ZANADU RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 3/28/12

GONE TO AMERIKAY HC

(W) Derek McCulloch  (A) Coleen Doran

This sweeping, century-spanning graphic novel explores the vivid history of Irish émigrés to New York City via three intertwined tales, from a penniless woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slum of 1870, to a struggling young artist drawn to the nascent counterculture of 1960, the year America elected its first Irish-Catholic president.
Written by Eisner Award-nominated writer Derek McCulloch (Stagger Lee, Pug), and beautifully illustrated with period detail by Colleen Doran (THE SANDMAN, ORBITER) and color by Jose Villarrubia.

Nothing is harder than moving to an unknown land with little but hope and a dream of a better life, though where would we be today if not for the bravery of our ancestors? Weaving together three tales of Irish immigrants persevering against all odds, McCulloch shows us just what it took to build this country of ours and perhaps where it went wrong. RECOMMENDED BY ERIN!