Comic-Con International has announced the 2012 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award nominees.  The award winner will be selected and announced next week at San Diego Comic-Con.  The nominees are:

 
 
Acme Comics, Greensboro, NC
Akira Comics, Madrid, Spain
Bosco's, Anchorage, AK
Bridge City Comics, Portland, OR
Challengers Comics + Conversation, Chicago, IL
Collectors Corner, Baltimore, MD
The Comic Bug, Manhattan Beach, CA
Comix Experience, San Francisco, CA
The Dragon, Guleph, Ontario, Canada
Dragon's Lair Comics & Fantasy, Austin, TX
Drawn to Comics, Glendale, AZ
Green Brain Comics, Dearborn, MI
Happy Harbor, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Jesse James Comics, Glendale, AZ
Legacy Comics, Laredo, TX
Packrat Comics, Hillard, OH
Pop Culture Paradise, Tempe, AZ
Shazam! Comics, Santiago, Chile
Things From Another World, Beaverton, OR
 
Last year’s winner was Comics & Vegetables, Tel Aviv, Israel, owned by Yuval Sharon and Danny Amitai (see "2011 Eisner Award Winners").