Valerian and Laureline

Valerian and Laureline was a French comic series created by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières in 1967 and follows the story of two Spatio-Temporal agents as they go about their adventures through time and space.

As some of you may know, several elements and ideas within the Star Wars saga are quite similar to those originating in this series. While nothing has ever been confirmed or denied by George Lucas, many say that this comic provided a fair amount of inspiration for Star Wars.

So, has anyone here ever read the Valerian and Laureline comics and what did you think of them? Did you enjoy them? Would you recommend them for Star Wars fans? Are the apparent similarities just surface level ideas or seem like more than just a coincidence?

Been meaning to check the comics out at some point, but there are loads of other unread comics which have greater priority, so who knows if I’ll ever get around to doing so.

fmalover said:

I only know about the comic series from the movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which I very much enjoyed.

I’ve yet to see the film but I do love how colorful it looks.

Superweapon VII said:

Been meaning to check the comics out at some point, but there are loads of other unread comics which have greater priority, so who knows if I’ll ever get around to doing so.

Same boat.

Z6PO said:

The official site of Jean-Claude Mézières has some comparisons. I’m not convinced, they’re very superficial to me.

I’m thinking the same thing, especially since so many of the core ideas are very different.