{"product_id":"constitution-illustrated-9781770463967","title":"Constitution Illustrated","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe master of the visual mash-up returns with his signature idiosyncratic take on the Constitution\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eR. Sikoryak is the master of the pop culture pastiche. In \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, he interpreted classic literature with defining twentieth-century comics. With\u003ci\u003e Terms and Conditions\u003c\/i\u003e, he made the unreadable contract that everyone signs, and no one reads, readable. He employs his magic yet again to investigate the very framework of the country with \u003ci\u003eConstitution Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e. By visually interpreting the complete text of the supreme law of the land with more than a century of American pop culture icons, Sikoryak distills the very essence of the government legalese from the abstract to the tangible, the historical to the contemporary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong Sikoryak's spot-on unions of government articles and amendments with famous comic-book characters: the Eighteenth Amendment that instituted prohibition is articulated with Homer Simpson running from Chief Wiggum; the Fourteenth Amendment that solidifies citizenship to all people born and naturalized in the United States is personified by Ms. Marvel; and, of course, the Nineteenth Amendment offering women the right to vote is a glorious depiction of Wonder Woman breaking free from her chains. American artists from George Herriman (\u003ci\u003eKrazy Kat\u003c\/i\u003e) and Charles Schulz (\u003ci\u003ePeanuts\u003c\/i\u003e) to Raina Telgemeier (\u003ci\u003eSisters\u003c\/i\u003e) and Alison Bechdel (\u003ci\u003eDykes to Watch Out For\u003c\/i\u003e) are homaged, with their characters reimagined in historical costumes and situations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe the People has never been more apt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. Sikoryak \u003c\/b\u003eis the cartoonist of \u003ci\u003eMasterpiece Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Terms and Conditions\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unquotable Trump\u003c\/i\u003e. His comics and illustrations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Onion, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMAD\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart.\u003c\/i\u003e Sikoryak teaches in the illustration department at Parsons School of Design and previously at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Since 1997, he has presented his live cartoon slide show series, \u003ci\u003eCarousel\u003c\/i\u003e, around the United States and Canada. He lives in New York City with his wife, Kriota Willber\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50510422278418,"sku":"9781770463967","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af95137f-8c9e-4e6e-8475-b926c070e69c.jpg?v=1730924839","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/constitution-illustrated-9781770463967","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}