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Dan Grote
@danielpgrote.bsky.social
EiC of ComicsXF, co-host of The CXF Interview Podcast, father of Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Noted stuff lover.
A friend who’d moved back to NJ after a few years away took me out for drinks and asked me what’s new, but seemed disinterested in hearing about my job, my family or comics blogging and called me boring.
December 27, 2025 at 12:29 AM
In coincidental news, my wife got me Whatever and Ever Amen on vinyl for Christmas.
It's almost time, East Coast
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Wake Up, Dead Man is the new Catholicism WOW!
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December 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Did you know The ComicsXF Zine makes a great last-minute holiday (digital) stocking stuffer? It's better than whatever you'll find at CVS at this point, plus you don't get that long-ass receipt!
December 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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No way I was gonna end the year without finishing my coverage of @madcavestudios.com Bytchcraft. The final issue was so beautiful.
December 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Check it out! This interview is so in-depth!
NEW TCXFIP: We talk Spirit of the Shadows with @nickcagnetti.bsky.social!
Nick Cagnetti joins the show to talk about his upcoming Oni Press comic Spirit of the Shadows.
December 23, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Hmo; Tempo, Cluster (Lady Fantomex), Cypher (Alisa Tager), Tommy the Morlock, & Karma in pursuit of Wallflower going AWOL against Omega Sentinel .
December 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I think about these two every Chrismukkah.
December 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Mutations was always an off one for me. Tropicalia’s a bop, but otherwise I’ve memory holed it. Its biggest sin is existing in the space between Odelay and Midnight Vultures, his biggest album and his best album.
December 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Recently learned that my "All the Best X-Men are Women" t-shirt had been taken down from Society6. Gotta find a new home for it online.
December 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Magik, Psylocke (Kwannon), Rogue, Marrow, Dani Moonstar, Boom-Boom, Polaris, Frenzy
Honorable mention: Softserve
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 PM
All this is to say
December 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
There’s a version of this story that gets super into the weeds on Central Jersey land development and local government, but this is a Wendy’s.
December 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Even though I say this is our eighth X-Mas Special, it's actually our Ninth! Join us as we somehow found three more X-Men X-Mas stories to celebrate the holiday season!
Battle Of The Atom: Mall Elf

There is an epidemic striking our country, that is an epidemic of running out of holiday themed stories to cover at Christmas time. Therefore I want no complaints at what Santa brought you. Ranked This Episode; Marvel Holiday Special 1996 Marvel Holiday Magazine #1…
Battle Of The Atom: Mall Elf
There is an epidemic striking our country, that is an epidemic of running out of holiday themed stories to cover at Christmas time. Therefore I want no complaints at what Santa brought you. Ranked This Episode; Marvel Holiday Special 1996 Marvel Holiday Magazine #1 Marvel Holiday Tales To Astonish #1
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December 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The perfect gift doesn’t exi-
December 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Jersey and Jersey-adjacent people: Got some exclusive con news coming tomorrow morning at CXF.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Time once more to round up the top articles from this past week at CXF, starting with our exclusive preview of Marvel's Winter Break Special by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social @tonyfleecs.bsky.social, Nick Bradshaw and more! comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/a...
December 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In this episode:
✅Redesigning Santa
✅High-end Lego sets
✅Punching AI in the face
✅Making comics with @zackquaintance.bsky.social
✅A cool thing Nick couldn’t talk about that got announced later that week (He’s drawing Archie! For Oni!)
✅And more!
This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest @nickcagnetti.bsky.social is LIVE for Patreon backers www.patreon.com/posts/146355... Listen to us talk about his new book Spirit of the Shadows before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
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December 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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@kierongillen.bsky.social, @stephaniehans.bsky.social and @claytoncowles.bsky.social did their usual amazing job on the second issue of DIE: Loaded.

It was a joy to look into with @armaanautomatic.itch.io, seeing what early theories had proven right and forming a bunch of new ones.
December 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Lots to think about here, not least poor rasmus‘ first rpg being DIE RPG.
December 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM