New Releases by Pierre Christin

In this book you will find volumes 3 to 5: The Land Without Stars, Welcome to Alflolol and Birds of the Master – three stories that introduce the societal criticism aspect of the series. Battle of the sexes, totalitarianism and extreme productivism are lambasted, but never at the expense of fantasy or of the action. And as they travel from world to distant world, Laureline becomes a truly equal partner, far from the stereotypical female sidekick roles of the time. Finally, the second part of the exclusive interview with the authors and director Luc Besson is followed by an in-depth portrait of Pierre Christin, the writer.

Running away with the unhappy heir to the galaxy’s biggest fortune, even if it’s because he wants it, is bound to cause some problems. On the lam with the Caliphette of Iksaladam, Valerian and Laureline are relentlessly pursued by the Quatuor Mortis, who are still after the enormous reward offered for the child’s safe return. Stranded among the Asteroids of Shimballil, they must evade the hunters, recover their ship, dodge profiteers and traitors ... and decide what to do with the little brat!

This third book of the collected edition contains volumes 6 to 8: Ambassador of the Shadows – the story that directly inspired Luc Besson’s film – On the False Earths and Heroes of the Equinox. Over the course of these titles, among the finest in the series, Laureline takes her rightful place as the brains of the outfit, while Valerian fully embraces his role as anti-hero: always brave, but often a bit out of his depth. You will also find the end of the interview with Luc Besson and the authors, and an in-depth portrait of Jean-Claude Mézières, the artist.

Dans cet album qui plaide en faveur de l'auto-détermination des peuples, le lecteur émerveillé par l'imaginaire de Christin et Mézières découvre tout à la fois Point Central, formidable construction artificielle qui sert de port d'attache aux populations de l'univers, les délicieux Shingouz et l'adorable (quoique grognon) Transmuteur de Bluxte.

Pilote, le journal qui s'amuse à voyager dans le temps !Apparu dans les pages du magazine Pilote en 1967, Valérian est vite devenue une figure emblématique de ce journal. Cela fera tout juste 50 ans que Christin et Mézières ont publié, dans Pilote, leur première histoire et, à cette occasion, une version cartonnée du journal qui sortira cet été sera également disponible en librairie. Au sommaire, de nombreux hommages d'auteurs en bande dessinée, des témoignages de personnalités dont Luc Besson et une partie de l'équipe du film; des dossiers sur la SF en BD, en littérature et au cinéma; les previews du prochain Valérian vu par Lupano et Lauffray; l'abécédaire de Valérian, etc.

Fauchés, Valérian et Laureline arrivent à Point Central, le centre politique du cosmos, à la recherche d’une nouvelle occupation. Les deux complices vont pouvoir reprendre du service : le bi-prince Lininil a été enlevé à la veille de l’ouverture d’une session du ConSec, des révoltes et divers incidents menacent l’équilibre du pouvoir. Envoyés en mission par le président du ConSec, Valérian et Laureline doivent déjouer le complot qui menace l’équilibre de l’univers et retrouver le bi-prince. Cette mission les conduira jusqu’à Paradizac, la cité interdite des ultrariches, et à la rencontre de toutes sortes d’aliens qui les aideront ou les plomberont dans leur quête de la paix. Dans ce roman écrit par Pierre Christin, l'auteur de la bande-dessinée, Valérian et Laureline "vivent une aventure sans dessins mais non sans surprises".

Two agents of 24th century Earth patrol space and time to safeguard both the planet''s future and its past. The 16th volume of Valerian and Laureline, one of the most influential science-fiction comic series of the past 40 years!

This first volume of the collection contains books 1 and 2 of the series: The City of Shifting Waters – in its original two-part, 9 pages longer format – and The Empire of a Thousand Planets. It also includes book 0, Bad Dreams, translated into English for the first time: the very first adventures of our two heroes, published after City and retroactively numbered. Finally, linking the volumes of this collection together, a long, exclusive interview with the authors and director Luc Besson is illustrated with new art as well as numerous sketches, studies and photographs from the latter’s upcoming big-screen adaptation.

Suite et fin du programme de réédition de l'intégrale de Valérian, lancé à l'occasion de la sortie du film événement, prévue en juillet 2017, tiré de la bande dessinée culte de Jean-Claude Mézières et Pierre Christin. Toutes ces intégrales ont été entièrement remaquettées et portent, en couverture, le logo directement inspiré du film. 2017, l'année Valérian !

