Valérian - Intégrales - Tome 1

Valérian - Intégrales (3-in 1) #1

by Pierre Christin

La série culte de la bande dessinée de science-fiction va enfin être adaptée sur grand écran par Luc Besson ! Un film qui réunira le plus gros budget de l'histoire du cinéma français. Afin de précéder et d'accompagner sa sortie dans les salles, au mois de juillet 2017, Dargaud met en place un programme éditorial autour de la série, à commencer par la réédition, à partir du mois de septembre 2016, des sept intégrales. Images du film, interview des auteurs et du réalisateur... ces albums n'auront rien à voir avec les premières éditions !

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Bande Dessinée, Adventure

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 3, 2006

About the author

Pierre Christin was a French comics creator and writer.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collected comic from the late 60s and beyond. In the preface, it speaks to the fact that Star Wars took this as inspiration - I don't see it really. They are both set in space, that's about it. I think this was probably cutting edge for the 60s, yet now it feels very childish. There is a lot of time travel and I'm not a fan of time travel. Back to the future did it well and now it's become a silly device everyone uses to bad effect. (see how it ruined season 3 of the Flash).

I do like the art here. It does set a tone well and is visually appealing. There are 3 stories here and they really don't relate much to each other.

The movie Valerian is based off this. I actually thought the movie was entertaining and spectacular. I don't see much connection from what I just read to the movie. The movie made everything so much better by leaps and bounds. I read this after the movie and I think I'll stick to the movie. This feels too dated to me now. Because it's a groundbreaking comic from the 60s, I gave it 3 stars.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well I finally got my hands on it, and I must admit I really have enjoyed the first three stories in the adventures of Valerian and Laureline. I will admit that I wasn't sure what I was letting myself in for - since the first story is really a back story of how the partnership was formed which reading the notes were not published in the original order.

However I can see where the love of these characters and their adventures come from. The comic strip was started in the late 60s and by the authors own admission it was not very good. (This collected edition contains the first 1/3 of an interview with the creators along with Luc Besson in celebration of the release of the film based on the same stories).

However even after the first 3 adventures you can see how the characters and the story (along with the quality of the artwork) evolved and improved. The series ran till 2010 and was collected originally in 22 books (of which are now being released again in this complete collection).

There are many references to the tales of Valerian and Laureline - in this book there are parallels drawn to Star Wars and of course Luc Bessons film the fifth element draws very heavily from the visuals too (not surprising as they consulted on that film too).

I will admit that any beginning is a slow start and this is no exception - but you can see there are great things to come which I am thoroughly looking forward to exploring as it would seem this was one of those stories where their influence goes much further than you can possible imagine (rather like the work Mobius).

I can see I will be having to clear some more shelf space in the near future - oh dear.

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanted to find out a bit more about who Valerian (and by extension, Laureline) was before the movie came out. This volume covers his first three adventures, and to be honest, the first two didn't do much for me as they seemed to be more silly than anything else. Then the third story, "Empire of a Thousand Planets," came along and showed some great creativity, nifty escapes, and made the most of the setting's sci-fi background. That one made the whole volume worth it, particularly if the first two were more of the writer and artist finding their respective grooves with the character. A really fun book overall.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Der erste Band der V&V Gesamtausgabe beinhaltet die ersten drei Abenteuer von Valerian und Veronique.

Heft 0: Schlechte Träume
Hier werden die Grundideen der Serie skizziert. Im Jahr 2720 muss niemand mehr arbeiten, die Bevölkerung ergeht sich in schönen Träumen, die ein Computerprogramm ihr beschert. Die Erde ist geeint, die Metropole Galaxity ist ihre Hauptstadt und Sitz der Technologischen Verwaltung. Hier arbeiten Technokraten verschiedener Kategorien und setzen im Bedarfsfall ihre Raum-Zeit-Agenten ein, um Bösewichte zur Strecke zu bringen und unerlaubte Veränderungen im Raumzeit-Gefüge zu unterbinden. Agent Valerian erhält den Auftrag, den Ganoven Kombul zur Strecke zu bringen, der den Traumservice korrumpiert hat, so dass die Menschen anstatt schöner Träume von Albträumen gequält werden. Der Schurke hat sich mittels Zeitreise ins Jahr 1000 geflüchtet hat, wohin Valerian im folgt. Hier lernt Valerian seine zukünftige (!) Partnerin Veronique kennen. Gemeinsam bringen sie Kombul zur Strecke, Veronique bekommt eine Hypnobeschulung und begleitet Valerian umstandslos zurück ins Jahr 2720, wo sie künftig als Agentin ihm zur Seite stehen wird.
Vieles an dieser Story ist noch unausgereift, aber man muss ihr zugutehalten, dass es sich um den Auftakt der Serie handelt.


