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%%* This is a side-effect of ''Webcomic/YumeHime'''s text-heavy format.
* At one point in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' every ongoing theme had its characters [[spoiler:commit a RealityBreakingParadox simultaneously]]. What follows is nine straight panels of thermal light dying out.

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** One of the most prominent examples would be Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', wherein a few hours of comic-book time were stretched out over almost a ''year''.

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** One of the most prominent examples would be Creator/{{Marvel|Comics}}'s ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'', ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion2008'', wherein a few hours of comic-book time were stretched out over almost a ''year''.



* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: The Coming of Atlas'' suffers badly from this. Despite being a four-issue story arc, it basically consists of ''one'' long fight scene.

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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}: The ''The Coming of Atlas'' suffers badly from this. Despite being a four-issue story arc, it basically consists of ''one'' one long fight scene.



* ''ComicBook/KickAss'' sometimes is, sometimes isn't. Some issues goes by in days, some have ''months'' go by (especially when Dave is in the hospital).

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* ''ComicBook/KickAss'' sometimes is, sometimes isn't. Some issues goes go by in days, some have ''months'' go by (especially when Dave is in the hospital).
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* ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. That's 6 manga volumes and over 2000 pages. All of them are painstakingly detailed with so many SceneryPorn, SceneryGorn and action sequences you know Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo was DoingItForTheArt.

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* ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. That's 6 manga volumes and over 2000 pages. All of them are painstakingly detailed with so many SceneryPorn, SceneryGorn and action sequences you know Creator/KatsuhiroOtomo was DoingItForTheArt.sequences.
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He stopped doing these after the first couple of chapters.


* Murata's adaptation of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' occasionally spends entire chapters' worth of gorgeously detailed pages on single events, for example Sonic {{flash step}}ping around Saitama in the forest, Metal Knight arriving in Z-City (this one is in colour to boot!) or the whole training battle between Genos and Saitama. Fans have taken to putting the panels into animated gifs and the end results look no worse than the actual anime adaptation of the comic.

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* Murata's adaptation of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' occasionally early on spends entire chapters' worth of gorgeously detailed pages on single events, for example Sonic {{flash step}}ping around Saitama in the forest, Metal Knight arriving in Z-City (this one is in colour to boot!) or the whole training battle between Genos and Saitama. Fans have taken to putting the panels into animated gifs and the end results look no worse than the actual anime adaptation of the comic.
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* ''Webcomic/{{HereILieAwake}}'' is a positive example, as protagonist Zoey’s insomnia causes her physical and mental health to slowly deteriorate, building tension and dread as her welfare becomes increasingly precarious.
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We don’t need this potshot(?).


->''"And then what happened?"\\
"Uhhh... about 30 pages of explosions and tidal waves."''
-->-- '''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers''' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole in the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.

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-->-- '''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers''' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole in the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.
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When used well, decompression is a useful tool that can not only give artists a chance to stretch their wings but also alter the pace of the issue in order to tell the story more successfully. Of course, like any tool it can be used poorly. Some writers (including, arguably, Ellis himself in later years) used it to pad out thin plots or to blindly mimic then-fashionable trends. Such writers were often accused of WritingForTheTrade. Ellis would respond to that by writing several comics that are decompressed, but still manage to wrap up every story in one issue, thus proving that you can write in this style without writing for the trade.

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When used well, decompression is a useful tool that can not only give artists a chance to stretch their wings but also alter the pace of the issue in order to tell the story more successfully. Of course, like any tool it can be used poorly. Some writers (including, arguably, Ellis himself in later years) used it to [[{{Padding}} pad out thin plots plots]] or to blindly mimic then-fashionable trends. Such writers were often accused of WritingForTheTrade. Ellis would respond to that by writing several comics that are decompressed, but still manage to wrap up every story in one issue, thus proving that you can write in this style without writing for the trade.
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* Creator/{{Moebius}} is probably one of the most important precursors of this style. His own style included a great many (highly detailed) splash panels and cinematic "editing", especially when he was working with Creator/AlejandroJodorowsky; his ''Arzach'' series (originally serialized in ''Magazine/HeavyMetal'') is known for its visual storytelling and lack of dialogue.
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* This is a side-effect of ''Webcomic/YumeHime'''s text-heavy format.

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-->-- '''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers''' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.

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-->-- '''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers''' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on in the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' comics published by Creator/MarvelComics since 2015 can run into this, by virtue of trying to evoke the grand, cinematic feeling of the films. Entire pages are often dedicated to ships floating through space, people running down halls, and Darth Vader standing around looking cool.

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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' comics published by Creator/MarvelComics since 2015 ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel2015'' can run into this, by virtue of trying to evoke the grand, cinematic feeling of the films. Entire pages are often dedicated to ships floating through space, people running down halls, and Darth Vader standing around looking cool.
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* ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' Last Order has the ZOTT arc with whole chapters describing just a few, or even a single punch. Running for at least 80 chapters (7 years in real life so far) the event takes place over a period of ''six days''.

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* ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita: Last Order Order'' has the ZOTT arc with whole chapters describing just a few, or even a single punch. Running for at least 80 chapters (7 years in real life so far) the event takes place over a period of ''six days''.
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* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} plays this for laughs once, having Deadpool take a leak for one and a half pages. Overlaps with OverlyLongGag here.

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* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} plays this for laughs once, having Deadpool take a leak for one and a half pages. Overlaps with OverlyLongGag here.
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This trope is also used by people who want to add a slower, cinematic pace by, for example, using an entire page to show someone walking silently down a corridor in numerous panels, in order to create tension or otherwise express a mood.

