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THE LUCKY ONES - A WW2 COMIC BOOK

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COMIC BOOK IN PROGRESS.

THE LUCKY ONES - A WW2 COMIC BOOK

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Behind the Images

ABOUT "THE LUCKY ONES"

As we near the 80th Anniversary of WW2's D-Day we remember the men who fought that war as heroes. We often forget that they were also humans. This Comic Book shows their humanity. PTSD followed home soldiers before we knew the name for it, and we didn't talk about the honorable soldiers were also gay men.

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The days are approaching fast and we’re making preparations. We will have Issues 1+2+3 available as exclusive releases at our table D10.

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About this comic book

This is the work of decades... I just never had the right medium to tell this story.

Then I rediscovered Comic Books.

Here are your Trigger Warnings: This is a story about PTSD before we called it that, and the gay men in service to their country in WW2 and the friends who tried to protect them.

~ M.M. Dumas

During WWII the Life expectancy of a combat engineer was 32 seconds in a combat environment.

~ SGT. NICHOLAS CRUM, COMBAT ENGINEER UNITED STATES ARMY

Creators and Covers

Writer M.M.Dumas has been working on The Lucky Ones for decades. — Writer: M.M. Dumas

The 1st Cover — Issue 1
The Lucky Ones: In Training
Cover Artist: C. Peña

Artist Chris Peña has been working on The Lucky Ones for 2 years. — Interior Artist: C. Peña

Issue 2
The Lucky Ones: Travel
Cover Artist: C. Peña

Issue 3
The Lucky Ones: St. Lo
Cover Artist: B. Donahue

Issue 4
The Lucky Ones: The Job
Cover Artist: C. Peña

AUTHOR's GALLERY - M.M.Dumas

The Lucky Ones Back Story

The origin story of this comic begins more than 40 years ago when my father started (finally) telling me stories of his War Years. By 2005 I had a screenplay based on these stories. But it languished in the back of a filing cabinette for nearly a decade.

Independent Comics and How I Discovered Them

I met a wonderful comic artist in 2008 who became a very close friend. In 2014 we began a webcomic, just for the fun of it, based sort of on a Shakespeare play. The fun and challenge of that project got me to dust off a few of the screenplays that were moldering in the files. The Lucky Ones managed to float to the top of that pile.

No! I've still got no idea what I'm doing.

I'm just plugging away at this comic book creation thing. . This would not be possible without the help of an incredible artist named Christian Peña and a letterer who has taken me under his wing named Michael Waggoner, along with the generous assistance of the Independent Comic Community in many corners of Facebook.