{"product_id":"terms-and-conditions-9781770462748","title":"Terms and Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): R. Sikoryak\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaster satirist tackles the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mischievous, pastiche-heavy artist Robert Sikoryak...upped the difficulty level for his long-term conceptual project: Instead of abridging a book, he lifted the complete text of Apple's 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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 head--each page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walker's \u003ci\u003eBeatle Bailey\u003c\/i\u003e, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompson's \u003ci\u003eBlankets\u003c\/i\u003e or Marjane Satrapi's \u003ci\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdapting 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 Beaton's \u003ci\u003eHark A Vagrant \u003c\/i\u003epeasant comics with Steve Jobs discussing objectionable material or Homer Simpson as Steve Jobs warning of the penalties of copyright infringement, \u003ci\u003eTerms and Conditions\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a surreal record of our modern digital age where technology competes with enduringly ironclad mediums.","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354642309271,"sku":"9781770462748","price":830.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781770462748.webp?v=1767669888","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/terms-and-conditions-9781770462748","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}