Monday, January 31, 2005

encapsulation of compression

Supercompression is a term coming into greater notoriety on the comic message boards these days. Charges of laziness and indolence have been leveled against those 'decompression' writers as what was once a story told within three to six issues is now stretch to twelve or more. Supercompression is an attempt to bring the story arc back to a more accessible form. Supercompression is also, in many ways, what I am attempting here. The problem is thus: how does one compress a critique, rant, exposition or other brief essay into a paragraph without losing all meaning? The least complex answer possible is usually the correct one. Bastardized Ockam quotes aside, presenting nuanced simplicity is my goal. Or is that simplistic nuance?

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