Gerome vosges moutains wrote:
Hi Billy,
It's done, I just sent an email to Terry and You.....
Gerome
Thanks. I've played some phone tag with Terry but will talk to him soon. I want to post some of the art. How do I do that? B
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Posts: 39 (02/17/08 14:41:17) |
Gerome vosges moutains wrote: Thanks. I've played some phone tag with Terry but will talk to him soon. I want to post some of the art. How do I do that? B |
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Posts: 2 (03/07/08 07:56:22) |
Hello Guys,
What about your meeting in the Voges Mountains? |
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Billy's visit | ||
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Posts: 59 (03/07/08 11:57:40) |
Hey,
Oh !! it was wonderful !!! and Exciting.... Billy is very a nice guy and he was very happy..... He will answer you better than me when he will come back at home. Gerome and Hervé |
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Posts: 40 (03/11/08 14:00:05) |
Hello all, I've just got back from Florida (home one day from Holland and France) and am exhausted. But here's the link to us being on TV: Scroll down
the page and you'll see my face with the 36th ID baseball cap on (gift from my new great friends Gerome and Herve!). I'll write all about it this week.
I am incredibly honored to have been there and am still just overwhelmed. Billy http://meuse.xooit.com/t958-Infos-lorraines-en-Videos.htm?start=15
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Posts: 67 (03/17/08 17:05:50) |
Ive added the video on my 36th photo gallery for a quick view.
great job Gerome ! See http://dogface44.skyrock.com/ |
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Posts: 60 (03/19/08 07:52:03) |
Hey Gilles,
Thanks a lot, but you know I wasn't alone, it was a great work team, with Hervé, and yes, GIlles, you are right, it was wonderful and very exciting..... But so short !!!! We hope sincerly can meet again BIlly and his Family...... Gerome |
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Posts: 68 (03/21/08 08:57:01) |
Next time i really hope i will make it to join you guys. Im working so hard at the moment and just cant take days off.
I have just met a guy in Montelimar who does the same researches on the field as Gerome. This is very exciting and hopefully we can all meet soon. |
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Posts: 42 (03/31/08 10:50:07) |
Sorry I haven't been on for a while, but I've been working on the Normandy scenes and have been fully engrossed in the First Division. I should finish
the Normandy scene in a week. Then we the story goes to the Vosges where Rock will be assigned to the 36th! Cannot wait! B
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France Honors Billy Tucci for graphic novel on the Vosges campaign... | ||
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Posts: 43 (04/23/08 13:31:55) |
Special thanks to Herve and Gerome! April 23, 2008 For Immediate Release: France Awards Tucci Ambassadorship Over the past decade, "Sergeant Rock - The
Lost Battalion" writer/artist Billy Tucci has quietly garnered an impressive collection of personal and professional achievements. From award-winning
comic book creator and publisher, to screenwriter and Independent filmmaker, now, Billy can lay claim to his most honored and important title -- Ambassador. On
March 4th, 2008 Monsieur Michel Langloix, Vice-President du Conseil General des Vosges bestowed the honor of Ambassador to William Tucci in the ancient town of
Bruyeres. The citation reads, "William Tucci, Ambassadeur, De La Region De Bruyeres, Vosges, France." Amid a driving snowstorm, many provincial VIPs
from the mountainous region of Lorraine gathered alongside Billy at the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team monument for a somber wreath laying ceremony,
honoring the US Soldiers who liberated the town from their German occupiers. The ceremony, which included several regional mayors, vice presidents, councilors,
resistance fighters and historians opened with a moving speech by Monsieur Kronel, mayor of la Houssiére, and was followed by a wreath laying and the
simultaneous raising of the French tri-color and Stars and Stripes. The 100th/442nd RCT was made up of Japanese/American "Nisei" soldiers -
volunteers who chose to fight against tyranny and oppression overseas while many of their own family members were interned behind barbed wire in Franklin D.
Roosevelt's internment camps. It had achieved a 400 % casualty rate and is one, if not the most decorated unit in US military history. Billy was locked
deeply into the research for his latest project, "The Lost Battalion," when he contacted two Vosgien historians, Hervé Claudon and Gerome Villain.
