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Blue Pills (original title: Pilules Bleues) is a 2001 Swiss-French autobiographical [1] comic written and illustrated by Frederik Peeters. [2] The comic tells the story of a man falling in love with an HIV-positive woman. [3] [4]

The book won the 2001 Prix de la ville de Genève pour la bande dessinée and the 2002 Prix Alph'Art. [5]

In 2014 the graphic novel was adapted into a TV film, directed by Jean-Philippe Amar and broadcast on Arte. [6]

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References

  1. "Frederik Peeters talks about his bestselling graphic novel". TheGuardian.com . 23 March 2008.
  2. Day, Elizabeth (23 March 2008). "Frame by frame: how to make a cartoon drama out of a crisis". The Observer . Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  3. "Frederik Peeters talks about his bestselling graphic novel". TheGuardian.com . 23 March 2008.
  4. "Frederik Peeters".
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  6. "BLUE PILLS". www.colcoa.org. Archived from the original on 2015-04-05.