Valued reader -- you're all valued, but some are more special than others, sorry -- Ben Lurkin is an illustrator. A damn talented one from what we can gather.

Ben, on his own accord, sent in a caricature of your favorite knuckled-headed YesButNoButYes contributers. Those of Baierman and Miss Celania weren't very good, so he drew and Echowood and myself as a consolation.

They made us laugh pretty hard. I don't how he made me look so smug, but it sure cracked me up. Echo is like the Mona Lisa: what is he thinking about? Man, this cartoon has layers.

Our thanks to Ben for the effort. A little plug: Ben sells some pretty funny t-shirts here. Please support him.

Again, thank you Ben. We appreciate how you can honor and make fun of us at the same time.

Post Script: We haven't done a 3 Chords & the Truth podcast this week because I have down with the flu and lost my voice. And yes, I know many of you would see that as a bonus, but we'll have another up next week.

One day at the scene of a fire a cop found an axe. He became Axe Cop.

Axe Cop then held auditions for a side kick. In walked a cop with a flute. He became Flute Cop.

The two heroes then went back in time to fight dinosaurs.

That's the beginning of Axe Cop.

Story by a 5 year old. Art by a 29 year old.

Man, it's wonderful. Check it out.

Our favorite sniper (social commentator) Charlie Brooker is back.

Here, he breaks down the news and the best way to produce a field report.

Brilliant, again.

From The Literary Lions Desk...

Legendary author and hall of fame recluse J.D. Salinger has passed away. He was 91-years-old.

Countless numbers of you have read Mr. Salinger's masterpiece "The Catcher in the Rye." Hopefully none of you took the story out of context and killed a Beatle after reading it.

After the notoriety Salinger received after "The Catcher in the Rye," he just couldn't handle it. He said once that "he was in this world but not of it." Salinger just wanted to be left alone,so he moved into an isolated home in Cornish, New Hampshire. That is where the author died.

For a long time, there has been rumors that every few years, Salinger would make a surprise appearance at his local bank with a large manuscript-sized package and would place them in safety deposit boxes. Who knows what was in those packages. Theoretically, and possibly, we may be given more novels that were planned to be released posthumously. Maybe. The theory goes that if Salinger did release another book, the world's media would swarm his house looking for interviews, so he planned for them to be released after he died. Maybe. We may be given other books from a master, now that he's gone.

So long Mr. Salinger. And thank you...

We just love this new iPhone/iTouch app created by our own Brother Bill.

In Food Fight, you're a chef trying to defeat crazed veggies bent on destroying you. Jump and chuck your trusty copper pot and smash those evil veggies dead. And keep the sound on as you play because the SFX are funny.

The game if free, so download the Food Fight app or search iTunes for it ASAP.

Oh, if you're a frequent reader of YBNBY, you might want to look for a secret reference somewhere in the game.

Congrats BB!

Women with A-cups, your proportions are now off limits to bare in Australia.
Well, they're off limits in mainstream pornography anyway.

Why?

The folks down under think A-cups encourage pedophilia.

Despite the fact that many adult woman are blessed with hand cup sized breasts, it is a size now viewed as obscene, child-like and "for beginners." In defense of blossoming teens, adult actresses must now cover up or hit the plastic surgeon.

I suspect the silicone lobby had a hand in this curious ruling.

Via Sanka

So THIS is what they've been waiting for and talking about for months!

(via Cynical-C)