Comics are big business. The global comic market was worth $15.5 billion in 2022 according to Allied Market Research, and is expected to be valued at almost $27 billion by 2032. California-based start-up Dashtoon, which is today announcing the successful completion of a $5 million funding round, hopes to play its part in driving that growth.
The founders of Dashtoon, Sanidhya Narain, Lalith Gudipati and Soumyadeep Mukherjee, point out that right now, the comic industry is dominated by content created in Asia – Manga in Japan and, to a lesser extent, Webtoons from Korea. This content has an enthusiastic audience worldwide, but there is plenty of room