Ben is a 35 year old divorcee and failing comic book artist who works at an instruction manual company drawing diagrams of screws and electronics. He and his 8 year old daughter Maya sit together and work on their comic book 'The Dream Factory' one night after a bad day of work. Maya tells him that she can take him to their Dream Factory and find his broken dream of being a comic book artist to fix it. Ben plays along, but finds himself suddenly on an adventure with his daughter in which they enter the Dream Factory and go on a quest for his broken dream.