Frederik Peeters

From one of Europe’s most celebrated young comics artists, a deeply personal story that will resonate with all who have chosen to love in the face of great challenges. One summer night at a house party, Fred met Cati. Though they barely spoke, he vividly remembered her gracefulness and abandon. They meet again years later, and this time their connection is instantaneous. But when things become serious, a nervous Cati tells him that she and her three-year-old son are both HIV positive. With great beauty and economy, Peeters traces the development of their intimacy and their revelatory relationship with a doctor whose affection and frankness allow them to fully realize their passionate connection.

Dans un futur lointain… Verloc Nim se réveille amnésique au milieu de nulle part. Grâce à son journal, qu'un singe-robot nommé Churchill lui remet, il se plonge dans son passé. Verloc y apprend qu'il mène une vie misérable, qu'il a perdu travail, famille et amis depuis qu'il a décidé de vivre en marge d'un monde hypertechnologique. Jusqu'à ce que son frère Conrad l'emmène sur une autre planète pour y récupérer une mystérieuse substance nommée aâma…

This cinematic tale opens surrealistically: with a traffic jam caused by a wounded elephant. Our heroine, Carice, abandons her car and walks trancelike through a wood to visit her husband in the hospital. Along the way she meets a few odd characters, including a blind pig keeper and an alien-looking baby. The surreal encounters do not stop there. The hospital is eerie and foreboding. When Carice’s whistling wakes up an apparently dead body in the morgue, she soon realizes that the aged cadaver she’s talking to is her future self. Praise for Pachyderme: “Peeters’ tale of self-discovery is enthralling; in the author’s hands, Cold War paranoia and thoughtfully subverted realist art provides commentary on other kinds of secrets, other kinds of betrayals and the conflict between duty and need.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Peeters’ evocative artwork—inspired equally, it seems, by classic Hollywood and the great horror comics of mid-century—makes every page eye-catching.” — Slate

El suizo Frederik Peeters, dotado de un vibrante genio creativo, cuenta con humor, nervio y profundidad una emocionante historia de amor con el VIH como referente determinante.

In blauwe pillen beschrijft de Zwitserse auteur Frederik Peeters hoe hij Cati ontmoet, verliefd op haar wordt en een relatie aangaat...Maar Cati is HIV-positief, net als haar jonge zoontje.

Глибоко особиста історія від одного з найвідоміших європейських коміксистів Європи, яка відгукнеться всім, хто обрав любов, попри всі перешкоди. Одного літнього вечора на вечірці Фред зустрів Каті. Хоча вони майже не розмовляли, він добре запам’ятав її витонченість і відстороненість. За багато років вони перетинаються знову, і цього разу між ними миттєво спалахує зв’язок. Але коли стосунки серйознішають, знервована Каті каже йому, що і вона, і її трирічний син — ВІЛ-інфіковані. Надзвичайно красиво та ощадливо Петерс простежує розвиток їхньої близькості та їхніх стосунків із лікарем, чия прихильність і відвертість дозволяють їм повністю усвідомити свій пристрасний зв’язок.

Nesta narrativa gráfica pessoal e de rara pureza, por meio de um roteiro simples e de temas universais (o amor, a morte), Frederik Peeters conta sobre seu encontro e sua história com Cati, envolvendo o vírus ignóbil que entra em cena e muda tudo, e todas as emoções contraditórias que ele tem de aprender a gerenciar: amor, raiva, compaixão. Pílulas azuis nos permite acompanhar, sem nenhum vestígio de sentimentalismo, através de um prisma raramente (senão nunca) abordado, o cotidiano de uma relação cingida pelo HIV, sem deixar de lançar algumas verdades duras e surpreendentes sobre o assunto. Apesar da seriedade do tema, Pílulas azuis é uma obra cheia de leveza e humor. Não é à toa que é considerada por muitos a obra-prima de Frederik Peeters. Uma das mais belas histórias de amor já publicadas.

O delu: "Pahiderm je savršeni primer živog i poetičnog grafičkog romana koji uspeva da prenese osećanje nesvesnog, zagonetnog. Imam utisak da Pahiderm ostaje tajanstven čak i autoru, koji je pustio svoju priču da luta tamo gde ju je njegovo pero odvelo, da živi svoj život, i da je veliku pažnju posvetio i pričanju priče i kvalitetu svoje umetnosti. Pahiderm opisuje moju vlastitu nelagodu. Želim da me umetnik odvede daleko od bilo čega što sam osetio ranije, na teritoriju koja predstavlja ne toliko iskrivljenje koliko odraz nekog unutrašnjeg, moćnog nagona. U Pahidermu leži nešto tajanstveno i očigledno što se, iznad svega, ne sme objašnjavati." – Žan Žiro Mebijus

Fred incontra Cati e se ne innamora. Cati è sieropositiva, come lo è suo figlio. Storia autobiografica della rieducazione sentimentale di una coppia che rifiuta di sentirsi “handicappata dell'amore”, Pillole blu è uno dei libri più toccanti di Frederik Peeters, il più personale. Questa nuova edizione contiene una storia inedita, una riflessione a dodici anni di distanza dal racconto originale, per raccontare un amore sempre più forte, nonostante le avversità.

Award-winning Swiss graphic novelist Frederik Peeters (Blue Pills) soars to new heights with an existential interplanetary epic that never strays far from the human heart. Lupus Lablennorre is a man on the run. Like a cosmic Odysseus, he wanders from planet to planet, haunted by his past and orbiting around a woman. It starts as a fishing trip with his old pal, Tony. Their friendship has started to feel different lately, and not just because of the drugs. Picking up Sanaa, a beautiful runaway, only complicates the situation. When tragedy strikes, they're forced to flee to new worlds, each offering many ways to disappear. But Lupus will find that the tendrils of friendship, love, and family are not so easily severed. Armed with astonishingly expressive brushwork and a dreamy, intimate narrative, Frederik Peeters drifts on the solar winds to a new understanding of memory, guilt, isolation, and connection.