The Lesson of the Bearded Antiquarian

When “The Anarchist's Design Book” was released in 2016, I knew there would be hate mail. I get a pile of it whenever I write a book, pen a magazine article or film a video. I accept this; it comes with the territory. And after 33 years of writing, the barbs are mostly ticks off a possum’s back.

But then there was the Bearded Antiquarian.

Soon after the “Design Book” came out, he sent a letter notifying us that he was encouraging Adobe's legal department to come after me. Why? Because the marriage mark on the cover of the book looked like the icon for Adobe Acrobat.