Heft 1: Die Stadt der tosenden Wasser
Wir begegnen Kombul wieder, der mit einer Raum-Zeit-Maschine entflohen ist und im Jahr 1986 die Weltherrschaft an sich reißen will. New York liegt in Ruinen, nachdem das Erdklima durch die Explosion eines Wasserstoffbombenlagers in der Arktis verrückt spielt und der Wasserspiegel steigt. In diesem Endzeitszenario haben marodierende Banden das Sagen und alles mutet tatsächlich sehr apokalyptisch an. Es kostet Valerian und Veronique beträchtliche Anstrengungen, bis sie ihre Mission erfüllt haben und in ihre Zeit zurückkehren können. Artwork, Kolorierung und Story haben mir sehr viel besser gefallen.


Heft 2: Im Reich der tausend Planeten
Valerian und Veronique besuchen einen Planeten in einem entfernten Sonnensystem, dessen Bewohner noch nie Kontakt zur Erde hatten. Auf dieser Welt haben die „Kundigen“ die Schreckensherrschaft übernommen und kontrollieren alles. Der Aufstand gegen sie, ausgehend von der Gilde der Kaufleute, die von unseren beiden Helden unterstützt werden, lässt an ein Star Wars-Abenteuer denken: Viele fremde Rassen, bunte Märkte und schlussendlich Geballere im Weltraum (was aber doch erfreulich knapp gehalten wird).


Eingeleitet wird der Band mit einem kurzen redaktionellen Teil, der gerne etwas umfangreicher hätte ausfallen dürfen.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like a lot of readers, I wanted to check out the original Valerian and Laureline comic before the movie came out. I had actually read some of the later books in the series, probably dating from the mid to late 80's so now I'm checking out the first volumes in this series, which has run since the Sixties.
My initial thoughts on it were that the stories felt EXTREMELY dated. There was a naive feeling to them too, like the creators really weren't sure what they wanted to do with this series. The book follows the adventures of spatio-temporal agent Valerian on his pursuit of a villain out to rewrite history. (Is it a little telling that I can't remember the villain's name?) Valerian's first trip, called "Bad Dreams" takes him to the 11th century where he soon meets and is aided by the forest waif Laureline. Laureline is clever and ingenious in a way that Valerian isn't and the two immediately become partners. He brings her back to the future where they embark to a post apocalyptic mid- 1980's where they evade scavengers and robots in their pursuit of the villain. Finally in the "Empire of a Thousand Planets", Valerian and Laureline once again confront their nemesis on a diverse alien world. The look of the planet seems very "inspired" by Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars novels (or maybe future artists who tackled ERB were inspired by this.) And our heroes win to save the day. Woo-hoo.
I'll say I was glad to read it but it really didn't resonate with me. The story felt very choppy and all over the place. Nothing was said of an 11th century girl going to the far future; she just goes with the flow. And that's how it felt like the creators were going. Much like early episodes of Doctor Who, the adventures of a space and time travelling secret agent could literally be a book about anything. This shows a bit in these early books as they try various genres such as historical to post apocalypse to space opera to see how well they fit.
If you are looking for more of a taste of Valerian before the movie drops, check out the anime "Time Jam: Valerian and Laureline." It covers the same stories as this volume but felt much more coherent and complete.

[Stewart Tame · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cool 1960’s style SF action! With the release of the recent movie, the original Valerian stories are getting handsome new editions. This is a good thing.

I was struck by how much of a James Bond vibe there is to these stories. In fact “James Bond crossed with Dr. Who” would be a fair summary of the first two storylines at least. Valerian is an agent of the Spatio-Temporal Service, with a ship that can travel in space and time. The Service is based in Galaxity, “... capital of Earth and the Terran Galactic Empire,“ in the year 2720. At least some of his adventures involve travelling to the past to prevent changes to the timestream. While in the past on his first mission, he picks up Laureline, the young woman who accompanies him on his future missions. If anything, she seems to be even more of an accomplished agent than he.

