Valerian

Story
I really loved Fifth Element, which had me excited for Valerian earlier this summer, so I put a hold on this for the library that only just finally came in. Much like the movie I was pretty underwhelmed.

There is very little here to do with the movie, but does offer you some insight into the two main characters. I'm not sure if that comes in later volumes or if Luc Benson simply took the characters/universe and made his own story.

This volume continues 3 stories across 4 parts (the second story is 2 parts for some reason). I did feel like the stories got better as the volume went on, but not enough to get me invested.

I'm glad I gave it a try, but I probably won't continue with volume 2.

Artwork
I'm probably spoiled by modern artwork in comics, but I felt the art seemed more appropriate to a weekly newspaper than a sci-fi/action comic book. I'm not sure how this was originally published however. After the amazing visuals of the movie, I did find the picture painted by the art here to be lacking.