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Melbourne’s All Star Comics wins international retailer award

Melbourne comic bookstore All Star Comics has been named joint winner of the 2014 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award at the San Diego Comic-Con.

The bookstore shared the award with Legends Comics and Coffee in Omaha, Nebraska. Comic bookstore Heroes Headquarters in Ballarat, Victoria, was also longlisted for the award.

The annual award is named in honour of American cartoonist Will Eisner, and recognises the contributions of retailers to the comic book industry and the ‘crucial bond between creators, publishers and retailers in getting the books into the hands of the public’.

All Star Comics co-owner Mitchell Davies told Sydney Morning Herald that he hopes the award ‘showcases Melbourne’s comic book culture’. ‘That’s the best possible result we could hope for,’ he said.

Read more about the award here.

 

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