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This trope is also used by people who want to add a slower, cinematic pace by, for example, using an entire page to show someone walking silently down a corridor in numerous panels, in order to create tension or otherwise express a mood. This also gives a clear direction whenever the comic is going to be adapted into either anime/cartoon or live-action.
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-->'''Stan Lee''': I saved a ton of time by taking one plot and stretching it out over many issues. Instead of spending so much time making up different plots, I could be spending that time completing the stories…Of course, [[TropesAreTools what started out as a time-saving device turned out to be a good idea, quality-wise]]. We found that the continued stories being longer gave us more room for CharacterDevelopment, and the addition of subplots helped to round out the stories so they read more like mini motion pictures.

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-->'''Stan Lee''': I saved a ton of time by taking one plot and stretching it out over many issues. Instead of spending so much time making up different plots, I could be spending that time completing the stories…Of course, [[TropesAreTools [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools what started out as a time-saving device turned out to be a good idea, quality-wise]]. We found that the continued stories being longer gave us more room for CharacterDevelopment, and the addition of subplots helped to round out the stories so they read more like mini motion pictures.
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* At one point in ''Webcomic/IrregularWebcomic'' every ongoing theme had its characters [[spoiler:commit a RealityBreakingParadox simultaneously]]. What follows is nine straight panels of thermal light dying out.
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* Wandering Island vols. 1 and 2 by Kenji Tsuruta. Volume 2 in particular.
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* ''Manga/{{Blame}}'' lives and breathes this style. The protagonist talks [[TheStoic so little]] that chapters featuring only him may contain a lot of action but no dialogue at all.
* ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' has done this, with one battle starting around chapter eight and ending at chapter 15, taking up one and a half volumes. The stretched pace, not helped by the slow release schedule, did the series no favours.

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* ''Manga/{{Blame}}'' lives and breathes uses this style.style, as featured in the page image. The protagonist talks [[TheStoic so little]] that chapters featuring only him may contain a lot of action but no dialogue at all.
* ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' has done this, with one battle starting around chapter eight and ending at chapter 15, taking up one and a half volumes. The stretched pace, not helped by the slow release schedule, did the series no favours.
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* While not too bad, ''Webcomic/DomainTnemrot'' is quite decompressed.
* Lately ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' has been including more and more establishing panels. Thankfully it updates five pages a week, but it still gets annoying.

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* While not too bad, ''Webcomic/DomainTnemrot'' is quite decompressed.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is the cartoon version of this.

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* For several years after ''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron'', most of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW IDW's "main" Transformers comics]] have suffered from the negative aspect of this trope, with issues that were more like half or even a third of an issue than a full issue. Needless to say, "Speed up the pace!" became an increasingly common post to be seen on the IDW Transformers forum. This has also been parodied extensively, most notably by [[Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} David Willis]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/comic/book-11/03-vote-chopperface/costa-2/ here]]. Eventually completely turned on its ear by the dual ongoings ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', both of which have ''lots'' of stuff going on at most given moments though they can both slip into it from time to time depending on RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.

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* For several years after ''ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron'', most of [[ComicBook/TheTransformersIDW IDW's "main" Transformers comics]] have suffered from the negative aspect of this trope, with issues that were more like half or even a third of an issue than a full issue. Needless to say, "Speed up the pace!" became an increasingly common post to be seen on the IDW Transformers forum. This has also been parodied extensively, most notably by [[Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} David Willis]] [[http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/comic/book-11/03-vote-chopperface/costa-2/ com/comic/costa here]]. Eventually completely turned on its ear by the dual ongoings ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'' and ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', both of which have ''lots'' of stuff going on at most given moments though they can both slip into it from time to time depending on RuleOfFunny or RuleOfDrama.
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* The Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse comics about the [[ComicBook/DarkEmpire Emperor's rebirth]], written in the nineties, are infamously disliked because they ''aren't'' decompressed, and many, ''many'' important events happen off-panel or else happen very, very quickly.
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* Murata's adaptaion of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' occasionally spends entire chapters' worth of gorgeously detailed pages on single events, for example Sonic {{flash step}}ping around Saitama in the forest, Metal Knight arriving in Z-City (this one is in colour to boot!) or the whole training battle between Genos and Saitama. Fans have taken to putting the panels into animated gifs and the end results look no worse than the actual anime adaptation of the comic.

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* Murata's adaptaion adaptation of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' occasionally spends entire chapters' worth of gorgeously detailed pages on single events, for example Sonic {{flash step}}ping around Saitama in the forest, Metal Knight arriving in Z-City (this one is in colour to boot!) or the whole training battle between Genos and Saitama. Fans have taken to putting the panels into animated gifs and the end results look no worse than the actual anime adaptation of the comic.
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-->-- ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers'' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.

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-->-- ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim '''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers'' Flowers''' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.
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-->--ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.

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-->--ComicBook/ScottPilgrim -->-- ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers Flowers'' on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.
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* Jim Steranko's run on the ComicBook/NickFury section of ''Strange Tales'' occurred during a time when comics typically were one-shot or two-part stories. His Yellow Claw Saga was ran for ''nine issues.''
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* Murata's adaptaion of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' occasionally spends entire chapters' worth of gorgeously detailed pages on single events, for example Sonic {{flash step}}ping around Saitama in the forest, Metal Knight arriving in Z-City (this one is in colour to boot!) or the whole training battle between Genos and Saitama. Fans have taken to putting the panels into animated gifs and the end results look no worse than the actual anime adaptation of the comic.
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* The ''Franchise/StarWars'' comics published by Creator/MarvelComics since 2015 can run into this, by virtue of trying to evoke the grand, cinematic feeling of the films. Entire pages are often dedicated to ships floating through space, people running down halls, and Darth Vader standing around looking cool.
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-->--ComicBook/ScottPilgrim & Ramona Flowers on ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.

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''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Or that time when Todd Ingram punched a hole on the Moon to prove his love for her. Your call.

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