Dan Grote
@danielpgrote.bsky.social
EiC of ComicsXF, co-host of The CXF Interview Podcast, father of Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Noted stuff lover.
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As many of you know, Evil Beast has been one of my personal campaigns for years. Seeing it happen in real time, I had to do a little reflecting on how we got here, and why I'm so excited about what it could mean moving forward.
With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.
X-Men #24 and the Unified Theory of Evil Beast
With X-Men #24 taking the Age of Revelation Finale reveal to another level, this is a great time to talk about Beast’s evolution over the decades.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:11 PM
As many of you know, Evil Beast has been one of my personal campaigns for years. Seeing it happen in real time, I had to do a little reflecting on how we got here, and why I'm so excited about what it could mean moving forward.
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WE ARE LIVE!!
Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1! The 1st issue of a sapphic vampire noir miniseries from an increduble creative team. Follow disgraced PI Corsica Smith as she drags herself from rock bottom into a deadly conspiracy with her ex-love at the center
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Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1! The 1st issue of a sapphic vampire noir miniseries from an increduble creative team. Follow disgraced PI Corsica Smith as she drags herself from rock bottom into a deadly conspiracy with her ex-love at the center
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January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
WE ARE LIVE!!
Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1! The 1st issue of a sapphic vampire noir miniseries from an increduble creative team. Follow disgraced PI Corsica Smith as she drags herself from rock bottom into a deadly conspiracy with her ex-love at the center
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1! The 1st issue of a sapphic vampire noir miniseries from an increduble creative team. Follow disgraced PI Corsica Smith as she drags herself from rock bottom into a deadly conspiracy with her ex-love at the center
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
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Our latest @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks possibilities for storytelling subversion in Gotham Central. #Batman #GothamCentral #Spiderman #ComicsStudies
The first story arc of “Gotham Central,” titled “In the Line of Duty,” knowingly subverts expectations of a “traditional” superhero story. A comparison with a more traditional story arc, in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #6, underscores this subversion. 1/10 #Batman #GothamCentral #ComicsStudies
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Our latest @sequentialscholars.bsky.social talks possibilities for storytelling subversion in Gotham Central. #Batman #GothamCentral #Spiderman #ComicsStudies
Toward the end of the episode, we end up learning a ton about X-Men circa 1999-2001. Domino Vol. 2 fans should tune in.
Joe Pruett joins the show to talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn, currently crowdfunding on Zoop.
The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 384: Joe Pruett talks the return of Negative Burn
Joe Pruett joins the show to talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn, currently crowdfunding on Zoop.
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January 20, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Toward the end of the episode, we end up learning a ton about X-Men circa 1999-2001. Domino Vol. 2 fans should tune in.
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This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest Joe Pruett is LIVE for Patreon backers. Listen to us talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn on @wearezoop.bsky.social before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
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January 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest Joe Pruett is LIVE for Patreon backers. Listen to us talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn on @wearezoop.bsky.social before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
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Time once more to count up the top articles of the week at CXF, starting with our EXCLUSIVE preview of Psylocke: Ninja #1 by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social and Nico Leon, which retells the story of the X-Men going through the Siege Perilous from Betsy's perspective comicsxf.com/2026/01/15/t...
January 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Time once more to count up the top articles of the week at CXF, starting with our EXCLUSIVE preview of Psylocke: Ninja #1 by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social and Nico Leon, which retells the story of the X-Men going through the Siege Perilous from Betsy's perspective comicsxf.com/2026/01/15/t...
This episode ends with a surprisingly candid discussion of Joe’s time on the X-Men books in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s amid the Harras-Quesada transition, the books he was let go from, the books he quit, and the miniseries that never came to be. You might want to check this one out.
This week's CXF Interview Podcast with guest Joe Pruett is LIVE for Patreon backers. Listen to us talk about the return of his comics anthology Negative Burn on @wearezoop.bsky.social before everyone else, and get those backer benefits!
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January 18, 2026 at 12:43 PM
This episode ends with a surprisingly candid discussion of Joe’s time on the X-Men books in the late ‘90s/early ‘00s amid the Harras-Quesada transition, the books he was let go from, the books he quit, and the miniseries that never came to be. You might want to check this one out.
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One sword, one dagger, all heart
Artist: @isacoart.bsky.social
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More Nightcrawler redesigns here: comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/n...
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 PM
One sword, one dagger, all heart
Artist: @isacoart.bsky.social
More Nightcrawler redesigns here: comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/n...
Artist: @isacoart.bsky.social
More Nightcrawler redesigns here: comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/n...
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As readers saw in last week’s X-Men #23, the Age of Revelation may be over, but its effects on X-Men storytelling have only just begun.
The X-Men books give readers a chance to catch up in April
As readers saw in last week’s X-Men #23, the Age of Revelation may be over, but its effects on X-Men storytelling have only just begun.
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January 17, 2026 at 2:15 PM
As readers saw in last week’s X-Men #23, the Age of Revelation may be over, but its effects on X-Men storytelling have only just begun.
This Amelia Vought Cerebro two-parter has me humming A Perfect Circle’s “The Nurse Who Loved Me” more than I have since 2003. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Anp...
The Nurse Who Loved Me
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January 17, 2026 at 12:40 PM
This Amelia Vought Cerebro two-parter has me humming A Perfect Circle’s “The Nurse Who Loved Me” more than I have since 2003. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Anp...
Just had a thought about how cool it would be if Lego struck a licensing deal with Capcom and we got little Lego Mega Man and Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom sets. What a world. Though as always, Prof. Kane’s “What happened to Lego” speech applies.
