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We Are Happy to Announce the 2026 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award Recipient.

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Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award 2026 Participants

Here are the thirty participating stores for this year’s Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award!

A Shop Called Quest

Lindy & Jason Washburn and Natalie & Lee Raymundo, Redlands, CA

Acme Comics

Jermain Exum, and Austin Getzelman, Greensboro, NC

Album Comics

Mike Haack and Julien Drouet, Paris, FRance

Bat City Comic Professionals

Shannon & Matt Live, Bradenton, FL

Books with Pictures – Eugene 

Andrea Gilroy and Katie Pryde, Eugene, OR

Comic & Figure Addicts

Juan Lecaros, Union City, CA

The Comic Bug

Jun Goeku, Manhattan Beach, CA

Comic Quest

Kelly & Don Allen, Lake Forest, CA

Comics, Games, and Coffee

Owen Lambert, Chichester, United Kingdom

Cosmic Monkey Comics

Andy Johnson, Portland, OR

Dreamers and Make-Believers

Miranda Nordell and Fennec Reeve, Baltimore, MD

Elite Comics

William Binderup, Overland Park, KS

Famous Faces & Funnies

Rick Shea, Melbourne, FL

Fat Moose Comics

Shawn Hendricks, Whippany, NJ

The Geekery

Doug & Justin Preston, Matawan, NJ

Hall of Justice Comics & Collectibles

Jonthan Garnett, Parker, CO

Hello Comics

Kate deNeveu and David Murray, Charlottesville, VA

Infinity Flux Comics & Games

Meagan Frey, Jason Mink, and John Porter, Chattanooga, TN

Jesse James Comics

Jesse James Criscione, Deland, FL

Neighborhood Comics

Lee Heidel, Raymond Gaddy, and Corbin Parker, Savanna, GA

Nirvana Comics

Grant & Jasmine Mitchell, Knoxville, TN

Now or Never Comics

Aaron Trites, San Diego, CA

Omar’s World of Comics

Omar, Mona, & Sohail Masood, Lexington, MA

Revenge Of

Jeff Eyser, Los Angeles, CA

Rogue City Comics

Steve & Jami Rouda, Medford, OR

Screaming Monkey Comics

John & Christina Yeo, Munster, IN

The Dragon

Jenn Haines, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

We Can Be Heroes 

Julio Galvez, Chatsworth, CA

Wonderland Comics

Zachery DiPalma and Kristen Stefanelli, Putnam, CT

Zia Comics

Troy Stegner, Las Cruces, NM

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Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award

Each year, Comic-Con International honors retailers from around the globe with the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, named after the visionary creator of The Spirit. When Will approached Comic-Con about initiating the award in the early 1990s, he wanted to do so as a way to acknowledge the important role that comics retailers play in the industry, nurturing the relationship between creators and their readers. The comic book retailer provides that vital link in getting the work from the creators and publishers to the public. Will recognized the importance of that link, and Comic-Con continues to recognize it over 30 years after Will’s original idea.

The award is given out yearly to retailers who have done an outstanding job of supporting the comic art medium both in the industry at large and in their local community. Comics fans around the world have the opportunity to nominate their favorite stores here on the Comic-Con website. The 2025 award will be given out as part of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards on July 25, 2025.