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 ...

In this Dec. 19, 2013 photo, Bitstrips CEO and Creative Director Jacob Blackstock poses for a photo at the company's offices in Toronto. Bitstrips, a mobile application that helps people turn their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 drawn ...

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 ...