Valerian and Laureline’s co-creators head to London

By John Freeman on August 5, 2017

Valerian and Laureline‘s co-creators Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières are coming to London.

Just confirmed, they will be in conversation with Paul Gravett on Saturday September 30th at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington.

This will be followed by a special screening of the new Luc Besson film, concluding with a Q&A session.

Valérian and Laureline (known in French as Valérian et Laureline), also known as Valérian: Spatio-Temporal Agent or just Valérian, is a best-selling French science fiction comics series, created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières.

First published in Pilote magazine in 1967, the final instalment in a 22-book graphic novel series was published in French by Dargaud in 2010, and Cinebook began publishing the series in English shortly afterwards, although they have some way to go to complete the series.

All of the Valérian stories have been collected in graphic novel album format, comprising some twenty-two volumes.

In addition to the new film, the award-winning series was adapted into an animated TV series, Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline, which debuted on Canal+ Family in France in 2007, with 40 episodes made.

• Here’s our checklist of Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières’ Valerian albums from Cinebook Ltd

• Keep an eye on the the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni web site for event and booking information

• Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets stars Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, John Goodman, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu

• More about the film here on Facebook: facebook.com/ValerianMovie | Follow the film on Twitter @ValerianMovie | Instagram: @valerianmovie

With thanks to Paul Gravett for the information

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.