Blue Pills
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.
Blue Pills
- Creator
- Frederik Peeters
- Date
- 2001
- Genre
- autobiography
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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.
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In 2014 the graphic novel was adapted into a TV film, directed by Jean-Philippe Amar and broadcast on Arte.
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2001
Blue Pills published.
2008
Blue pills: a positive love story / Frederik Peeters; translated from the French by Anjali Singh., dated 2008, held by Wellcome Collection.
2008
Blue Pills (4 catalogued editions) (2008) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2008
Blue pills digitised by Open Library.
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Blue Pills (4 catalogued editions) (2008) — Open Library.
Blue pills (2008) — Open Library
Blue pills: a positive love story — Open Library
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