blue is the warmest colour graphic novel

It is a graphic novel worthy of the highest praise and broad translation.' 'We were amazed, then, when at the end of April we learned that the film was accepted into the official competition, only to have word-of-mouth quickly build, leading to the stunning Palme d'Or win last Sunday.'Īssociate publisher Robert Ballantyne added: 'We are thrilled for the filmmakers, for Julie and her French publisher, and very excited for the impact this great story will have for LGBT culture and politics wherever it appears. We were thrilled but not entirely optimistic after all, who doesn't want to have their film at Cannes?' said Lam. 'By then, we were told the film was in production and that the producers hoped to submit it for consideration at Cannes. We appraised it and found it to be a profoundly moving coming-of-age story with beautiful artwork at the time, we didn't know a film was involved.'Īrsenal Pulp signed the book up in October 2012.

'We were first approached by the agent of the original publisher Glénat a little over a year ago she thought we would be interested in it given our interest in LGBT and graphic novel titles. ' are indeed expecting lots of interest,' said publisher Brian Lam. An English language version, titled Blue Angel, was originally due out in November, but after the film adaptation Blue is the Warmest Colour won the Palme d'Or in Cannes on Sunday, Arsenal Pulp is now readying the translation for publication in September.

The story of a passionate lesbian romance, Julie Maroh's graphic novel was published by the Belgian graphic novel press Glénat in 2010.

Small Canadian publisher Arsenal Pulp Press is pushing forward publication of its English translation of French graphic novel Le bleu est une couleur chaude following the triumph of the film version of the story at Cannes this weekend – the first adaptation of a comic ever to take the top prize at the film festival.

Blue is the warmest colour graphic novel