Microcontent comics for the PSP

NYC2123 is a Web comic of the post-apcalyptic, cyberpunk type.  What's interesting about it is that it's published for the Sony PSP.  Rather than imitating comic book single or splash pages, NYC2123 appears as a series of single, small images, 480 by 272 pixels. 

I suspect that format drives creators to compress more information in each panel, since there is no immediate context.  And the format may favor suspense, soap, or other genres adept at getting readers to want to advance quickly to the next bit of microcontent.  Conversely, meditative or static content would do well here.

In educational terms, if we think of PSP publication under the same rubric as RSS feeds and the mobile phone venue, we might want to emphasize microcontent instead of large content items (courses, even Web pages).

(via Kristiyan)

Comments

[Gardner]

I'm very interested in the conceptual links/overlaps between "microcontent" and "prompts." I love the idea of narratives as prompts, and microcontent prompts are a particular relish.

In my Donne seminar wiki, some of my students have left wry bits of microcontent in the "change comment" field as they submit their edits. "For a good time, call Helen Gardner." Just the kind of inside humor that keeps a seminar afloat.