Suite et fin du programme de réédition de l'intégrale de Valérian, lancé à l'occasion de la sortie du film événement, prévue en juillet 2017, tiré de la bande dessinée culte de Jean-Claude Mézières et Pierre Christin. Toutes ces intégrales ont été entièrement remaquettées et portent, en couverture, le logo directement inspiré du film. 2017, l'année Valérian !

Valerian and Laureline take a break from adventuring and go on a cruise, but Valerian feels uncomfortable among the idle and the powerful. He’s not bored for long, though, because when a quartet of mercenaries board the cruise ship to kidnap the son of the Caliph of Iksaladam, they end up taking Laureline as well. With the almighty Caliph offering a massive reward for his son’s return, Valerian’s quest to rescue his girl is suddenly hindered by every bounty hunter in the galaxy...

Broke, without a job, their ship almost a scrap heap, Valerian and Laureline are stuck on Rubanis, unable to pay for repairs. So when a trio of old acquaintances introduces them to the head of the local police, who is looking for independent agents for a risky – but well-paid – mission, they accept readily enough. But Rubanis is the most corrupt planet in the entire galaxy. How are they to find out who really holds the reins of power there?

Broke, without a job, their ship almost a scrap heap, Valerian and Laureline are stuck on Rubanis, unable to pay for repairs. So when a trio of old acquaintances introduces them to the head of the local police, who is looking for independent agents for a risky - but well-paid - mission, they accept readily enough. But Rubanis is the most corrupt planet in the entire galaxy. How are they to find out who really holds the reins of power there?

Valerian and Laureline, no longer members of any organisation, are down to doing space deliveries. With Galaxity gone and money getting scarce, their aging spaceship is becoming a hazard, which is pushing Valerian into accepting questionable cargo. After a somewhat rough landing, our two ex-agents, on their way to deliver their goods, meet some individuals with very surprising gifts who claim to be itinerant artists. But is that really all they are?

Valerian and Laureline, no longer members of any organisation, are down to doing space deliveries. With Galaxity gone and money getting scarce, their aging spaceship is becoming a hazard, which is pushing Valerian into accepting questionable cargo. After a somewhat rough landing, our two ex-agents, on their way to deliver their goods, meet some individuals with very surprising gifts who claim to be itinerant artists. But is that really all they are?

Century’s End collects two of the most accomplished comics narratives to come out of the creative collaboration between visionary artist Enki Bilal and celebrated writer Pierre Christin. In ‘The Black Order Brigade’, a group of aging revolutionaries band together for one last stand against fascism. As they spread around Europe, chasing down leads and picking off old adversaries, they realize they are heading for an explosive showdown. A group of Communist leaders gather for some sport in a quiet forest in ‘The Hunting Party’. Soon the snowy ground is stained with the blood of more than just animals, as the machinations of the political world weave through the trees toward an unsuspecting victim… “an engaging, original story that should resonate with audiences interested in the evolving process of history and how it is shaped.” – Icv2

À l'occasion des 50 ans de la création de cette bande dessinée culte et de son adaptation au cinéma par Luc Besson (sortie en juillet 2017), les éditions Dargaud rééditent la collection complète des intégrales. Sous de nouvelles couvertures et avec une nouvelle maquette, ces deux intégrales proposent chacune trois épisodes de Valérian (dont L'Ambassadeur des ombres, l'histoire qui a inspiré Besson) ainsi que la suite et la fin de l'entretien entre le réalisateur et les deux créateurs.

On an interstellar cruise ships, a mysterious individual in full environmental suit is working hard to get to Earth. On Earth, meanwhile, another person in a spacesuit is exploring a nuclear reactor on behalf of its owners. That second man is Valerian, and since the disappearance of Galaxity, he’s been forced to make a living by putting his advanced knowledge and equipment to good use. But what he’s discovered insidethe plant is extremely worrisome...

The head of Galaxity’s Spatio-Temporal Service himself has joined Valerian and Laureline at Inverloch Castle. There, among various human and alien allies, he explains to them the threat that looms over Earth: all of the recent incidents, all those important people gone mad and threatening to bring about the apocalypse... All of that is due to the malicious influence of the mysterious planet Hypsis. But Hypsis is a world that moves from system to system – it’ll need to be pinpointed first...

