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 ...

It’s extremely likely that your Facebook feed got flooded with friend-generated comic strips in recent months, and you have Bitstrips to thank for that. The company revealed today that users have ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — 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 ...

Messaging app maker Snapchat, Inc. has acquired online comic and emoji making firm Bitstrips, Inc. for $100 million. Fortune reports that the deal included a mix of cash and stock. Founded in 2007, ...

If you’re a Facebook regular, chances are you’ve seen the cute, quirky little comic scenes starring your friends. Bitstrips has become something of a viral phenomenon and the company has grown rapidly ...

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 ...

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 ...

Download or delete? The latest iPhone and Android app that's all the rage on social media is causing some Facebook friends to rage against the machine. Bitstrips is a smartphone application that's ...

"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 ...

You may have seen them sprawling across your Facebook newsfeeds already; cartoon versions of your friends as if they were ripped from the pages of a comic book. Maybe ...

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 ...

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 ...