Mézières is one of the referents of Franco-Belgian comics, specifically science fiction.
French comic artist Jean-Claude Mézières, creator of Valerian: Time-Space Agent He died this Sunday at the age of 83, according to the local press.
Mézières is one of the benchmarks in Franco-Belgian comics, specifically science fiction, although he has also worked in illustration, photography, film and television.
Born in Saint-Mandé, on the outskirts of Paris, in 1938, he was educated under the influence of cartoonists such as Hergé or Morris and began working in the United States, pursuing his dream of becoming a cowboy, an experience that marked the rest Of his work
Together with Pierre Christin, a childhood friend, he created Valerian: Time-Space Agent, whose influence has been transcendental in the history of science fiction and which served as a guide to sagas such as Star Wars.
Your manager, George Lucas has publicly acknowledged the imprint that this comic left on him, as well as the fact that several ideas from his famous films are inspired by Valerian’s comics, such as Princess Leia’s famous metal bikini or the shape of spaceships.
In 1984, Mézières received the Angoulême Grand Prix for his entire career.
In the 1990s, filmmakers like Luc Besson, admirers of his work, worked with him, for example on the film The fifth element, in which Mézières played a vital role in introducing ideas such as flying taxis.
Besson was loosely inspired by the Valerian comic in the film Valerian and the city of a thousand planets, for which he had interpreters such as Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke, Clive Owen and a foreplay of the singer Rihanna. (I)
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