December 12, 2011, Updated May 30, 2015

In October, Yuval Sharon and Danny Amitai, co-owners of Comics N’ Vegetables in Tel Aviv and Ra’anana, won the 2011 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailer Award.

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Staff hand out comic books outside the Comics N’ Vegetables store.

They were the first Israelis ever to win this “Oscar” of the comic-book world, and their win was celebrated with astonishment and delight.

ISRAEL21c sent a camera crew to visit them in action, to find out more about this unlikely Oscar winner.

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