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Time Codes: 00:01:27 - Introduction 00:04:11 - Listener mail! 00:12:12 - Theatrics 00:40:55 - The Monster Under the Bed 00:58:11 - Checking in with Jim McClain and Paul Schultz 01:16:17 - Demonology 101 01:41:47 - Wrap up 01:43:19 - Contact us For their last webcomics episode of 2016, Sean and Derek discuss three titles that were completely new to both of them. They begin with Theatrics, Neil Gibson's period drama set in 1920s New York. With art by Leonardo Gonzales and Jan Wijngaaard on colors, Theatrics is the story of popular Broadway actor who must find another line of work after he's physically disfigured due to a brutal mugging. Next, they turn to Brandon Shane's The Monster Under the Bed, a Romeo and Juliet-inspired romance between human and monster. As the guys point out, the art style has an all-age or "innocent" feel to it, but Shane's penchant for occasional nudity and cheesecake illustration may not be to all readers' liking. And then Derek and Sean wrap up with Faith Erin Hicks's