{"id":7957,"date":"2021-05-28T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caurette.com\/?page_id=7957"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T09:09:14","slug":"valerian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caurette.com\/en\/artists-editions\/valerian\/","title":{"rendered":"Val\u00e9rian"},"content":{"rendered":"

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VAL\u00c9RIAN \u2013 ARTIST\u2019S EDITIONS<\/strong><\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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Val\u00e9rian et Laureline, spationtemporal agents<\/h2><\/h1><\/span>
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Do we really need to present\u00a0Valerian & Laureline<\/strong>? Created at the end of the 60s by two geniuses of the comic genre,\u00a0Pierre Christin\u00a0<\/strong>(writing) and\u00a0Jean-Claude M\u00e9zi\u00e8res\u00a0<\/strong>(art),\u00a0Valerian<\/em>\u00a0is regarded as the epitome of science-fiction sagas. Millions of books were sold, the stories in them fascinating several generations of readers, but the universe of\u00a0Valerian<\/em>\u00a0didn\u2019t stay just on paper: an anime (Japanese cartoon) was made in 2007 and a movie has been released in 2017, directed by the amazing Luc Besson!<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The adventure\u2026 in its original version and in large format!<\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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With its collection\u00a0Retour aux Sources\u00a0<\/em>(literally: Back to the Roots), the Caurette Editions wants its readers to be able to fathom the arcane world of mythic comic albums. Thanks to the precious help of Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude M\u00e9zi\u00e8res and many collectors across Europe, we found 90% of the original boards, 40 years after their creation! These boards have been through a four-color digitalization in order to preserve all the details usually erased during the printing of a\u00a0\u201cregular\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0comic: pencil lines, white-out corrections, pentimenti, patches\u2026 etc.<\/p>\n

The boards that we unfortunately couldn\u2019t retrieve have been reproduced based on black and white files from the \u201cregular\u201d comic and then recontextualized on the same paper used by the artist at the time. We\u2019d like to acknowledge and thank the amazing work of Philippe POIRIER who deals with the comics layout and so much more! Thanks to him, the final graphic designs were more than everything we could hope for!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Exclusive Extras<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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We had the distinct privilege and pleasure to\u00a0interview<\/strong>\u00a0the authors. This rare opportunity has allowed us to add twelve pages describing the historical context of the story and provided many personal anecdotes regarding the creation process!<\/p>\n

We also integrated amazing original documents (photographs, sketches, and more). Most of them are rare and have never been published before!<\/p>\n

Finally, as the unexpected\u00a0icing on the cake<\/strong>,\u00a0Jean-Claude M\u00e9zi\u00e8res and Pierre Christin accepted to\u00a0sign this exceptional work. One last detail that will delight all the true fans of Val\u00e9rian and Laureline!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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An exquisite offprint<\/h1><\/h1><\/span>
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In addition, there is an exceptional offprint: a four-color-printed facsimile of boards, left in the format drawn by the author (40\u00d750 cm). This reproduction is as close to the original work as it was possible. It was originally made of two half-pages taped together by the artist himself!<\/p>\n<\/div>

Which one? Surprise!<\/h2>\n

Jean-Claude M\u00e9zi\u00e8res managed to retrieve the scenario of\u00a0Ch\u00e2telet Station Direction Cassiopeia\u00a0<\/em>which we decided to add as another facsimile!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Birds of the Master<\/h2><\/h1><\/span>
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Birds of the Master\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is the 5th volume of the\u00a0Valerian<\/em>\u00a0series (later to be retitled\u00a0Valerian and Laureline<\/em>\u00a0in 2007, on the 40th birthday of the saga). First published in\u00a0Pilote<\/em>\u00a0in 1973, this volume is a turning point in the saga, with a distinct maturation in the graphics as well as in the narration content.\u00a0Birds of the Master<\/em>\u00a0has a political background, echoing the events of the May 1968 social unrest; as a result of this influence the story is dark and almost frightening, far from the usual publications at the time that were made for \u201ckids\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Caracteristics<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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