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Material Type: Book
Collection: Comics
Call Number: US NONFIC SIK2017
Title: Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel
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Personal name: Sikoryak, R.
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015457 checked in 2023-08-18 14:23:54

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Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Non Fiction
International Standard Book Number: 9781770462748
Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Drawn and Quarterly
Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2017
Other physical details: softcover, paperback
Summary, etc. note: Master satirist tackles the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads 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 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 Beetle Bailey, or a contemporary graphic novel such as Craig Thompson’s Blankets or Marjane Satrapi’s 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 Beaton’s 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.
Expansion of summary note: satire, apple, mac, experimental, social commentary, cultural commentary, comic history, comic styles, Apple's iTunes contract, terms and conditions, iTunes, binding agreement, pictorial legal agreements, contracts, humour, digital age, technology, USA, Unites States, American
Source of acquisition: Rotem Diamant
Method of acquisition: Donation
Date of acquisition: November, 2018
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