Tel Aviv, Israel's Comics & Vegetables Awarded 2011 Eisner Retailer Spirit Award
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At a ceremony held Friday, July 22 at Comic-Con International: San Diego, owners Yuval Sharon and Danny Amitai received the 2011 Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award for their Tel Aviv, Israel store, Comics & Vegetables!
The Eisner Spirit Awards are part of, and underwritten by Comic-Con International: San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture.
The panel of judges includes Diamond UK's Mike Holman, cartoonist Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL), writer/editor Anina Bennett (Heartbreakers, Boilerplate), BOOM Studios' Chip Moser, and last year's Spirit Award winners, Vault of Midnight co-owners Curtis Sullivan and Steve Fodale. Sharon and Amitai will join the panel for next year.
Sponsored this year by Baby Tattoo, the "Spirit of Comics" Retailer Award has been given each year since 1993 to an individual retailer who has done an outstanding job of supporting the comic art medium, both in their community and within the industry at large. Any retailer established in business for at least two years is eligible for nomination, and retailers, professionals, or fans may place a name in nomination. A panel of industry judges select a group of finalists to be subjected to an in-depth examination based on award criteria, which were established by industry icon Will Eisner, who passed away in 2005 at the age of 87.
Criteria for judging include:
• Support of a wide variety of innovative material: providing opportunities for creators’ material to reach buyers; stocking a diverse inventory.
• Knowledge: working to stay informed on retailing as well as on the comics field.
• Community activity: promoting comics to the community; maintaining relationships with schools/libraries; keeping active in social/business/arts community organizations.
• Quality of store image: innovative display approaches; using store design creatively.
• Adherence to standard ethical business practices.
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Comics & Vegetable’s fellow finalists this year were:
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A Comic Shop
Aaron Haaland & Jason Blanchard
Winter Park, FL
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Alternate Reality
Ralph Mathieu
Las Vegas, NV
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Bridge City
Michael Ring
Portland, OR
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Challengers Comics + Conversions
Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush
Chicago, IL
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The Comic Bug
Mike Wellman & Jun Goeku
Manhattan Beach, CA
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The Dragon
Jennifer Stewart
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Green Brain Comics
Katie & Dan Merritt
Dearborn, MI
Below is a list of past winners of the Will Eisner “Spirit of Comics” Retailer Award.
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2010
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2007
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2001
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