Info, trailer, clips, opening scene - new feature doc - The Last Days of Joseph Koch Comics Warehouse (2025) - movie coming out on Thu on YouTube!

The subject of the doc - Joseph Koch Comics Warehouse in Sunset Park, Brooklyn - will be open to the public daily 12-7 PM until the end of July. After that, after 35+ years, the warehouse closes. Visit them at: 

206 41st Street, 2nd Floor
Between 2nd & 3rd Avenue
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
718-768-8571

12-7 PM daily, until end of July

Website - https://kochcomics.com/

Lots of amazing deals there (over 300K+ items for $1 they say).

On to the documentary - it comes out on Thu (or on or by late night Wed 7/16 - oh, hey, that's today :)) - on YouTube. I am wrapping up work on it now. The doc will be 1 hour long - and will feature:

- Intro and notes by filmmaker

- A tour of the warehouse in its last days, w/ Joseph Koch

- An interview w/ a Brooklyn based graphic novels fan who recently visited the warehouse

- fantasy/superhero/comics type transitional scenes

- History of the warehouse and comics related stories interview w/ Joseph Koch

- A visual segment that combines 4th of July fireworks in Sunset Park, Brooklyn with fantasy images, and shots of the comics warehouse in its last days

- lots of great shots of NYC - including Sunset Park area, Bay Ridge, Manhattan

Official description:

The documentary is a fun conversation about comics and specifically Joseph Koch Comics Warehouse. It celebrates the warehouse, talks about its history, and visually documents it on its final days.

About the filmmaker: This feature doc (1 hour long) was directed, filmed, edited by NYC (Brooklyn) based indie filmmaker Sujewa Ekanayake. Ekanayake is presently at work on the new fiction feature sci-fi comedy 53 Spaceships. Some previous films: Cosmic Disco Detective Rene (2023) - fiction feature, sci-fi comedy, The Secret Society For Slow Romance (2022) - fiction feature, comedy/romantic comedy, Werewolf Ninja Philosopher (2018) - fiction, detective comedy/fantasy. Media can contact the filmmaker here for interviews.

A DVD and or Blu-Ray release for the doc is planned for August, 2025.

Here are some videos related to the doc:

 

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