The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 373: Halloween Special 2025 – The State of Horror

Friends of the show Rob Lynch and Will Nevin join Dan and Matt to talk about all things horror, from the best movies (Sinners, Weapons) to the best comics (anthologies, anthologies, anthologies).

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Dan Grote is the editor and publisher of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Follow him @danielpgrote.bsky.social.

Matt Lazorwitz read his first comic at the age of 5. It was Who's Who in the DC Universe #2, featuring characters whose names begin with B, which explains so much about his Batman obsession. He writes about comics he loves, and co-hosts the podcasts BatChat with Matt & Will and The ComicsXF Interview Podcast.

Rob Lynch

Will Nevin loves bourbon and AP style and gets paid to teach one of those things. He is on Twitter far too often.