From Readymade to Boilerplate: Robert Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel

Glance at Robert Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel (2017) and you might dismiss it as a lark—albeit a clever one—far removed from modernist concerns. Sikoryak’s book, self-described on the front cover as both “complete and unabridged” as well as an “unauthorized adaptation,” reprints the entire 20,000+ words of the Apple iTunes Terms and Conditions legal

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Modernism/Modernity Print Plus
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2025-05-20
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https://doi.org/10.26597/mod.0329
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Comics and Graphic Narratives
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From Readymade to Boilerplate: Robert Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel

Lisa Siraganian
Modernism/Modernity Print Plus
Comics and Graphic Narratives
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From Readymade to Boilerplate: Robert Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel

Lisa Siraganian
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Abstract

Glance at Robert Sikoryak’s Terms and Conditions: The Graphic Novel (2017) and you might dismiss it as a lark—albeit a clever one—far removed from modernist concerns. Sikoryak’s book, self-described on the front cover as both “complete and unabridged” as well as an “unauthorized adaptation,” reprints the entire 20,000+ words of the Apple iTunes Terms and Conditions legal

Modernism/Modernity Print PlusVol. 9(3)
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Comics and Graphic Narratives
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