of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources acme comics & collectibles news newspapers books scholar jstor free images october 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message acme comics & collectibles type private industry comics games collectibles genre retail founded sioux city iowa u.s. april 1 1995 founder fran and kevin mcgarry headquarters sioux city iowa u.s. number of locations 1 area served sioux city iowa key people fran and kevin mcgarry products comics collectibles graphic novels magic the gathering warcraft yu gi oh trading cards toys dungeons and dragons world of darkness star wars role playing game axis and allies munchkin guillotine role playing games owner fran and kevin mcgarry number of employees 4 5 website acmefirst.net acme comics & collectibles is an eisner award winning 1 comics and collectibles store in sioux city iowa . contents 1 history 2 events 3 awards 4 references history edit the store was first established on april 1 1995 by fran and kevin mcgarry and is located on pierce st. in sioux city . its selection of comic books and graphic novels come from 79 different publishers ranging from major industry names such as marvel comics and dc comics to small independent publishers . the store also carries a variety of other items including collectible statues with star wars star trek dragons fairies and comic book themes ; toys from macfarlane sports macfarlane dragons dc direct marvel select pirates of the caribbean etc. ; artwork and collectible plates ; trading cards that range from football baseball and hockey to yu gi oh world of warcraft and magic the gathering ; games such as munchkin and dungeons and dragons ; and a variety of fantasy and renaissance themed t shirts statues and other paraphernalia . 2 events edit acme comics & collectibles participates in free comic book day every year . the store has also hosted several autograph signings from notable people such as star wars actors peter mayhew who played chewbacca and daniel logan who played boba fett . 3 4 acme comics has also hosted an autograph signing with best selling author jesse leon mccann author of the krypto the superdog comic book . 5 awards edit in 2004 acme comics & collectibles won the will eisner spirit of comics retailer award from comic con international in san diego california after being a runner up for the eisner award in 2002 and 2003 . 6 the award was presented by joe ferrara owner of the atlantis fantasyworld comic book store in santa cruz california . 7 8 named for comic book creator will eisner the will eisner spirit of comics retailer award recognizes an individual retailer who has done an outstanding job of supporting the comics art medium both in the community and within the industry at large . 1 u.s. senators chuck grassley and tom harkin iowa governor tom vilsack sioux city mayor dave ferris the siouxland chamber of commerce and house speaker of sioux city christopher rants an acme comics customer all wrote letters of support . 6 references edit a b comic con.org awards acmefirst.net claeys jesse june 20 2008 . chewbacca actor signs autographs at comic book store . sioux city journal . retrieved 19 april 2012 . miller bruce r. june 11 2010 . star wars actor plans sioux city stop . sioux city journal . retrieved 19 april 2012 . october 6 2006 . acme comics . sioux city journal . retrieved 19 april 2012 . a b dreeszen dave august 14 2004 . sioux city store named nation s top comic retailer . sioux city journal . retrieved 19 april 2012 . comic con.org recipients archived september 29 2012 at the wayback machine . atlantisfantasyworld.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acme comics % 26 collectibles & oldid 741998953 categories comics retailerscomics industryindependent bookstores of the united statesretail companies of the united states1995 establishments in iowaretail companies established in 1995hidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles with topics of unclear notability from october 2012all articles with topics of unclear notability navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 01 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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