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View More NewsThis is part of a weekly series on AI and free speech.In 1988, two mushroom enthusiasts took their trusty copy of The Encyclopedia of Mushrooms out foraging. Using descriptions from the book, they harvested and later cooked mushrooms it identified as safe and edible. The book was wrong. The pair became so sick they required liver transplants. They promptly sued the publisher, alleging, among other claims, that the book was a defective product and the publisher negligently failed to verify its accuracy. On the surface, the lawsuit made intuitive sense — surely you have a duty to ensure your mushroom guide doesn’t tell people deadly…
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A review of Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling by Frank Miller; 224 pages; Canongate (July 2026)Even outside of comic book circles, Frank Miller is known as a gifted artist and writer who made comics grown up and gritty. From his damaged version of Bruce Wayne to Marv in Sin City (whom Miller pithily describes as “Conan the Barbarian in a trenchcoat”), Miller has created stories that resemble a strikingly original blend of film noir and dark Wagnerian opera. But the Miller who emerges from this memoir—part autobiography, part primer for aspiring graphic novelists—is…
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