Pilules bleues

Frederik Peeters’ Pilules bleues is a single, self-contained graphic novel from the Swiss publisher Atrabile, first released in 2001 and remaining in print as a landmark work. Written and drawn entirely by Peeters, it’s a deeply personal, autobiographical story that explores a relationship tested by an HIV diagnosis, handling its subject with warmth, honesty, and understated visual poetry. The book is widely regarded as a touchstone of European autobiographical comics, praised for its intimate, unsentimental portrayal of love and illness.