The Empire of a Thousand Planets: Valerian Vol. 2 (Valerian and Laureline) (Volume 2)
Jean-Claude Mezieres and Pierre Christin created  ValerianA" in 1967 after working in the USA together, one as a cowboy, the other a teacher. While  ValerianA" is Mezieres' only comic series, he's worked as an illustrator in many other areas, including designs and sets for  The Fifth Element,A" and he was awarded the Grand Prix du festival d'Angouleme in 1984. Christin also works in collaboration with other artists such as Tardi and Bilal and writes novels and film scripts.