Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets forms its basis from French comic in the science fiction genre.
Empire of a Thousand Planets is volume two in the French comic book ( or bande dessinée ) science fiction series Valérian and Laureline created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières . Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . The film is based on the French science fiction comics series Valérian and Laureline , written by Pierre Christin and illustrated by Jean-Claude Mézières . Valérian and Laureline ( Valérian et Laureline ) , also known as Valérian : Spatio-Temporal Agent ( Valérian , agent spatio-temporel ) or just Valérian , is a French science fiction comics series , created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières .