San Diego Comic-Con has announced the five stores that are finalists for the Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award for 2021.  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.  The five finalist stores for 2021 are:
 

• The Comic Bug
  • ​Jun Goeku / Manhattan Beach, California
• Kingpin Books
  • Mario Freitas / Lisbon, Portugal
• The Laughing Ogre
  • Chris Lloyd / Columbus, Ohio
• Rogue City Comics
  • Steve and Jami Rhonda / Medford, Oregon
• Zeppelin Comics
  • Natasha and Dan Curtis / Benicia, California

The winner will be announced during the virtual Comic-Con event July 23-25.

Other stores nominated for the Award were (fans can nominate their stores on the Comic-Con website):

• All-Star Comics, Norman McFarland, Oklahoma City, OK
• Amazing Stories, Jeff & Donna Kocur, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
• BAMF Comics and Coffee, Candice Falkner-Craig & David Craig, and Lorenzo Garcia, Maitland, FL
• Brian’s Comics, Brian & Jennifer Christensen, Petaluma, CA
• Comic Quest, Kelly & Don Allen, Lake Forest, CA
• Famous Faces & Funnies, Richard Shea, West Melbourne, FL
• Farpoint Toys & Collectibles, Penelope Pappas & Justin Daniels, Mays Landing, NJ
• Heroes Comics, Dave Allread, Fresno, CA
• Now Or Never Comics, Aaron Trites, San Diego, CA
• Red Planet Books & Comics, Lee Francis IV, Aaron Cuffee III, Albuquerque, NM
• Torpedo Comics, John Dolmayan, Las Vegas, NV

​Click Gallery below for storefront photos of the five finalists.