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− | '''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 |
+ | '''Photonovels''', occasionally spelled as '''Fotonovels''', or referred to by the Italian-derived term '''Fumetti''' (which actually is the generic Italian word for [[comics]]), are print adaptations of television episodes or feature films into a book, using screenshots, or stills, with word bubbles instead of traditional text. While originally marketed as [[novels]], most photonovels made today would be considered a form of {{w|graphic novel}}, a format closely linked to comics. |
− | A relatively short-lived phenomena, the format came into vogue in the late 1970s |
+ | A relatively short-lived phenomena, the format came into vogue in the late 1970s and 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 widespread, 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. As far as ''Star Trek'' was concerned, the contemporary publications of [[Bantam Books]] and [[Pocket Books]] have been particularly noteworthy. New outings in the format became nigh non-existent afterwards. |
+ | Yet, in {{m|December|2013}}, [[John Byrne]] reinvigorated the genre, when he wrote a "lost episode" photonovel comic published by [[IDW Publishing]] titled "{{dis|Strange New Worlds|photonovel}}". |
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+ | == Bantam Books' [[Star Trek Fotonovels|fotonovels]] == |
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− | == Photostories == |
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+ | == Pocket Books' [[Star Trek Photostories|photostories]] == |
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+ | == IDW Publishing photonovels == |
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+ | * "{{dis|Strange New Worlds|photonovel}}" |
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+ | * ''[[Star Trek: New Visions]]'' |
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+ | # "[[The Mirror, Cracked]]" |
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+ | # "[[Time's Echo]]" |
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+ | # "[[Cry Vengeance]]" |
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+ | # "[[Made Out of Mudd]]" |
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+ | # "[[A Scent of Ghosts]]" |
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+ | # "{{dis|Resistance|photonovel}}" |
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+ | # "[[1971/4860.2]]" |
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+ | # "[[The Survival Equation]]" |
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+ | # "[[The Hollow Man]]" |
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== External link == |
== External link == |
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+ | * {{wikipedia|Photonovel}} at Wikipedia |
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Revision as of 21:54, 17 August 2015
Template:Realworld Photonovels, occasionally spelled as Fotonovels, or referred to by the Italian-derived term Fumetti (which actually is the generic Italian word for comics), are print adaptations of television episodes or feature films into a book, using screenshots, or stills, with word bubbles instead of traditional text. While originally 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 and 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 widespread, 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. As far as Star Trek was concerned, the contemporary publications of Bantam Books and Pocket Books have been particularly noteworthy. New outings in the format became nigh non-existent afterwards.
Yet, in December 2013, John Byrne reinvigorated the genre, when he wrote a "lost episode" photonovel comic published by IDW Publishing titled "Strange New Worlds".
Bantam Books' fotonovels
- The City on the Edge of Forever
- Where No Man Has Gone Before
- The Trouble with Tribbles
- A Taste of Armageddon
- Metamorphosis
- All Our Yesterdays
- The Galileo Seven
- A Piece of the Action
- The Devil in the Dark
- Day of the Dove
- The Deadly Years
- Amok Time
Pocket Books' photostories
IDW Publishing photonovels
- "The Mirror, Cracked"
- "Time's Echo"
- "Cry Vengeance"
- "Made Out of Mudd"
- "A Scent of Ghosts"
- "Resistance"
- "1971/4860.2"
- "The Survival Equation"
- "The Hollow Man"
External link
- Photonovel at Wikipedia at Wikipedia