MÉZIÈRES Lot n° 143

JEAN-CLAUDE MÉZIÈRES VALÉRIAN The Ambassador of the Shadows (T.6), Dargaud 1975 Original plate n°31, prepublished in Pilote mensuel n°16 of september 1975. Signed. India ink on paper 39.8 × 50.3 cm (15.67 × 19.8 in.) We are in Point Central, a vast cosmopolitan space station where Valerian and Laureline find themselves trapped: they must find a way to communicate with the Groubos, mute creatures who talk by telepathy. But the Shingouz, particularly well-informed spies, have a solution... for which our heroes will have to pay a high price. Fortunately, Mezieres' interstellar menagerie includes Bluxte's grumpy transmutor, capable of reproducing everything she ingests. An imagination that impressed both Luc Besson and Georges Lucas!