The comic retail shop Illusive Comics and Games was honored at the 2017 Comic-Con International Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The shop was one of the five finalists for the Spirit of Comics Retailer award, chosen from over 3,000 stores worldwide.
Anna Warren Cebrian ’97 and Mark Anthony Masterson ’93 are co-owners of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based store.
“I should point out, only four percent of comic book storeowners are women, but they account for a large percentage of comic book readers,” explains Cebrian. “I’d like to think that this award indicates a move by the industry to better reflect the readership demographic.”
Illusive, which has been in business for 10 years, has also scooped up the Bay List’s Best Comic Shop in the Bay Area award for three years in a row.