![]() In 2003, Peeters changed directions delving into science fiction graphic novels. Blue Pills is a captivating story, which beautifully captures nuances that can only come from life. A TV movie adaptation, directed by Jean-Philippe Amar, was broadcast on Arte in 2014. Blue Pills was Peeters’s first work translated into English, which was published by Jonathan Cape. It received the Polish Jury Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, where it was nominated for Best Book, it won the Geneva Töppfer prize and the Premios La Cárcel de Papel in Spain for Best Foreign Comic. It tells the story of his relationship with Cati who, along with her young son, tests positive for HIV. ![]() In 2001, Peeters released the autobiographical graphic novel Blue Pills. In 1997, he founded the Swiss indie-publisher Atrabile, through which he released his first comic Fromage Confiture (Cheese and Jam). He began contributing to several comic magazines, including Le Drozophile, Bile Noire, Lapin and Spirou. After which, he devoted himself entirely to comics. ![]() He worked as a baggage handler for Swissair for three years, which gave him the opportunity to travel and draw. He has received five nominations in the ‘Best Book’ category at the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival.īorn in Geneva, Switzerland, Peeters studied visual communication at the École Supérieure d’Arts Appliqués (ESAA). ![]() He has published over 30 graphic novels but is best known for the highly acclaimed Pilules Bleues (Blue Pills: a Positive Love Story). Frederik Peeters is an award-winning Swiss comic book artist. ![]()
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