I was also struck by how cartoony the artwork is. It's similar to the artwork from other European albums of similar vintage like Asterix and Lucky Luke and so on. It actually reminds me of Mort Drucker’s style in places. The stories do get a bit heavy on the exposition in spots, but there's a liveliness to them that’s worth reading. Classic science fiction! Recommended!

[P. Kirby · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can definitely see, especially with the final story, "The Empire of a Thousand Planets," how much George Lucas borrowed, I mean "was inspired by" this comic series.

Anyway the following is less a review and more a ranty comparison of the recent movie adaptation to this, volume one, of the Valerian series.

Based on just my reading of these few stories and reader comments elsewhere, it seems that Luc Besson, despite his proclamations of love for the series, committed a kind of character assassination.

In the first story in this volume, Valerian travels far back in time to 1000 AD and immediately gets himself in trouble. He is rescued by a young woman named Laureline, who, on learning that he is from the future, sort of blackmails him into taking her into the future. And thus is born the partnership. In the three stories that follow, the two have a friendly, but professional relationship. There's maybe the tiniest iota of flirting, but no romance whatsoever. Apparently, Valerian and Laureline's dynamic does get more romantic in later volumes, but I don't get the impression the "lurve" is ever an overwhelming part of any episode.

In the movie, Valerian comes on like Bill O'Reilly on a female Fox News employee. Valerian is portrayed as a love-sick Lothario who's gone all "The search is over, love was right before my eyes" on Laureline. And Laureline, possibly because Cara Delevigne has less range than a Mr. Potato (but the same eyebrows), seems to be bearing his attentions with the fake-humor-veneer-over-contempt utilized by many woman when similarly harassed by their boss. I think she's supposed to be finding his attentions amusing, but his wooing is too obnoxious to be even remotely charming. (And don't get me started on how miscast the two leads are. Oy vey.)

It's weird because given Luc Besson's comments, I expected a film adaptation in the same vein as Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films. Updated, but still somewhat respectful of the source material. The movie version of Valerian is Besson's Gary Stu, a horny teen boy crushing hopelessly (and not-so hopelessly) on Laureline. It's awkward and distracting.

It's a pretty movie, although visually, Jupiter Ascending is actually more stunning. Just sayin'.

Valerian is definitely a case where the book is better than the movie. Aspects of the comic feel dated (the creators' extrapolated idea of 1980s fashion is hilarious), the translated dialogue often awkward, but the stories have the irrepressible joie de vivre that you'd expect from a big, silly-fun space opera.

[Fredrik Strömberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first volume in a complete collection of the French classic sci-fi comic Valerian (Linda och Valentin in Swedish), in hardcover and with extra material about the comics and the creators. I read this comic the first time when I was about ten, sitting at my local library, totally engrossed in these stories, mostly oblivious to the political and historical context with which they were created, but really enjoying the creative stories and beautiful, inventive art. Then, when I got more money of my own, I bought them one by one and re-read them in my late teens, now picking up more of the subtext and enjoying them even more. Since then, they have been a part of my ever expanding library, but truth to tell I haven't re-read them again, just reading the more and more scarce new albums that has appeared throughout the years.

These early stories are of course not the best in the series, but that only means that they are still far and above the average. They do have an interest as the start of this excellent series, with the introduction of the main characters, and the general setup of the series. With the third album, though, Christin and Mézières starts to get into the groove with which they will create some of the very best sci-fi comics ever made.

There is some extra material in this volume, though far less than in the complete, hardcover collections that have been published with other French-Belgian classics such as Asterix, Lucky Luke, Spirou and Tintin. I was actually expecting a bit more from what seems to be the end-all collection of this series, but well see what is included in the forthcoming volumes.

Still, I just love the fact that these new editions give me not only an opportunity but a reason to revisit the old classics. So, kudos to Cobolt for publishing these books not only in their native Denmark, but in Sweden as well. I'm really looking forward to the next few volumes, which will contain my absolute favourite stories in this series; a period when Christin and Mézières had honed their abilities, but still retained an exuberant will to tell fantastical, yet allegorical and political tales.

