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As both an introduction to the subject and a broaching of an interdisciplinary approach, Retcon Game is a substantial addition to comics studies.--Pedro Moura Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics Associational nonfiction about the use of retroactive continuity, or retconning, to change the worlds of comics, TV series, and other media, with some mention of its use in literary SF and fantasy. The use of editable hyperlinks online--notably in Wikipedia, which helps emphasize the idea that history is not set--is also discussed.--Locus magazine

Andrew Friedenthal's Retcon Game: Retroactive Continuity and the Hyperlinking of America is the best look at retroactive continuity currently available; thoughtful, succinct, and very readable, this book should be of interest not only to fans of comics but anyone interested in canonicity, the growth of imaginary worlds, or contemporary popular culture in general.--Mark J. P. Wolf, Communication Department chair, Concordia University Wisconsin As both an introduction to the subject and a broaching of an interdisciplinary approach, Retcon Game is a substantial addition to comics studies.--Pedro Moura Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics Associational nonfiction about the use of retroactive continuity, or retconning, to change the worlds of comics, TV series, and other media, with some mention of its use in literary SF and fantasy. The use of editable hyperlinks online--notably in Wikipedia, which helps emphasize the idea that history is not set--is also discussed.-- Locus magazine

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Andrew J. Friedenthal is a writer, editor, and independent scholar. His work has been published in ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies and the Journal of Comics and Culture.

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