Anobile, Richard J
Entry updated 24 February 2023. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1947-2023) US author and editor who created a number of graphic works based on various media productions, comprising many stills from a film or Television series captioned with scripted dialogue and stage directions. A particularly valuable reference from before the videotape boom is James Whale's Frankenstein (graph 1974), with over 1000 stills captioned with the complete dialogue transcribed from the soundtrack of Frankenstein (1931) directed by James Whale. Another genre example from The Film Classics Library sequence is Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (graph 1975).
Later "Photonovels", with stills captioned in Comic-book fashion, were perhaps more for entertainment than for reference. In 1979 Anobile published three such graphic Ties to sf works: Alien: The Movie Novel (graph 1979), Battlestar Galactica: The Photostory (graph 1979) with Glen A Larson and Mork & Mindy: A Video Novel (graph 1979), respectively based on Alien (1979), the film Battlestar Galactica (1978), and Mork & Mindy (1978-1982). Further relevant titles include "Fotonovel" treatments of the first two Star Trek films as Star Trek: The Motion Picture (graph 1980) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (graph 1982). [DRL]
Richard Joseph Anobile
born USA: 6 February 1947
died Canada: 10 February 2023
works (highly selected)
nonfiction
- The Wiz Scrapbook (New York: Berkley Windhover, 1978) [nonfiction: graph: tie to The Wiz (1978): pb/]
works as editor
series
Star Trek Fotonovel
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (New York: Pocket Books, 1980) [graph: Star Trek Fotonovel: pb/]
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (New York: Pocket Books, 1982) [graph: Star Trek Fotonovel: pb/]
individual titles as editor
- James Whale's Frankenstein (New York: Universe Books, 1974) [graph: tie to Frankenstein (1931): in the publisher's The Film Classics Library series: hb/photographic]
- Rouben Mamoulian's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (New York, Darien House, 1975) [graph: tie to Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932): in the publisher's The Film Classics Library series: hb/photographic]
- Alien: The Movie Novel (New York: Avon Books, 1979) [graph: tie to Alien (1979): based on the screenplay by Dan O'Bannon: pb/photographic]
- Battlestar Galactica: The Photostory (New York: Berkley Books, 1979) with Glen A Larson [graph: tie to Battlestar Galactica: pb/photographic]
- Mork & Mindy: A Video Novel (New York: Pocket Books, 1979) [graph: tie to Mork & Mindy: pb/photographic]
- Outland: The Movie Novel (New York: Warner Books, 1981) [graph: tie to Outland (1981): pb/]
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