[Ady Weasley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cuando salió la película me gusto mucho, así que cuando vi que Hiram a publicar el cómic lo compre inmediatamente.
Este primer tomo contiene cuatro historias.
1. LAS PESADILLAS: es la primera historia en donde se nos introduce a Valerian el personaje principal, aquí descubrimos que es un viajero espacio-temporal de Galaxity que protege la línea del tiempo y tiene una misión detener a Xombul un científico que harto de la vida como la conocen decide viajar en el tiempo para ,odificarlo a su beneficio.
De igual manera es en este capítulo que conocemos a la hermosa Laureline una chica adelantada para su época.
2.LA CIUDAD DE LAS AGUAS AGITADAS: Cuando Xombul escapa Valerian lo persigue a la época prohibida y después de ciertas dificultades es rescatado por Laureline sin embargo su camino es interrumpido por Xombul.
3.TIERRAS EN LLAMAS: continuación dl capítulo anterior vemos cómo termina la aventura de Valerian y Laureline en la persecución de Xombul, así como un gran descubrimiento para el beneficio del futuro.
4. EL IMPERIO DE LOS MIL PLANETAS. El último capítulo de este tomo Valerian y Laureline viajan de incógnito a un planeta el cual desconoce la existencia de Galaxity por algo tan pequeño como un reloj son descubiertos y deben enfrentarse a un grupo de Conocedores, descubrir un secreto y ayudar a una revolución. Y una sorpresa entre los personajes principales sucede inesperadamente.


La historia es muy buena, increíble que Christin y Mézières crearán una historia tan avanzada para su época con buenas bases, tanto así que te atrapa y deseas seguí con las aventuras de Valerian y Laureline.
Así mismo podemos apreciar de que década viene la obra pues es dibujo es característico, así como los colores de la obra.

Recomiendo esta historia, y ansío seguir leyendo la historia

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Valerian is an interesting book because it reveals a foundational French science-fiction comic of the '70s. Today, it's a bit wordy, and less groundbreaking, but it's still an intriguing look into the past of the medium.

Bad Dreams (#0, 1967). This intro to Valerian presents a future society, but then rather surprisingly dumps Valerian into a mythical time full of spells and monsters. Overall, it's a cute little story, and the characters of Valerian and Laureline are both interesting, but there's not a lot of depth [3/5].

The City of Shifting Waters (#1, 1970)> Another time-travel trip, this one back to 1986, which is to say a post-apocalyptic 1986, as imagined by the creators back in 1970. It's an evocative and interesting world, wholly disconnected from the fantasy of the first volume. The art has also evolved and looks more professional and less cartoonish. The action-adventure is OK, but the most interesting thing may be the hint at a mysterious history for the world, where centuries after 1986 are cloaked in mystery [3+/5].

The Empire of a Thousand Planets (#2, 1971). I love a good time-travel story, but I actually think that Valerian reaches its greatest heights in this third story, focused entirely on the universe of the 28th century. It feels more relevant to the modern-day of the comic than the snipe hunts through the past, and it also has a sense of mystery and setting [3+/5].

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story
I really loved Fifth Element, which had me excited for Valerian earlier this summer, so I put a hold on this for the library that only just finally came in. Much like the movie I was pretty underwhelmed.

There is very little here to do with the movie, but does offer you some insight into the two main characters. I'm not sure if that comes in later volumes or if Luc Benson simply took the characters/universe and made his own story.

This volume continues 3 stories across 4 parts (the second story is 2 parts for some reason). I did feel like the stories got better as the volume went on, but not enough to get me invested.

I'm glad I gave it a try, but I probably won't continue with volume 2.

Artwork
I'm probably spoiled by modern artwork in comics, but I felt the art seemed more appropriate to a weekly newspaper than a sci-fi/action comic book. I'm not sure how this was originally published however. After the amazing visuals of the movie, I did find the picture painted by the art here to be lacking.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun! Especially the first chapter. I was worried that a 1967 French sci-fi comic would be super misogynistic and racist but it overall feels pretty contemporary (excepting some of the groovy fashion). If you've seen the big budget, ponderous trailer for the new film adaptation then you might share my concern that the film makers have taken a light and sometimes silly adventure comic and processed it through the Cameron /Avatar too-serious too-overblown machine

[Carlex · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/2 stars

¡Qué grata sorpresa las historias de "Valerian y Laureline"! (excepto el primero que leí y releí en mi infancia).

Para ser un cómic infantil/juvenil le dan fuerte a la ciencia ficción: en esta última historia doppelgängers y realidades virtuales a gran escala, todo en uno.

