forest of Aurelaune, on the Earth of Xe century. Young woman of tète particularly decided, it saves Valérian of many compromised situations into which it very often falls. After having joined XXVIIIe century and ST, it accompanies Valérian in all its adventures.

Main characters

''' Mr Albert '''

living Paris of the XXe century, it is there the corresponding one of Galaxity. Delicious man having entregent and filled of practical good sense, it can organize useful meetings. It helps Valérian and Laureline in all their terrestrial adventures and will also accompany them in some planetary or cosmic negotiations.

the Shingouz

originating in a planet to the null resources, except the glingue - single vital energy source - they emigrated, always by three, from all cosmos. Art to be always at the good place at the good moment, their venality combined with their lack of moral direction, make them them better spies of cosmos. More or less in love with Laureline , they do not hesitate to bring their assistances to our heroes.

the Schniarfeur

originating in the Bromn planet, known for its particularly competing environment, where the adaptation to the medium in made repugnant a heinous homoncule obliged to ensure without slackening its survival by projecting its destroying spittle on all that passes to its range. This alive weapon, controlled by Valérian thanks to the binding of its gland chabounale, which makes some most delicate of the friends, is invaluable combined in hostile spaces, - 47 boards

|- | | 1977 Dargaud, - new cover |- | | 1978 Dargaud 16/22 n° 22 |- | | 1988 Dargaud Close Pocket n° 7008 |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 6 - the Ambassador of the Shades | 1975 Dargaud - 46 boards |- | | 1982 Dargaud 16/22 n° 132 |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 9 - Subway Châtelet direction Cassiopée | 1980 Dargaud - 46 boards |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 10 - Brooklyn station terminus cosmos | 1981 Dargaud - 46 boards |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 11 - Spectra of Inverloch | 1984 Dargaud - 46 boards |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 12 - the Lightnings of Hypsis | 1985 Dargaud, - 46 boards |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 13 - On the borders | 1988 Dargaud, - 62 boards |- | | 1998 Dargaud - news cover |- | 18 - By dubious times | 2001 Dargaud - 55 boards plus 2 boards of temporal diagram |- | 19 - At the edge of Large Nothing | 2004 Dargaud - 46 boards |- | 20 - the Order of the Stones | 2007 Dargaud - 47 boards |- | 21 - OuvreTemps |(to be appeared; probably in 2009) |}

space Cycle

Albums except series

Pastiches/Parodies

Only the pastiches and parodies were mentioned which treat series Valérian and Laureline

* 1980 Pastiches t.1 of Roger Brunel, editions Glénat 1980 - Vénérian 2 boards

* 1983 Special Hergé , collective (TO BE FOLLOWED) Except Series , editions Casterman 1983 - I laugh to see me whether beautiful (Laureline) 1 board, (Jean-Claude Mézières parodies itself, Valérian and Laureline meet Tintin and its friends)

* 1984 Parodies of Al Voss, editions Humanoïdes Associés 1984, Laurélian and Valerine 1 board

* 1987 Strip data base , Playboy , Laureline strips 1 illustration of Jean-Claude Mézières

* 1989 Pastiches t.5 of Roger Brunel, editions Glénat 1989 - Rahan spade the girlfriend of Valérian 2 boards

* 1993 Pastiches t.6 of Roger Brunel, editions Glénat 1993 - Yoko Tsuno meets Laureline 4 boards

Magazines and Fanzines

Only the magazines and fanzines were mentioned which treats series Valérian and Laureline

