As cliché as it sounds, with great power comes great responsibility. Aiming to fill a void in the female nerd and nerds of color space on screen, filmmaker Cheyenne Ewulu followed the bat signal. Created by Ewulu, The Comic Shop is a workplace mockumentary YouTube web series that follows the shop owner Stephanie Okeke (Ewulu) and her quirky crew of employees Keith (Zeno Robinson), Dominique (Shanae Cole) and Connor (Grayson Niles) as they work to keep their Los Angeles-based indie comic book shop afloat in an era that favors digital access over physical copies. Hijinks ensue as they have to deal with customer satisfaction, rodent infestations and keeping the lights on all to avoid the landlord whose most ardent wish is to turn the store into a lucrative dispensary.
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