Bitstrips Hits a Million Schoolkid-Made Strips With One About Laura Secords, You Guys

By David Topping

“Laura Secords Journey,” from Bitstrips for Schools’ blog.

This is pretty wonderful: in six months, Bitstrips for Schools—the education-focused arm of Toronto-based make-your-own-comics site Bitstrips—has hit one million comics created by schoolkids in Ontario and around the world. The one millionth comic, unveiled yesterday, was created by a certain “Sam B.” after his Grade Eight English class was asked by their teacher to illustrate some event from Canadian history. Sam B. chose the story of famous chocolatier accidental spy Laura Secords [sic], and expertly condensed the story of her 1813 trek into three panels, above.
Hat tip to hero Jesse Brown for the tip.