Terms and conditions - R Sikoryak

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
fea- tures
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
me- dium
seems
like
an
unfathomable
under- taking, yet Sikoryak creates a surprisingly readable document, far different from its original,
purely
textual
incarnation
and thus proving the accessibility and flexibili- ty 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
in-fringement, Terms and Conditions serves as a surreal record of our modern digital age
where
technology
competes
with
en- duringly ironclad mediums.