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Just had a thought about how cool it would be if Lego struck a licensing deal with Capcom and we got little Lego Mega Man and Street Fighter and Marvel vs. Capcom sets. What a world. Though as always, Prof. Kane’s “What happened to Lego” speech applies.
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They Might Be Giants on Thursday released their first collection of new music since 2021, a four-track EP called Eyeball. Mark Turetsky has the review.
They Might Be Giants demand you look them in the Eyeball if you want new music
They Might Be Giants on Thursday released their first collection of new music since 2021, a four-track EP called Eyeball. Mark Turetsky has the review.
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January 15, 2026 at 11:00 PM
They Might Be Giants on Thursday released their first collection of new music since 2021, a four-track EP called Eyeball. Mark Turetsky has the review.
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And in comics out THIS week news, check out me and @adamreck.bsky.social's review of Uncanny X-Men #22 for @comicsxf.com in which Mutina returns and Nightcrawler celebrates his birthday by unveiling a new "power"! #XMen #XSpoilers
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January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
And in comics out THIS week news, check out me and @adamreck.bsky.social's review of Uncanny X-Men #22 for @comicsxf.com in which Mutina returns and Nightcrawler celebrates his birthday by unveiling a new "power"! #XMen #XSpoilers
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ICYMI yesterday
Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.
Mutina interrupts Nightcrawler’s birthday in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #22
Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.
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January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
ICYMI yesterday
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@markturetsky.com @armaanautomatic.itch.io & @wordsfromapenn.com cover the latest issue of DIE: Loaded!
Someone is bringing the family members of the original DIE party into that 20-sided world. Sophie is working to gather this new party — with one minor snag.
Enter the Dictator in Image’s DIE: Loaded #3
Someone is bringing the family members of the original DIE party into that 20-sided world. Sophie is working to gather this new party — with one minor snag.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
@markturetsky.com @armaanautomatic.itch.io & @wordsfromapenn.com cover the latest issue of DIE: Loaded!
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Flash back to a time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine. What sacrifice did Betsy Braddock make to save the X-Men?
The Siege Perilous revisited in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Psylocke: Ninja #1
Flash back to a time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine. What sacrifice did Betsy Braddock make to save the X-Men?
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January 15, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Flash back to a time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine. What sacrifice did Betsy Braddock make to save the X-Men?
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As the DC K.O. tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test. In the end, only the final four will remain.
DC K.O. unveils its Final Four. How many of our CXF brackets have survived?
As the DC K.O. tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test. In the end, only the final four will remain.
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January 14, 2026 at 8:00 PM
As the DC K.O. tournament reaches its endgame, the final eight combatants are put to the ultimate test. In the end, only the final four will remain.
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Remember when Doug Ramsey was addicted to the internet? Or when he briefly had the hots for Psylocke? Well I do, and I wrote about it all in an update to the Xavier Files entry for @comicsxf.com!
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January 14, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Remember when Doug Ramsey was addicted to the internet? Or when he briefly had the hots for Psylocke? Well I do, and I wrote about it all in an update to the Xavier Files entry for @comicsxf.com!
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New year, same Uncanny! Austin and I are back on UXM to happily talk about Nightcrawler and . . . I guess Mutina is here too.
Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.
Mutina interrupts Nightcrawler’s birthday in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #22
Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
New year, same Uncanny! Austin and I are back on UXM to happily talk about Nightcrawler and . . . I guess Mutina is here too.
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Check out this week's CXF Staff Picks, ft. comics by @peachmomoko.bsky.social @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social @patrickhorvath.bsky.social @charlessoule.bsky.social @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social and more!
Illustrator Peach Momoko assembles a collective of artists, all telling one story with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the multiverse.
Peach Momoko sends Sai on a journey and DC K.O. continues in this week’s CXF Staff Picks
Illustrator Peach Momoko assembles a collective of artists, all telling one story with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the multiverse.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Check out this week's CXF Staff Picks, ft. comics by @peachmomoko.bsky.social @ssnyder1835.bsky.social @kierongillen.bsky.social @patrickhorvath.bsky.social @charlessoule.bsky.social @joshuawilliamson.bsky.social and more!
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I made Nightcrawler into a slutty assassin/circus performer.
Check out what everyone else did in the article!
Check out what everyone else did in the article!
January 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I made Nightcrawler into a slutty assassin/circus performer.
Check out what everyone else did in the article!
Check out what everyone else did in the article!
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In the words of Katya, “Sexy priest, sexy priest, sexy priest!” Had such a blast making this redesign of everyone’s favorite furry, blue hot boy 💙😈💨
#Nightcrawler #XMen #characterdesign
#Nightcrawler #XMen #characterdesign
January 13, 2026 at 6:04 PM
In the words of Katya, “Sexy priest, sexy priest, sexy priest!” Had such a blast making this redesign of everyone’s favorite furry, blue hot boy 💙😈💨
#Nightcrawler #XMen #characterdesign
#Nightcrawler #XMen #characterdesign
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My friends did some excellent Nightcrawler designs you guys!
Check out hot new looks for Mr. Wagner from @rlwhitesart.bsky.social @isacoart.bsky.social @joshingtonbear.bsky.social and more!
Mein Gott! The Redesigning team has finally gotten to the fuzzy blue elf, the teleporting swashbuckler, the Draco himself, Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler!
January 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
My friends did some excellent Nightcrawler designs you guys!
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NEW TCXFIP! We're talking @darkhorse.com's Touched by a Demon (and bad Hallmark movies, and con selling etiquette, and ADD, and more) with @henchgirl.bsky.social!
Kristen Gudsnuk joins the show to talk about her new Dark Horse Comics series Touched by a Demon.
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Sooo much fun talking to @comicsxf.com !!!! Give it a listen!!!