Changes: Photonovels

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Template:Realworld Photonovels, occasionally spelled as Fotonovels, or referred to by the Italian-derived term Fumetti, are print adaptations of television episodes or feature films into a book, using screenshots, or stills, with word bubbles instead of traditional text. While original marketed as novels, most photonovels made today would be considered a form of graphic novel, a format closely linked to comics.

A relatively short-lived phenomena, the format came into vogue in the late 1970s, early 1980s, but went out of fashion just as quickly. The main reason for this was that very shortly after its introduction, the advent of visual home media formats, most notably VHS, became wide spread, causing the perceived added value of the format to greatly diminish. Due to the visual effects imagery involved, science fiction franchises of the period, like Alien, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Outland, Battlestar Galactica, and Star Trek were well represented, while the format was popular. New outings in the format became very rare afterwards.

In December 2013, John Byrne wrote a "lost episode" photonovel comic published by IDW Publishing titled "Strange New Worlds".

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External link

Photonovel at Wikipedia

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 A relatively short-lived phenomena, the format came into vogue in the late 1970s, early 1980s, but went out of fashion just as quickly. The main reason for this was that very shortly after its introduction, the advent of visual home media formats, most notably [[VHS]], became wide spread, causing the perceived added value of the format to greatly diminish. Due to the visual effects imagery involved, science fiction franchises of the period, like ''Alien'', ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'', ''Outland'', ''Battlestar Galactica'', and ''[[Star Trek]]'' were well represented, while the format was popular. New outings in the format became very rare afterwards.
+In {{m|December|2013}}, [[John Byrne]] wrote a "lost episode" photonovel comic published by [[IDW Publishing]] titled "{{dis|Strange New Worlds|comic}}".
 == Fotonovels ==
 * See also: [[Star Trek Fotonovels|''Star Trek'' Fotonovels]]
-* ''[[The City on the Edge of Forever (fotonovel)|The City on the Edge of Forever]]''
+* ''{{dis|The City on the Edge of Forever|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[Where No Man Has Gone Before (fotonovel)|Where No Man Has Gone Before]]''
+* ''{{dis|Where No Man Has Gone Before|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[The Trouble with Tribbles (fotonovel)|The Trouble with Tribbles]]''
+* ''{{dis|The Trouble with Tribbles|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[A Taste of Armageddon (fotonovel)|A Taste of Armageddon]]''
+* ''{{dis|A Taste of Armageddon|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[Metamorphosis (fotonovel)|Metamorphosis]]''
+* ''{{dis|Metamorphosis|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[All Our Yesterdays (fotonovel)|All Our Yesterdays]]''
+* ''{{dis|All Our Yesterdays|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[The Galileo Seven (fotonovel)|The Galileo Seven]]''
+* ''{{dis|The Galileo Seven|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[A Piece of the Action (fotonovel)|A Piece of the Action]]''
+* ''{{dis|A Piece of the Action|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[The Devil in the Dark (fotonovel)|The Devil in the Dark]]''
+* ''{{dis|The Devil in the Dark|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[Day of the Dove (fotonovel)|Day of the Dove]]''
+* ''{{dis|Day of the Dove|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[The Deadly Years (fotonovel)|The Deadly Years]]''
+* ''{{dis|The Deadly Years|fotonovel}}''
-* ''[[Amok Time (fotonovel)|Amok Time]]''
+* ''{{dis|Amok Time|fotonovel}}''
 == Photostories ==