Telavivi comic book shop Comics N’ Vegetables wins international award

Comics N' Vegetables Tel Aviv

Comic book store Comics N’ Vegetables (CNV), did win the prestigious 2011 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award, the third ever store outside North America since 1993. The award is granted to a store that has “done an outstanding job of supporting the comic art medium in the community and witin the industry at large”. CNV has done this job in Israel with verve since 2001, first with an online retail website and in 2005 started with a store.

The 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 and libraries; keeping active in social, business, and arts community organizations.
• Quality of store image. Innovative display approaches; using store design creatively.
• Adherence to standard ethical business practices.

Founders Yuval Sharon and Danny Amitai also helped establish the Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics in Tel Aviv’s satellite city Holon, only one in twelve of museums of this kind in the world (!).

You will find Comics N’ Vegetables at 40 King George Street, not far from Dizengoff Center.