[Pernilla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Denna första samlingsutgåva i nyöversättning omfattar de tre allra första äventyren, och det märks (särskilt på de två första) i både tecknarstil och manus att författarna fortfarande är lite trevande. I tredje äventyret, "De tusen planeternas rike", börjar saker och ting falla på plats, och både manus och bild börjar likna den fantastiska och banbrytande serien som den så småningom blev känd för att vara. Första äventyret är mest kul att läsa som kuriosa, och för att få veta hur Linda och Valentin egentligen träffades. Manuset är väldigt enkelt och stilen är ganska schablonmässig fransk-belgisk Goscinny-Morris-stil. I andra äventyret blir berättandet mer komplext och i tredje är både bild och text på en betydligt högre nivå.

Det är uppfriskande att läsa en serie där den kvinnliga huvudpersonen inte har helt osannolikt svällande byst och bakdel och den manliga inte har kroppsbyggnad som en Belgian Blue. Linda är förvisso trådsmal, men i övrigt har bägge en hyfsat normal fysionomi med tanke på seriemediet, och intar sällan några märkligt onormala kroppsställningar, vilket ju är ymnigt förekommande i amerikanska tecknade serier, framför allt när det gäller kvinnor. Det är också uppfriskande att se att de två huvudpersonerna framställs som helt jämbördiga, även om man sällan ser några bikaraktärer som är av annat kön än det manliga, men lite måste ju förlåtas på grund av verkets ålder och den då rådande tidens syn på kön och genus.

Översättningen: Den svenska texten känns ganska stolpig, tyvärr, men eftersom jag inte har tillgång till de gamla översättningarna eller originalen har jag svårt att bedöma om detta beror på en bristande språkkänsla hos översättaren eller på en noga efterliknad stolpighet i originalet.

Jag ser verkligen fram emot de kommande samlingarna, som ska bli sju totalt.

[Kaitlin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I decided to pick up Valerian because I wanted to see if it was better than the movie, honestly. I liked the world-building in the movie but hated the main characters' dynamic, so I was hoping that the dynamic was different in the original comic books. And it was!

So, I definitely liked the relationship between Laureline and Valerian more. They have banter, they talk about things, and Laureline takes charge without Valerian getting weird about it. Also, Laureline makes a couple of comments that makes it clear that the authors are aware of the pitfalls of turning her into a damsel in distress, and they generally avoid that. Valerian gets into the same amount of scrapes she does.

The thing that was kind of frustrating is that I was looking forward to reading it because of the non-Earth ideas, and what I first got in this collection was three episodes about Valerian and Laureline on Earth. The art style is also definitely retro sci-fi, which isn't always my favorite, and so I was planning on putting this down after the fourth (and final) episode in this collection and saying, "Well, I like their relationship better but this just wasn't for me!" But then I read "Empire of a Thousand Planets" and that one felt totally different. It's set in a different solar system, with lots of interesting world-building. The aliens were cool, the story was good, and overall it felt very different to me! So I probably will end up reading the next collection, because the non-Earth stories are worth it.

Final Rating: 3.5/5

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Por separado creo que se ganaron tres estrellitas cada una de las tres historias que recopila este tomo (que aunque es el primero de la colección, curiosamente recopila los números 2, 3 y 7). Pero haciendo maratón -interrumpida, eso sí- el viaje rozó lo psicodélico, y la cantidad de ideas y aventuras deliroides que vi en estos tres álbumes me hacen preguntar con qué me encontraré cuando siga avanzando en la serie. La verdad que entiendo por qué George Lucas le robó tanto a esta saga porque hay cosas para afanar de sobra, aunque los personajes de Star Wars no tienen ni la mitad de la gracia que Valerian y su compañera Laureline, que injustamente queda fuera del título en la edición española, ya que es tan protagonista como su compañero (y, personalmente, me parece bastante más copada). En fin, hice bien en arrojarme a la serie ignorando prácticamente todo sobre la historia, y espero seguir ignorante hasta el próximo tomo, que descubrir galaxias monocráticas, sistemas solares dentro de planetas huecos y mundos completamente ficticios que sirven para poner a prueba la historia humana y la madera de la que están hechas las personas sólo fue el principio.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume includes the first three collected adventures of French science fiction heroes Valerian and Laureline. Valerian is a spatio-temporal agent from the 28th century who travels back in time to medieval France where he meets Laureline. When they come forward in time, she learns quickly and soon becomes Valerian's partner. In the second part of the book, they go on an adventure to 1980's New York, flooded because of Global Warming (spawned by global nuclear war). In the third story in this volume, Valerian and Laureline investigate a mysterious, reclusive star system. In effect, the stories are very much Buck Rogers with a dash of Flash Gordon and Doctor Who tossed in. The artwork starts out reminiscent of Mad Magazine and I gather Jean-Claude Mezieres studied under one of Mad's artists. By the third adventure, the artwork evolves into a more realistic style that seems more suited for a science fiction adventure comic -- and there are some visuals that appear to have inspired elements of the first three movies in the Star Wars saga.

