Overview
Master satirist tackles the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads
āMischievous, pastiche-heavy artist Robert Sikoryakā¦upped the difficulty level for his long-term conceptual project: Instead of abridging a book, he lifted the complete text of Appleās mind-numbing corporate boilerplate, which users must agree to before accessing iTunes, and mashed it up with art invoking more than a century of comics.āāNew York Times
For his newest project, R. Sikoryak tackles the monstrously and infamously dense legal document, iTunes Terms and Conditions, the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads. In a word for word 94-page adaptation, Sikoryak hilariously turns the agreement on its headāeach page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walkerās Beatle Bailey, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompsonās Blankets or Marjane Satrapiās Persepolis.
Adapting the legalese of the iTunes Terms and Conditions into another medium seems like an unfathomable undertaking, yet Sikoryak creates a surprisingly readable document, far different from its original, purely textual incarnation and thus proving the accessibility and flexibility of comics. When Sikoryak parodies Kate Beatonās Hark A Vagrant peasant comics with Steve Jobs discussing objectionable material or Homer Simpson as Steve Jobs warning of the penalties of copyright infringement, Terms and Conditions serves as a surreal record of our modern digital age where technology competes with enduringly ironclad mediums.
This book title, Terms and Conditions, ISBN: 9781770462748, by R. Sikoryak, published by Drawn & Quarterly Publications (March 7, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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