[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 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 ...

Remember Bitstrips, the company whose personalized comic strips likely graced your Facebook feed at least a few times a minute a few months ago? Well, it seems like Snapchat is looking to use that ...

Bitstrips are personalized comics based on a simple idea - that the simple moments in your life are funny, poignant and worth sharing. The comics became a staple of Facebook users' news feeds in 2013.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.