[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 ...

I can honestly say I didn't see this coming: It seems that Bitstrips—the popular app that allows users to create and share "comics starring you and your friends"—is good for more than just filling ...

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 ...

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 ...

What happens when stickers and emoji collide in a bespoke mash-up that uses your own self-image as the canvas? Bitmoji happens that’s what: a new Android and iOS app from personalized comic strips app ...

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.

Bitstrips has taken over Facebook, but is the backlash spreading just as rapidly? Here's how to block the comic creation app from your news feed. Bitstrips Bitstrips has taken over Facebook, but is ...

The old thought experiment asks: If you could travel back in time to prevent someone’s birth who would be capable of great evil, would you do it? Admittedly, sometimes while browsing Facebook I ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Bitstrips are personalized comics based on a simple idea – that the simple moments in your life are funny, poignant and worth sharing.

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 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 process. The ...