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But Mark Waid, Brian Augustyn, and Barry Kitson created JLA: Year One before "decompressed" storytelling took hold in superhero comics.

Teen Titans 2009

The Harris art was a big draw at first, but the beginning of boring, drawn-out, modern "decompressed" storytelling was here.

Top 100 Comic Book Runs #9-7 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008

It's the exact opposite of the "decompressed" take-six-issues-to-tell-one-story model that most of the big superhero franchises have been operating with for the last decade or so.

Comics I Love: INVINCIBLE David Campbell 2008

So basically, we kind of decompressed ourselves while we were over in Iraq.

CNN Transcript Jun 22, 2007 2007

Second, the title is often held up as a high point of the so-called "decompressed" or, more pejoratively, "Quemas" or "NuMarvel" direction that Marvel as a company trended towards some years back.

Omar Karindu on Bendis’ Daredevil – Some Introductory Remarks | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

So basically we kind of decompressed ourselves while we were over in Iraq.

CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2007 2007

Obviously, this means that the whole question of "decompressed" vs. "compressed" storytelling isn't easy to answer; on the one hand, much of the "decompression" of modern comics tends to be about extending sequences in order to heighten tension, instead of actually telling more complex stories the death of Superman, for example, featured a whole issue of splash pages of Superman and Doomsday hitting each other.

John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Wonder Woman | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

With the proliferation of "decompressed" storytelling, there's not such a big gap anymore.

Four Decades of Fridays… part four | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

So basically we kind of decompressed ourselves while we were over in Iraq.

CNN Transcript Dec 24, 2007 2007

In this day of "decompressed" story telling one may marvel at the stunning artwork while waiting for something substantial to happend for several issues.

Archive 2006-08-01 David S. Carter 2006