Valerian and Laureline

‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘Shingouzlooz Inc.’ (2017) (Comic book review)

One of the most remarkable things about writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mezieres’ work on “Valerian and Laureline” from 1967-2103 is how little they

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 5’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline: The Complete Collection, Volume 4’ is saga’s high point

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 3’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 2’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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‘Valerian and Laureline’ flashback: ‘The Complete Collection, Volume 1’ (Comic book review)

Looking for a “Valerian” fix after last year’s movie, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” I’m delving into the comics that started it

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Christie Golden’s ‘Valerian’ novelization delightfully digs into Valerian-Laureline relationship (Book review)

After seeing “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,” my No. 1 movie of 2017, I wanted to spend more time in the world,

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John’s top 10 movies of 2017

For me, 2017 goes in the books as the year when we don’t have to comment on special effects anymore. In major motion pictures, they

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‘Valerian’ serves up grand adventure while showing how its source material influenced ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Avatar’ (Movie review)

I consider myself to be an amateur “Star Wars” historian, but until recently, I didn’t know about the influence of the “Valerian and Laureline” comics on

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10 movies John wouldn’t mind seeing this summer (Commentary)

These are 10 movies I wouldn’t mind seeing this summer: (more…)

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