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Bitstrips – Custom Comics for Everyone

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Bitstrips is a place where you can build your own comics with a simple, user-friendly interface.

Build your own characters – or use one from an existing library – and use the comic-builder to put them in awkward situations. Single-panel, multiple-panel strips. You name it.

My first LOL was this Bitstrip by PG Holyfield. And check out this bizarre Bitstrip about CBC Radio’s Jian Ghomeshi.

If you’ve ever wanted to make your own webcomic but complained that you don’t have the time – you’ve just lost that excuse.

UPDATE: Be sure to read the Terms of Use carefully if you’re going to start posting a webcomic to the site. This part in particular is important:

You will retain ownership in all Content You post on the site. By posting Content, you grant, and you represent and warrant that you have the right to grant, Bitstrips a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free and non-exclusive license to use, modify, publicly display, reproduce and distribute such Content until You or We remove it from the Site.

“Non-exclusive” means you can sell the strips you make with Bitstrips, but so can they.

So, for instance, you could print and sell a book with your all your bitstrips comics. But they could also print and sell anthologies of your stuff. Tshirts? Other merch? There are a lot of opportunities to monetize your work. But it could also be a great laboratory for budding webcomic artists/writers.

Anyone have any clearer interpretation of this? Opinions on Bitstrips? Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

  • http://www.toonlet.com/ iantoonlet

    You might want to try toonlet as well. Toonlet puts the focus on character creation and customization, with a powerful avatar tool so you can make cartoon characters that look authentically hand-drawn.

    From there, it’s easy to build out a library of moods for your characters to use in their comic strips.

    Feel free to come on by and check out the site, or take the toonlet tour:
    http://www.toonlet.com/tour

    Let us know what you think!

    Thanks!
    -Ian (from toonlet)

  • http://www.toonlet.com iantoonlet

    You might want to try toonlet as well. Toonlet puts the focus on character creation and customization, with a powerful avatar tool so you can make cartoon characters that look authentically hand-drawn.

    From there, it’s easy to build out a library of moods for your characters to use in their comic strips.

    Feel free to come on by and check out the site, or take the toonlet tour:
    http://www.toonlet.com/tour

    Let us know what you think!

    Thanks!
    -Ian (from toonlet)

  • http://www.deartoronto.com/ Ninja-bot

    I toyed with it for a bit, and while the possibilities for character creation are HUGE, the time it takes to make is just as big. Ditto for creating the expressions and whatnot. Seems like something I could tool around with forever, and still never finish anything.

  • http://www.deartoronto.com Ninja-bot

    I toyed with it for a bit, and while the possibilities for character creation are HUGE, the time it takes to make is just as big. Ditto for creating the expressions and whatnot. Seems like something I could tool around with forever, and still never finish anything.