Meet Dashtoon, The Start-up Helping Comic Creators To Tell Their Stories
Summary
One challenge, he explains, is that countries such as Japan have developed a culture of comic creation and the skills required for it over many decades.Technology could provide a solution, Dashtoon believes. It has harnessed new tools such as the latest advances in generative artificial intelligence to create a platform on which storytellers can turn their ideas into high-quality comic content. Creators using Studio pay nothing for the service if they agree to distribute their work exclusively on Dashtoon Apps, but will be charged fees if they also want to sell their comics on other channels. As for readers, they will find that content goes behind a paywall once they have accessed 10 episodes to read on they will need to subscribe, providing monetisation opportunities for creators and Dashtoon itself.These are relatively early days, but the concept appears to be capturing the imagination of the US comic community. Dashtoon has so far focused on working with a relatively small group of creators it has around 50 storytellers posting content daily but has already seen 25,000 people download the Reader app that they need to consume content.Investors are also engaging.