[Raechel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wanted to read the source material before I watched the movie. It's interesting, and in a volume collection it's cool to see the art evolve and improve. There are some minor problems with it--many of the issues get solved conveniently near the end of the arc way-too-simple ways. Laureline is cool, but sometimes there are some annoying instances of "she gets kidnapped", "she makes a joke about how women are only employed in their line of business because they can cook", "women love shopping!" I don't know if this is from the time the stories were written, the culture (it's translated from French), or what. I still find her more interesting than Valerian though.

This was just the first of 3 volumes, I still enjoyed it enough to check out volume 2.

[Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Getting the first four stories in order helped a lot with understanding where Valerian and Laureline came from. I have to say, though, I did not expect Laureline's backstory to include a unicorn.

I always got the impression that V and L were a couple, but there's no real couple-relationship development here... they have friendly down-time together, true, but there's no indication it's romantic... yet.

I quite enjoyed the gorgeous post-apocolyptic New York, especially diving through the subways. The very first issues the art is a little more... cartoony? The heads are bigger. But the backgrounds are always lush and detailed.

[Magnús · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ég hef áður játað ást mína á Froski útgáfu og sá eldur er ekki að fara að kulna í bráð. Þvílíkt og annað eins þrekvirki sem þetta útgáfufyrirtæki er að vinna þessi misserin. Það besta er að bækurnar koma út allt árið um kring, maður þarf ekki að bíða eftir yólóbókaflóðinu #yolo.
Valerian er sería sem mig hafði lengi langað að lesa. Ég átti eina bók um Þúsundstjarnaveldið sem Fjölvi gaf út fyrir margt löngu, en að öðru leyti þekkti ég þetta meistaraverk ekki. Hér er komin fyrsta safnbókin, sem inniheldur ef ég man rétt þrjár sögur. Mér skilst að bók númer tvö komi út á næsta ári. Það er tilhlökkunarefni!

[Álex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Encantador. De estética y tramas ya un pelín desfasadas, pero a los que hay que otorgarles todo el crédito de ser unos avanzados a su tiempo. Brillante en el despliegue imaginativo y valiente a la hora de esbozar los protagonistas. Y sí, el cómic tendría que haberse llamado más bien Laurelyn :)

[Andy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Recht trashig nach 50? Jahren und oft doch unlogisch.

[Anetq · Rating 4 out of 5]

Det er starten på noget stort, selv om formen ikke er helt på plads - til gengæld lærte jeg hvor Linda kom fra, hvordan hun og Valentin mødtes og hvordan Jorden næsten gik under i 1986.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rib Cracking! :D Brilliant Review to Come! :D

[Emily Parr · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the 5 stars above, obviously I loved this. The adventure was crazy and moved at a breakneck pace (like the movie) but I never thought that it was overly weird like a lot of graphic novels seem to be.
Valerian is a spatio-temporal agent, which basically means that he can jump instantly through space and time and spends a lot of time tracking down scientists that endanger history. His sidekick, Laureline, he found in the jungle in the first book. After deciding that she had seen too much, Valerian brought Laureline back with him to the future as another agent.
There are three books in this collection, and I definitely liked the last one the best. It seemed that the author had a better idea of who he wanted his characters to be and what kind of adventures they would have. Laureline’s character begins to come out in the last book and I’m eager to see how she will progress as an agent in the next books.

