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Time Codes: 00:00:30 - Introduction 00:03:12 - Welcoming new Patreon supporters, and more listener mail! 00:14:29 - Why Art? 00:42:19 - Infidel #1 00:58:55 - Vampironica #1 01:13:58 - Wrap up 01:15:53 - Contact us This week Gene and Derek discuss three different titles that may or may not be connected (you'll have to ask Gene). They begin with Eleanor Davis's Why Art? (Fantagraphics Books). Going into this reading, the guys thought that the book might be more on the expository or critical side. However, they quickly discovered Davis's unique approach in combining humor, storytelling, and aesthetic analysis. After that they check out the first issue of Infidel (Image Comics), written by Pornsak Pichetshote and with art by Aaron Campbell. This is a curious combination of horror and the dynamics of intolerance, and the first issue raises a variety of questions that start off the series with good story momentum. The Two Guys with PhDs conclude with another horror title, Greg and Megan Smallwood's