File

* 1970 (republication 1973) Schtroumpf n° 7 - file + cover and illustrations

* 1983 Documents data bases n° 9 - file + cover and illustrations

* 1983 PLGPPUR n° 15 - file + cover and illustrations

* 1988 Sapristi n° 18 - file + cover and illustrations

* 1995 One went on the bubble n° 6 - file and illustrations

* 2001 files of DBD - file + cover and illustrations

Article

* 1970 Nyarlathop n° 3 - article + cover

* 1973 Phoenix n° 26 - roundtable on the science fiction with Druillet

* 1974 Tan Ran Plan n° 30 - article + cover

* 1997 Phylactères - article

Interview

* 1974 fantastic Horizons n° 30 - interview

* 1975 fantastic Horizons n° 32 and 33 - interview

* 1977 Tresadenn n° 9 - interview + illustration

* 1980 Neutron n° 3 - interview

* 1982 Solaris n° 47 and 48 - interview

* 1995 Auracan n° 11 - interview

Collector

Only the collectors were mentioned which treat series Valérian and Laureline

* 1974 per the Seita, 3 boxes of matches Valérian, Laureline and Spaceship (unknown pulling)

* 1984 by the editions Gentian, 4 postcards (unknown pulling)

* 1994 by the Stamp editions, series of 6 stamps on Circles of the capacity , as well as the cover of the album, in small pocket-stamp isolated, drawn to 750 e.g.

* 1994 ex libris Circles from the capacity :

for the club bédéphile of Colmar ALBD 12 not signed (unknown pulling);

for Durango with 250 e.g. not signed;

for Space data base to 300 e.g. not signed;

for Phantasmagorias with 250 e.g. not signed;

for Forbiden World to 110 e.g. not signed.

for gallery J.A. Schoofs to 45 e.g. not signed;

* 1994 stamps the Circles of the capacity for Nation with 200 e.g. not signed.

* 1996 ex libris Hostages of Ultralum :

for Alpha data base to 100 e.g. not signed;

for Bubble in Stock with 230 e.g. not signed;

for Dargaud not signed (unknown pulling);

for Durango with 250 e.g. not signed;

for Space data base to 300 e.g. not signed;

for Phantasmagorias with 250 e.g. not signed;

for Nation with 100 e.g. signed of the 3 authors.

* 1997 by the scultor Stephan Saint-Emett, resin statuettes painted with the hand of Valérian and Laureline, drawn to 250 e.g.

* 1998 ex libris the Orphan from the stars :

for Space data base to 300 e.g. not signed;

for Phantasmagorias with 300 e.g. not signed;

for Raspoutine 2 models with 50 e.g. each not signed;

for Super Hero not signed (unknown pulling).

* 1999 by creations Attakus, statuette out of resin porcelain scultée by the workshop Bombyx and painted with the hand of Laureline, drawn to 888 e.g.

* 2000 ex libris Inhabitants from sky 2 for Space data base signed not numbered (unknown pulling).

* 2000 by creations Attakus, statuette out of resin porcelain scultée by the workshop Bombyx and painted with the hand of the Goumoun, drawn to 888 e.g.

* 2001 by creations Attakus, statuette out of resin porcelain scultée by the workshop Bombyx and painted with the hand of the Schniarfeur, drawn to 888 e.g.

* 2002 by creations Attakus, statuette out of resin porcelain scultée by the workshop Bombyx and painted with the hand of the 3 Shingouzs, drawn to 888 e.g.

* 2003 by creations Attakus, statuette out of resin porcelain scultée by the workshop Bombyx and painted with the hand of Valérian, drawn to 888 e.g.

* 2007 by BFB editions, model of the resin spaceship painted with the hand (unknown pulling).

Reward

The series Valérian and Laureline , as its authors were several times rewarded:

* 1976 - 3rd International fair of the Cartoon of the Festival of Angouleme, Alfred of the best French scenario writer: Pierre Christin

* 1984 - 11th International fair of the Cartoon of the Festival of Angouleme, Grand Prix of the City: Jean-Claude Mézières

* 1987 - European Science Society Fiction, Special Award: Valérian space-time Agent

* 1992 - 19th International fair of the Cartoon of the Festival of Angouleme, Alph' Art youth special mention of the jury: Inhabitants of the sky

* 1995 - Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias, Premios Haxtur: El Circulo del Poder (Circles of the capacity)

* 1997 - 24e International fair of the Cartoon of the Festival of Angouleme, Price Sunflower: Hostages of Ultralum

* 2005 - Harvey Award, nominated for Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: Valerian, New Future Trilogy

Inspiration

Influence

Cinema

The film the Fifth Element of Luc Besson is at the origin of elements finding itself in the series and represents a masterly wink with the universe of Valérian and Laureline .

