([May] 2012)
DC,
2012 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 24.99 USD; 27.99 CAD
- Pages
- 152
- On-sale Date
- 2012-03-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
Vertigo
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-2351-9
- Barcode
- 9781401223519 52499
- Editing
- Joan Hilty (editor); Joe Hughes (assistant editor); Sarah Litt (assistant editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- graphic novel
Issue Notes
The author states that the book was inspired by the ballad "Thousands Are Sailing" by the Pogues.
Keywords Greenwich Village; Ireland; New York
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Gone to Amerikay / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- drama; historical; horror-suspense
Indexer Notes
Frontpiece
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Gone to Amerikay / comic story / 140 pages
- Script
- Derek McCulloch
- Pencils
- Colleen Doran
- Inks
- Colleen Doran
- Colors
- José Villarrubia
- Letters
- Jared K. Fletcher
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 1870. Ciara O'Dwyer and her daughter
- Genre
- drama; historical; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Ciara O'Dwyer; Maire O'Dwyer; Fintan O'Dwyer;Tim Shea; Johnny McCormack; Brian Fitzgerald; Lewis Healy; Sophie Healy
- Synopsis
- In 1870, Ciara O'Dwyer and her daughter emigrate to America from Ireland. Her husband Fintan, who was supposed to follow her, never arrives. She survives and makes her way out of the Five Points slums in New York.
In 1960, Johnny McCormack arrives in New York from Galaway,Ireland seeking fame. He settles in Greenwich Village, encounters a ghost and eventually gains recognition when he performs 'Ciara's Song' on the national stage.
In 2010, inspired by the songs of Johnny McCormack, wealthy Irishman Lewis Healy comes to America to trace the connection between himself, Johnny and Ciara. - Reprints
- in The Best American Comics (Houghton Mifflin, 2006 series) #2013 (2013) [short excerpt]
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- Keywords
- Greenwich Village; Ireland; New York
Indexer Notes
Gone to Amerikay was inspired by and features many Irish Folk songs. Songs include "Thousands Are Sailing", "Molly Malone", "Barbara Allen", " The Wind That Shakes The Barley", "Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye", "The Castle of Dromore" and "Rosin the Beau".
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Gone to Amerikay / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- drama; historical; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Johnny McCormack; Brian Fitzgerald
Indexer Notes
Dust Jacket Back Cover. Has quotes from Philip Chevron of the Pogues and J. Michael Straczynski. Inside cover has photograph of Colleen Doran and Derek McCulloch with biographical information.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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- Jim Van Dore
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