Read the Funny Pages? No, not the Post's other reason for reading the Sunday paper (the first, of course, being Page Six), but the New York Times Magazine's attempt at illustrated humor. Don't be afraid to say "no," since that's how we answered that question, too. And while we're guessing a vast majority of Magazine readers will answer similarly, that's not keeping the Times from taunting respected writers, comics, and illustrators from adding scarlet letters to their careers.

Bestselling author Scott Turow makes his debut in the next "Sunday Serial," the popular feature in The New York Times Magazine's "Funny Pages." Readers can look forward to Mr. Turow's legal thriller, "Limitations," an original work commissioned by The Magazine, which begins on Sunday, April 23, and will appear in 16 weekly installments.

If by "popular feature" they mean "most popularly ignored," then yes, this just might be an accurate press release. Not one that interests us very much, however. The full release Turow will come to regret, after the jump.

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