"Since this Sgt. Rock is based on an actual battle and the soldiers who suffered through it, I felt compelled to write and draw a story as accurate as
possible." Tucci stated, "Over the course of several months, Hervé and Gerome not only served as indispensable experts on the region, the battle, and
the men themselves, but we became the best of friends as well. With this connection between our soldiers and their land, we've really bonded as
brothers." So much so that when the creator of the hit independent series Shi decided to visit the Vosges region of France last month, the two historians
opened their homes and literally treated him as family while they guided the American throughout the region and introduced him to several resistance fighters.
"What stuck me was that these men, now in their seventies, where just mere boys at the time." An emotional Billy revealed, "Boys who risked
their lives guiding many Americans safely through the mountains and across rivers to attack the Germans, and now, here they were celebrating with me with all
these photos and incredible stories. I couldn't help but keep on hugging them!" It seemed that Monsieur's Claudon and Villain had many other
surprises in store for the Yank as he followed in the footsteps of the 141st Infantry and 442nd RCT. He paid a visit to the Epinal American Cemetery and
memorial situated at the foot of the Vosges Mountains overlooking the Moselle River. The cartoonist noted, "While the lion's share of the Allied
airpower, supplies, equipment and soldiers were sent into Germany through northern France, Belgium and Holland, this cemetery holds the remains of 5,255
American dead. And, though largely ignored and forgotten by the press and historians, it reveals the disproportionate brutality of the battles that raged in
Eastern France and the heart of the Reich." But according to Billy, there are many who will never ignore or forget the sacrifice of those gallant soldiers
-- the Vosgiens themselves. All along the way, he met with people and press, having conversations and doing interviews for several newspapers and even French
National television - a link to his interview can be seen here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4luoi_william-tucci-dessinateur-americain_creation But, aside
from all the wonderful Vosgien food and drink, nothing will compare to the memorial ceremony on Billy's last day. "I was stunned by this wonderful
surprise - I couldn't believe it. Here I was holding this beautiful wreath, representing the United States. I had asked Monsieur Langloix, 'why
me?' I had nothing to do with the liberation. I don't deserve this." "But he simply smiled and sternly instructed me that not only were they
appreciative of my work but that the ambassadorship means that I am to tell my countrymen that the people of France will never forget their liberators."
It is a task that Billy takes to heart and promises to do justice to those heroes, as "Sgt. Rock - The Lost Battalion" holds a special place in my
soul, just like the Vosges mountains. After all, because of this series and DC Comics, I have been bestowed with the greatest honor of my life." Billy was
also gifted with a champagne celebration in Bruyeres Town Hall, and presented with a beautiful lamp proclaiming his Ambassadorship, engraved with images of the
Vosges region and a soldier of the 100th/442nd RCT. But one last "coupe de grace" came as a surprise to everyone. From the city of Nancy came a
telephone call from the war bride of a 36th Infantry soldier, David Rosenbluth, who had seen Billy on TV. "I wanted to meet him, but since I was leaving
the next day, the only way possible would be at the Nancy train station, so here I was the next day, sitting in the train station with Mr. Rosenbluth and his
beautiful wife. Again, I promised him that, as a former serviceman myself, I would do him and his fellow soldiers honor and tell their story." "Sgt.
