My non-fiction book, Homeland The Illustrated History of the State of Israel has just won the big one! The National Jewish Council 2007 book award in the category of Children and Young Adult Literature. This is an incredibly prestigious award, pretty much the Oscar in that field. Homeland has been receiving a number of awards, and I'm thrilled that they are coming from non-comics organizations. I honestly believe this proves that comics and the comic technique, is something that everyone can appreciate.

I would be remiss if I didn't mention my fellow Homeland winners. The book was magnificently illustrated by Mario Ruiz who brought incredible depth and realism to this project. Mario also acted as art director for the book. Mario has worked on other religious based comics including Testament and Sampson: Judge of Israel. Homeland was the brainchild of William J. Rubin who, when he was much, much younger, read my 1986 book, The History of the DC Universe, and realized that format could be used to tell the history of a real nation instead of just a fictional one. That was a great leap of faith, and with all the awards we've been getting as well as the incredible reviews I've read, it's paid off in spades.


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