Thread by @doctorow

Cartoonist @RSikoryak is not like any other: in addition to his own style, he is an uncanny mimic, capable of conjuring up the styles of hundreds of other creators with eerie versimilitude.

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This is no mere party trick. Sikoryak has turned this gift into a novel and distinctive form of narrative nonfiction. In TERMS AND CONDITIONS, Sikoryak renders the entire text of the Itunes EULA as a graphic novel, in the style of dozens of artists.

boingboing.net/2017/03/03/com…

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Ts&Cs' conceit is that each page is rendered in the style of a different, beloved creator, and populated by a stylized Steve Jobs figure (again, in that creator's distinctive character-design style) who hops from panel to panel, emitting speech bubbles.

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Through these bubbles flow the text of the Itunes EULA, a sprawling garbage-novella of cod-legalese that is somehow, alchemically, transformed into a work of legitimate art - some of the worst prose in history made into a superb graphic novel.

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Sikoryak's back with another nonfiction graphic novel pastiche involving a very different text: CONSTITUTION ILLUSTRATED gives the Ts&Cs treatment to the US Constitution, widely hailed for its soaring prose and its cunning institution design.

drawnandquarterly.com/constitution-i…

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And while Sikoryak once again cycles through dozens of creators' styles, a page at a time, for each clause, amendment and annotation, this time he matches the art to the text, using it to illustrate, illuminate, juxtapose and critique the Constitution.

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I was thrilled so see some of my absolute favorite artists represented in this volume: Nicole "Sylvia" Hollander; Scott "Understanding Comics" McCloud; Dana "Heavenly Nostrils" Simpson; Garry "Doonesbury" Trudeau; Lynda "Ernie Pook" Barry; and so many others.

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This is a golden age of nontraditional constitutional scholarship, because it is a dark age of once-in-a-century constitutional crises. Constitution Illustrated joins a canon that includes @popehat's Make No Law:

legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/make-…

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Or @romanmars's "What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law":

trumpconlaw.com

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And @Radiolab's incredible More Perfect:

wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radio…

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