Rock - The Lost Battalion" is a monthly six-issue miniseries that will debut this November from DC Comics. Rock and Easy Company will be among the 275 men
of the 141st Infantry who, cut off and surrounded on all sides must now fight off an enemy force ten times their size. The men of the 100th/442nd RCT,
alongside several fictional though legendary DC heroes (Johnny Cloud, The Haunted Tank) will also play a pivotal role in the series. Billy will be discuss his
trip to the Vosges and Normandy in greater detail when his "Hellion For Hire - Tour of Duty" column restarts on www.newsarama.com in May. About Billy
Tucci Billy Tucci is an award-winning illustrator, writer and filmmaker best known for his modern-day samurai fable Shi. Through Billy's Crusade Fine Arts,
the multi-Eisner Award nominated Shi has been printed in four languages, has sold more than 4 million comic books and grossed over 25 million dollars
worldwide. Shi has been featured on every major American TV network while also garnering praise in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and USA Today. The
character has also crossed over with many comic book icons including Daredevil, Witchblade and Wolverine. Last year, Billy went "mainstream" with his
hugely successful run on Marvel Comics' Heroes For Hire, DC Comics' VS cards , the release of the massive 576 page Definitive Shi 2008 marks a new
foray into the mainstream, as he writes and illustrates DC's "Sgt. Rock - The Lost Battalion" to be released in November, and penning another
creative-owned project, Zombie-sama! with illustrator John Broglia (July 2008). Also this July will see Crusade publishing a prestige-format 600-plus-page full
color Shi graphic novel, showcasing Ana Ishikawa's greatest adventures. Producer Mimi Polk Gitlin's Lion Eyes Entertainment (Open Range, Trapped) has
recently optioned Shi for a major motion picture. Billy is writing the screenplay with Kevin Bernhardt and will serve as Executive Producer. A graduate of New
York's Fashion Institute of Technology, Billy is also a highly sought after public speaker. A regular on the public school and university circuit, he
recently lectured on storytelling to engineers at Lockheed Martin. For more info please log onto www.crusadefinearts.com or www.williamtucci.com. Billy can
also be reached via www.myspace.com/billytucci or contact crusade2@optonline.net
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Posts: 941 (04/23/08 20:43:29) |
How incredible is all of this?
Because of the commitment and dedication of everyone here, especially our friends in France, Herve and Gerome, we now have an incredibly talented and successful cartoonist to record the history of the Lost Battalion and the 442nd Japanese unit who saved them in the Voges Mtns. This is HUGE for our history, as Billy is so successful in his field and will reach so many people that, until now, knew very little to nothing about this unique situation. I know Billy is very honored and grateful for all that happened during his visit in France. Gerome and Herve......you are the great Ambassadors for your country in always welcoming people into your lives and homes, and working so hard to keep our fathers history alive. What Billy experienced could have never happened without all of your hard work. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you........ pstickle Daughter of T Patcher William G. "Gregg" Wiley, 141st I |
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Posts: 62 (04/24/08 00:01:57) |
Hi,
Thanks a lot my friends for these wonderful words, sincerly I don't what to say. Maybe just, that with Hervé, we don't know how to tell to our liberators "Merci", thank you for all they done for us, for our liberty, we musn't forget all sacrifices of your braves G.I, so when a veteran, friend or family veterans come here, you can't imagine the pleasure and honor for us to help and led them. Again, thanks you very much. Hervé & Gerome |
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Posts: 46 (04/24/08 00:58:14) |
Well... what should I add ?
Gerome said what we think and he's right: thank you and thank you all! It's thanks to your informations on this forum too that we can welcome americans people as the best as we can. So don't hesitate to continue! It's grateful to see that our work is appreciate by you on the other side of the Ocean. With each other, we will try to maintain history for the remember and may be for more peace. We hope to welcome some of you next... We shared the honnour of Jake and Billy. Please to read you again! Hervé & Gerome. |
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Posts: 44 (04/28/08 10:11:32) |
Hello all, there was two more articles on the press release. Please see here. I sent them lots of photos but they only showed a couple. I'll post them in
the response. Merci to MY liberators -- Gerome and Hervé! Viva La France! http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=154865
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Merci ! | ||
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Posts: 48 (04/29/08 01:39:45) |
Bonjour,
Thanks Billy for all you do between our two countries... and thanks to our liberators, we will never forget them ! Hervé. |
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Posts: 943 (04/30/08 18:27:45) |
Hi Billy,
I think you have definitely started something that people will be so interested to learn more about, and remember there are many battles of the 36th for you to explore. You've done a beautiful job of bringing this all into the present population, and I am very excited about your sucess with this. I personally thank you for everything you have done, along with our wonderful men in France, Gerome and Herve, to make this a reality. As the daughter of a T Patcher, it is so important to all of us. pstickle Daughter of T Patcher William G. "Gregg" Wiley, 141st I |
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