You might have noticed that one by one, your Facebook friends have been turned into comic strip characters. The culprit: the free and extremely addictive application You might have noticed that one by ...

[UPDATE: 10/25/2013 11:55 a.m. EST]: It appears Bitstrips surge in popularity has led to some server errors. On Friday morning, the Bitstrips app on Facebook was down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Dec. 19, 2013 photo, Bitstrips CEO and Creative Director Jacob Blackstock poses for a photo at the company's offices in ...

"Bitstrips is hard to categorize because it's not a game. It's a new way to express yourself and interact with your friends," said Bitstrips' CEO Jacob Blackstock. "Instead of posting the same things ...

CEO Jacob Blackstock explains ‘one of those overnight successes that was actually the product of seven years of toil’ The first time hundreds of millions of people heard about Bitstrips was when its ...

Jacob Blackstock first conceived of the burgeoning social comics site Bitstrips as a way to let the rest of the Internet participate in his childhood passion. As a kid, the comics he most enjoyed ...

Bitstrips, the suddenly popular site that lets users create comics starring customizable characters, got its start two years ago as an anti-bullying project with illustrators from Cartoon Network.

Facebook may have a lot of uses for social networking and time-wasting, but lately it’s been offering a creative outlet, too. A new comic-making application called Bitstrips is popping up more and ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- No steady hand or even a keen eye is required to create a polished webcomic, thanks to a new, easy-to-use tool that lets users create a comic strip from scratch. Bitstrips, the ...

Bitstrips may seem like a sudden sensation now that the app maker's comic vignettes are all over Facebook and other social networks. But the Toronto start-up's success was a drawn-out process. The ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Bitstrips may seem like a sudden sensation now that the app maker’s comic vignettes are all over Facebook and other social networks. But the Toronto startup’s success was a drawn-out ...

Bitstrips have a staff of 17 workers and have raised %243 million from Horizons Ventures in Hong Kong Google rated Bitstrips as the trendiest app of 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Bitstrips may seem like ...