In April 2019, Snap announced a new multiplayer mobile game within the Snapchat app known as Bitmoji Party, where players use their Bitmoji characters in-game. In June 2018, Snap launched its development platform Snap Kit, which includes the ability to offer access to Bitmoji stickers within third-party services with a Snapchat connection. The visual nature of comics just speaks so much louder than text.' He felt that Bitstrips was a 'medium for self-expression', stating that 'It's not just about you making the comics, but since you and your friends star in these comics, it's like you're the medium. ![]() Blackstock explained that the concept of Bitstrips was influenced by his own use of comics as a form of socialization a student, Blackstock and his friends drew comics featuring each other and shared them during classes. And even if you can do it well, which I never could, it takes years to make a story.' Brown stated that the service would be 'groundwork for a whole new way to communicate', and went as far as describing the service as being a 'YouTube for comics'. Brown explained that 'it's so difficult and time-consuming to tell a story in comic book form, drawing the same characters again and again in these tiny little panels, and just the amount of craftsmanship required. The service was originally envisioned as a means to allow anyone to create their own comic strip without needing artistic skills. Bitstrips was co-developed by Toronto-based comic artist Jacob Blackstock and his high school friend, journalist Jesse Brown.
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