It is in Christmas 1991 that Luc Besson asks Moebius and with Jean-Claude Mézières to work with his chief decorator Stan Weil with the decorations of the film which it has in project: Zaltman Bléros. During all year 92, Mézières puts of with dimensions the history on which it had started to work the Circles of the capacity to devote itself to the project. But the project is stopped at the beginning of 1993. Jean-Claude Mézières takes again the drawing of the Circles of the capacity by incorporating in it the flying taxis and the limouzingues that it had created for Besson. After the success of Leon, Besson takes again his project and realizes which is called from now on the Fifth Element while using on the whole the drawings of Wall for its decorations.

At the time of his visits to the studios of Pinewood in 1996, Jean-Claude Mézières states to feel a “ rare emotion for a graphic artist, to see his work at the same time scrupulously respected and magnifié by the always intact magic of the cinema with large spectacle ”.

Documentary televised

* 1995 Valérian and Laureline , discussions with Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin, realizer Jean-Wolf Martin (26 '), on Friday, April 14, 1995 with 14:40, on the television channel Planet . Producers: Cendrane Films / 8 Mont Blanc Television / the Films Grain of sand .

* 2007 interview of Jean-Claude Mézières by Jean-Philippe Lefèvre on Friday, January 19, 2007 with 23hoo in the emission a World of bubbles (30 ') on the television channel Public Senate .

Series of television

* 1976 Jean-Claude Mézières carries out his first tests of cartoon in Switzerland and at the Center Pompidou but without continuation.

* 1982 second tests with the assistance of the company Dargaud. Jean-Claude Mézières makes drawings direct colors to carry out a Animation with the bench-titles. A few minutes carried out but there remain about it the Asteroids of Shimballil .

* 1992 Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin carry out a pilot without continuation.

* 2005 Launching of a coproduction free-Japanese woman directed by Philippe Vidal and Eiichi Sato for the realization of a animates '' Valérian and Laureline '' (ヴァレリアン & ロールリンヌ Varerian ando Rōrurinnu). This coproduction gathers the Japanese studios Statelight, the editions Dargaud and the production company of Luc Besson EuropaCorp.

* the 2007 Anime comprises in the French version 40 episodes of 23' and in the Japanese version 80 episodes of 12'. The programming on the new specialized channel Canal+ Family began on November 7th at a rate of two episodes per week. Programming is envisaged on France 3 in 2008.

Valérian and Laureline , on a Scenario of Peter Berts with like Co Scénariste S: JC & Agnes Bartoll, Jean Helpert, Jean-François Henry, Julien Tycoon, Eric Rondos and Henri Steimensont, are drawn in the style Manga of Osamu Tezuka by French Charles Vaucelles as a Original character-designer and Japanese Makoto Uno like Character-to indicate. The directors of animation are Toru Yoshida and Toshiyuki Kubooka. The music is of French Alexandre Azzaria.

See also: Valérian and Laureline (animates), Anime Valérian and Laureline

Artistic event

* 1985 the town of Angouleme request, in addition to the poster of the living room, with Jean-Claude Mézières, which was Grand Prix of the City the previous year, a décord for the city. It will be about a painted wall representing a aterrissage missed by the spacecraft by Valérian and Laureline in the pinion of a house. This painted wall will be carried out by the establishments Dauphin

* the 2004 town of Lille was elected capital European of the culture for the year 2004. The municipality of the city entrusts to Jean-Claude Mézières a setting in decoration. This one proposes to transform a street of the center town into astroport. The street Faidherbe is selected to become the Way of the stars , consisted of 14 formed pillars of 5 curved elements which form with the top of the street 7 10 height meters arches. The inauguration of the first French astroport takes place on December 6th, 2003.
Jean-Claude Mézières will take up the idea to draw the Port-of-Pit at the edge of Large Nothing

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