At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 35 Comics companies in California, United States. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Comics Companies & Startups (California, United States)
EHentai
EHentai is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Toonsutra
Toonsutra is a developer of a webtoon comics application.
Founder(s):
Location: Beverly Hills, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Media and Entertainment, Web Apps
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Tapas Media
Creator platform for “Daily Story Snacks” — bite-sized comics and novels
Founder(s): Chang Kim
Location: Burlingame, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Content, Mobile, Publishing
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nhentai
nhentai is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Internet
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Doujin Moe
Doujin Moe is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Doujins
Doujins is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Shadbase
Shadbase is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Doujin
Doujin is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Milftoon
Milftoon is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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Hentai2read
Hentai2read is an image-hosting and file-sharing website focused on hentai.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Adult, Comics, Sex Industry
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BOOM! Entertainment
BOOM! Entertainment is a publishing company that focuses on creating comic books and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences.
Founder(s): Ross Richie
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Content, Publishing
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Comixtoon, Inc.
Comixtoon is an online comic platform that provides diversified comic contents to viewers from world in many different languages.
Founder(s): Erwan Maigret, Jung Jin Song, Kevin Cho, MinHyung Lee
Location: California City, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Internet, Publishing
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Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions is an independent game development studio based in San Francisco, California.
Founder(s): Tim Schafer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Gaming, Toys
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Millarworld
Millarworld is a comic publishing company focused on anime series.
Founder(s): Mark Millar
Location: West Hollywood, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Digital Media, Music, Publishing, Video
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WOWIO
WOWIO distributes digital books and comics, offering literature, comic books, and fiction and non-fiction titles.
Founder(s): William Lidwell
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, EBooks
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Graphite Comics, Inc.
Graphite Comics is an ad and subscription supported comic book reader platform for mobile devices.
Founder(s): Michael Eng, Rick Strom
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Comics, Digital Entertainment, Mobile Devices, Software, Subscription Service
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Macroverse
Next Generation Comics and Storytelling
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Content Creators, Digital Entertainment, Media and Entertainment
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Shortboxed
Shortboxed is an application to discover, buy, and sell collectible comic books.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Apps, Children, Comics, Digital Entertainment, Internet, Journalism, Marketplace, Media and Entertainment, Publishing
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Rhovit
Hybrid Cloud and Blockchain based platform for digital entertainment.
Founder(s): Mary McCullough, Matthew McCullough
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, EBooks, Film, Video Games, Video Streaming
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SMBC Comics
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is a daily webcomic that has no recurring characters, storylines, and format.
Founder(s): Zach Weiner
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Digital Entertainment, EBooks
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Grand Comics Database
Contrinex is a Swiss company that manufactures inductive and photoelectric sensors.
Founder(s):
Location: San Anselmo, California, United States
Industries: Comics
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Isotope
A place for comics, graphic novels & mini-comics. And the people who love them.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Art, Comics
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Sketch Maven
Original Comic Artwork Marketplace
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Clara, California, United States
Industries: Art, Collectibles, Comics, E-Commerce, Internet
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Anomaly Productions
Anomaly Productions is a publishing company that specializes in comics, books and art utilizing services.
Founder(s):
Location: Laguna Hills, California, United States
Industries: Art, Comics, Publishing
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Little Ricky Software
Little Ricky Software offers ShakyPlanet, a super-store for collecting, managing, and sharing eCollectibles.
Founder(s): Michal Anne Rogondino
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Art, Collectibles, Comics, Software, Sports, Toys
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Bongo Comics
Bongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Monica, California, United States
Industries: Children, Comics, Publishing
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Last Gasp
Last Gasp is a publishers and purveyors of underground books & comics.
Founder(s):
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Comics, E-Commerce, Publishing
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Pulp Free Publishing
Pulp Free Publishing is a digital publisher for visual novels, such as comic books.
Founder(s):
Location: Torrance, California, United States
Industries: Art, Comics, Content, Publishing
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Cagle Cartoons
Cagle Cartoons provides political cartoon and content syndication services in newspapers and websites across the globe.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Barbara, California, United States
Industries: Comics, News, Publishing
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Zorro Productions
Zorro Productions is an entertainment company that produces comics, musical series, movies and TV shows.
Founder(s):
Location: Berkeley, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Event Promotion, Film Production, Media and Entertainment, Music, TV Production
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Fabler Comics
Fabler Comics is a web comics portal with visual storytelling from talented writers, artists, and creators.
Founder(s): Bruno Steppuhn, Michael Magee
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Children, Comics, Online Portals
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Paper Heros Comics
Paper Heros Comics is an online platform for comics and games.
Founder(s):
Location: Santa Clarita, California, United States
Industries: Comics, E-Commerce, Online Games
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Bill sin-KEV-itch
Bill sin-KEV-itch is an artist who makes comics and graphic novel illustrations.
Founder(s):
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
Industries: Art, Comics, Sales
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3AM
3AM is a creative agency that publishes comic books for writers and artists.
Founder(s):
Location: Bakersfield, California, United States
Industries: Comics, Printing, Publishing
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Rbitencourt USA
Custom Handmade Plush Pillows, Backpacks, Bags, and Accessories for Any Fandom
Founder(s):
Location: Pacific Palisades, California, United States
Industries: Art, Comics, E-Commerce, Handmade, Home Decor, Music, Personalization
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