Twenty-five nominees have been chosen for this year’s Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.

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 nominate their favorite stores on the Comic-Con International website.

The 2022 Award will be given out as part of the Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards on July 22 at Comic-Con.

The nominees are:

• lleyCat Comics — Nick & Selene Idell, Chicago, IL
• Amazing Stories — Jeff & Donalda Kocur, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• Blackbird Comics & Coffeehouse — Candice & David Craig, Maitland, FL
• Books with Pictures — Katie Pryde, Portland, OR
• Cape And Cowl — Eitan Manhoff, Oakland, CA
• The Comic Bug — Jun Goeku, Manhattan Beach, CA
• Comic Quest — Don Allen, Lake Forest, CA
• Crush Comics — Josh & Andrea Hunter, Castro Valley, CA
• Drawn to Comics — Ken and Susan Brown, Glendale, AZ
• Famous Faces And Funnies — Rick Shea, West Melbourne, FL
• Gotham Central Comics & Collectibles — Carlos Camara, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
• Illusive Comics & Games — Anna Warren, Santa Clara, CA
• Infinite Realities Comics — Chris Brennaman, Tucker, GA
• Jesse James Comics — Jesse James Criscone, Glendale, AZ
• Kingpin Books — Mario Freitas, Lisbon, Portugal
• Metahumans Comics — Ruben Najera, El Centro, CA
• OK Comics — Jared Myland, Leeds, West  Yorkshire, United Kingdom
• Librairie Planete BD — Francois Mayeux, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Pulp 716: Coffee & Comics — Amy & Jay Berent, North Tonawanda, NY
• Rogue City Comics — Steven & Jami Ronda, Medford, OR
• Space Cadets Collection Collection — Jen King, Conroe, TX
• Telegraph Art & Comics — David Murray & Kate deNeveu, Charlottesville, VA
• Ultimate Comics — Siena Fallon & Alan Gill, Raleigh, NC
• Zeppelin Comics — Natasha & Dan Curtis, Benicia, CA
• Zia Comics — Troy Stegner, Las Cruces, NM