{"product_id":"terms-and-conditions-r-sikoryak-9781770462748","title":"Terms and Conditions","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. Sikoryak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770462740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770462748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/30\/2017","brand":"R. Sikoryak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984254370047,"sku":"9781770462748","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73dec57e-4103-488e-9984-b753ff630bc9.jpg?v=1683271331","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/terms-and-conditions-r-sikoryak-9781770462748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}