Finalists will be announced in early July at the following link: https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-spirit/
The 2025 recipient will be announced at the Eisner Awards ceremony on Friday, July 25.

Thank you for your interest, and best of luck to all the participating stores.


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

Jermaine Exum, Austin Getzelman, and Ben Roberts, Greensboro, NC
Jesús Marugán, Iván Marugán, Mariano Marugán e Justina Escobar, Madrid, Spagna
Jeff e Donalda Kocur, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Shannon & Matt Live e Stan Baldwin Bradenton, FL
Richard Evans, Houston, TX
John Beardsworth, Port St. Lucie, FL
Jun Goeku, Manhattan Beach, CA
Kelly e Don Allen, Lake Forest, CA
David Romeo Jr., Scranton, PA
Justin Garriss and Ned Senft, Mechanicsburg, PA
Brian Hibbs, San Francisco, CA
Stephen Lock, Darlington, United Kingdom
Miranda Nordell and Sam Bolenbaugh, Baltimore, MD
Rick Shea, West Melbourne, FL
David Bishop, Matt Spahlinger e Jacob Shapiro, Washington, DC
Joe & Libby Field, Concord, CA
Michael Kwolek, Winchester, VA
Doug & Justin Preston, Matawan, NJ
Sharon, Ryan e Damon Liebowitz, Los Angeles, CA
Kate deNeveu and David Murray, Charlottesville, VA
Chris & Tiffany Brennaman, Tucker, GA
Jason Mink, Chattanooga, TN
Jesse James Criscione, Glendale, AZ
Agustí Tarrago Castillo, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain
Darrick Oyama, Fresno, CA
Santiago Acerenza e Javier Ceriani, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Grant e Jasmine Mitchell, Knoxville, TN
Joseph Myers, Jeffrey Eyser, and Joseph Kuntz, Los Angeles, CA
Lindy & Jason Washburn, Natalie & Lee Raymundo, Redlands, CA
Jen King, Shenandoah, TX
Nabil Homsi, Manchester, Regno Unito
Julio Galvez, Chatsworth, CA
Zachery DiPalma e Kristen Stefanelli, Putnam, CT
Troy Stegner, Las Cruces, NM

Ogni anno il Comic-Con International premia i rivenditori di tutto il mondo con il Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, dal nome del visionario creatore di The Spirit. Quando Will si rivolse al Comic-Con per istituire il premio all'inizio degli anni Novanta, voleva che fosse un modo per riconoscere l'importante ruolo che i rivenditori di fumetti svolgono nel settore, alimentando il rapporto tra i creatori e i loro lettori. Il rivenditore di fumetti fornisce quel collegamento vitale per far arrivare al pubblico il lavoro dei creatori e degli editori. Will ha riconosciuto l'importanza di questo legame e il Comic-Con continua a riconoscerlo a più di 30 anni dall'idea originale di Will.

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.