Galaxity’s orders are rather bizarre, lately. Laureline has been left on stand-by in a Scottish castle. Valerian, haunted by recurrent nightmares, has been sent to capture a sentient being as if it were a wild animal – an unsavoury task, to say the least. And on Earth in the 1980s, members of the military and political elites are descending into madness one by one. What future does our planet still have ... and who’s so bent of changing it?

This is the story of two women. One of those women is Lady Sheringham, interviewed in her manor house, the other is Emma Piggott, who has just passed away in her London apartment, alone. To the former, life has been kind. She''s gone from Shanghai to Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpar, from governess to sultana. She lives in the lap of luxury, engaged in an endless cycle of drinks parties, outings on horseback and the delicious little scandals of the British colonial community. This is a woman destined never to know hardship, other than the loss of loved ones. Emma Piggott, a teacher at St. John''s, has lived a gray and stagnant life, experiencing Asia only through newspaper articles that she carefully cuts out collects, but never leaving the Whitechapel neighborhood where her parents kept a grocery store. And yet, something unites these two women--a little detail, nothing at all really, mere chance, or perhaps just a nightmare that troubles Lady Sheringham''s sleep from time to time...

Galaxity''s orders are rather bizarre, lately. Laureline has been left on stand-by in a Scottish castle. Valerian, haunted by recurrent nightmares, has been sent to capture a sentient being as if it were a wild animal - an unsavoury task, to say the least. And on Earth in the 1980s, members of the military and political elites are descending into madness one by one. What future does our planet still have ... and who''s so bent on changing it?

Two agents of 24th century Earth patrol space and time to safeguard both the planet s future and its past. The 13th volume of Valerian and Laureline, one of the most influential science-fiction comic series of the past 40 years!"

The two Galaxity agents’ investigation into the elemental forces appearing on Earth continues. While Laureline, dogged and efficient, follows a promising lead somewhere in outer space, Valerian is struggling to unravel the mysterious events plaguing our 20th century. Demonstrations of fantastic phenomena follow in quick succession, pushing poor Valerian to his limits. And matters will have to be settled simultaneously in New York and on an asteroid on the edge of the galaxy to save our world...

Originally published as: Valerian. Brooklyn station terminus cosmos. Paris: Dargaud, c1981.

Our two spatio-temporal agents are on a new mission, but this time the duo is split up. While Laureline flies solo from planet to planet, on the trail of arms dealers and forbidden technologies, Valerian is on 20th century Earth, teamed up with the eccentric Mr Albert. And he, too, is hunting down technologies incompatible with the era. What is the link between the two cases, separated as they are by centuries and light-years?

«Allons, tu sais bien que la violence révolutionnaire ne fait que répondre à celle de l'ordre établi... - Mais je sais aussi que le terrorisme de gauche n'a jamais rien résolu... Je finis par me demander si je n'ai pas eu tort de vous embarquer dans cette équipée de croulants.. - Tu mollis en vieillissant, Pritchard, permets-moi de te le dire.» «Un thriller violent et méditatif, beau et intelligent.» Jean-Patrick Manchette «Les Phalanges de l'Ordre Noir font partie de ces contes imaginaires qui décrivent avec le plus de justesse et de suggestion les cauchemars des derniers vingt ans du millénaire.» Télérama «Dense comme un roman, haletant comme un film à grand spectacle, déchirant comme la nostalgie d'une jeunesse qu'on ne peut revivre...» France-Soir «Les Phalanges de l'Ordre Noir vient de hisser définitivement le monde des bulles au niveau du roman.» Libération.

Valerian, shot to death in an Indian fortress. Valerian, dead in 19th century London. Valerian, gunned down in San Francisco''s Chinatown - And Laureline, paired up with an unpleasantly arrogant historian from Galaxity, forced to witness every demise of the man she loves on a succession of re-enacted pieces of human history. A very strange case that will take the two spatio-temporal agents to the limits of their endurance as they hunt down the mysterious architect of the false Earths.

Every 100 years or so, the infertile people of Simlanne send their champions to the sacred island of Filene, where the best among them, chosen via a series of tests, will find and bring back the next generation. This cycle, though, the local heroes seem to fail repeatedly, and the aging Simlannians have sent for heroes from other worlds. Valerian, chosen to represent Earth, will have to overcome the tests and his competitors in a dangerous odyssey...