[Ondřej Puczok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vím, že na filmovou adaptaci se snesla vlna kritiky, nás ale na filmovém plátně opravdu bavila. Chtěl jsem si tedy přečíst originál a užít si tu bláznivou jízdu i na stránkách komiksu, o kterém jsem jinak v životě neslyšel. A není divu. V češtině nevyšel a dostupný je jen velmi omezeně v angličtině. A tak když už, vrhl jsem se přímo do prvních tří dílů zahrnutých v jedné knize spolu s historií vzniku, srovnáním s hvězdnými válkami a rozhovorem tvůrců. A musím říct - zajímavé. Zvláště ono srovnávání s mými oblíbenými Star Wars...

A samotný Valerian? První pocit při čtení je ten, že je to tedy úplně jiné než film. Žádné krátké epizody, méně barev, méně sci-fi, méně akce a méně šíleností. Je to čtivé, plné nápadů, ale spíš to odpovídá komiksům mého mládí z časopisu abc (shrnutých v mé oblíbené knize Velká kniha komiksů #1, kterou si teď prostě budu muset znovu projít a už na mě čeká na stolku :) Bavila mě především prostřední část o zatopeném New Yorku a Zemi v ohni, kde se to nápady jen hemžilo :) A ano, i Impérium tisíci planet, i když šlo úplně o něco jiného, než v už zmíněném filmu... Zajímavé, ale ne natolik, abych se vrhl do dalších dílů. Přesto zajímavá "návštěva" vod francouzského komiksu...

[reherrma · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nachdem der Film von Luc Besson in diesem Jahr für Furore gesorgt hatte (der teuerste europäische Film aller Zeiten) habe ich mich mal wieder an den Comic-Konsum meiner Kindheit erinnert; die Comics haben mir damals gefallen, ob sie mich beeinflusst haben in meiner Begeisterung für die phantastische Literatur, kann ich nicht genau sagen. Psychedelisch anmutende Planetenwelten, denen die Flower-Power-Ästhetik der späten 1960er Jahre anzusehen ist, ferne Zivilisationen in akribischen und doch spielerisch anmutenden Zeichnungen ausgestaltet, fantastische Kreaturen in allen erdenklichen Formen und Farben, die auch die ersten „Star Wars“-Filme inspiriert haben sollen.
Die Zeichnungen von J.-C. Mézières haben mir gefallen, wenn sie auch nicht so herausragend sind wie die Comics seiner französischen Kollegen wie Bilal, Moebius, Giménez oder Paul Gillon.
Aber der Film hat mich auch nochmals daran erinnert, dass „Valerian und Veronique“ eine der ältesten SF-Reihen in Europa ist, vor allem aber war sie sehr einflussreich: Von Ihr wurden die eben erwähnten Comiczeichner beeinflusst, aber auch der Regisseur Luc Besson, dessen Film "Das fünfte Element" nicht ohne diese Comicreihe möglich gewesen wäre; und da wäre noch Star Wars: In diesem Band gibt es einige schöne Beispiele, wie Star Wars sich direkt davon bedient hat...

[Marília Hamada · Rating 3 out of 5]

Apesar das estórias leves e divertidas compiladas neste volume, achei o formato cansativo para leitura (tanto pelo tamanho e formato dos quadros como das letras). Na minha edição veio uma jacket dizendo que Valerian foi inspiração para Star Wars, o que para mim soa muito forçado para tentar vender mais e atrair público. Talvez realmente essa hq tenha sido uma gde inspiração visual, mas em termos de conceito ele tem várias coisas de Asimov (o conceito de pessoas de uma gde organização viajando pelo tempo ou até mesmo a ideia de um império galático). Acho que vale para conhecer, sua relevância dentro do universo sci-fi é notável, mas não me fisgou muito e não tive vontade de ir atrás de mais.

[Deke · Rating 3 out of 5]

If I were 10 years old when I first read this, I'd be in love. Great art, fun story line, and a tone that nails the ideal adventure stories I loved as a pre-teen. As an adult reading it for the first time I admire it more than I adore it. The Saga series, for instance, has a similar feel but is modern and aimed at adults. Will be interesting to see if the movie is able to thread the needle: maintaining the youthful exuberance and sense of wonder while delivering enough nuance and complexity for adults.

[I.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Took an issue or two before this seemed to hit its stride, but the final story in the book is a good one that has some great visuals and a unique setting that makes you interested in the upcoming tales to see where they go next. Some odd lookalike characters here and there (scientist who looks like Jerry Lewis, gangster who looks like Sun Ra, etc.) and it's very 60's in its interpretation of sci-fi, but I can see how this would have captured imaginations at the time. Will definitely check out the next volume.