Blue Pills (original title: Pilules Bleues) is a 2001 Swiss-French autobiographical comic written and illustrated by Frederik Peeters. The comic tells the story of a man falling in love with an HIV-positive woman.
The book won the 2001 Prix de la ville de Genève pour la bande dessinée and the 2002 Prix Alph'Art.
In 2014 the graphic novel was adapted into a TV film, directed by Jean-Philippe Amar and broadcast on Arte.
References
- "Frederik Peeters talks about his bestselling graphic novel". TheGuardian.com. 23 March 2008.
- Day, Elizabeth (23 March 2008). "Frame by frame: how to make a cartoon drama out of a crisis". The Observer. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
- "Frederik Peeters talks about his bestselling graphic novel". TheGuardian.com. 23 March 2008.
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- "BLUE PILLS". www.colcoa.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.
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