The Long Box
Cliff "Keith" CumberOverthinking and overdrawing comics 24/7 since 1970. Probably part of the problem.
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When the influencers die, what fills the void?
“Come doused in mud, soaked in bleach
As I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend
As an old memoria …”— Nirvana, Come As You Are
I don’t really enjoy social media, but I do love a good TikTok video.
Now you know my fi...
PRINT IS DEAD! PRINT IS DEAD! ARGHH!
A quieter but revealing panel at the now-concluded San Diego Comic-Con ‘26 leaned into a question the comic-book industry keeps orbiting: Why have print comics held on while nearly every other medium has drifted online?
The conversation br...
Cult comics and cults that made comics
“I do a lot of thinking and the thinking is fine.”
— Robyn Hitchcock, I Am This Thing
I once joked that I’d like to form a cult. My friends even made me a desk plaque with “Cult of Q” on it. I never realized I could have just used co...
Cut off nose; spite face. It's the Marvel/DC way.
I have a lot of questions about comics. One I tackled in this week’s print column (available in, 72 Hours, the arts and culture magazine of The Frederick News-Post): Why are the biggest publishers in comics terrified of new ideas?
OK, that...
Short on output, long on legacy
My comics collection isn’t huge by any means. I have about three full shelves cluttered with a random assortment of mostly U.S. titles gathered back when I did seriously collect comics. That was a short era, maybe a half dozen years when I...
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Comic artist, communications professional and columnist behind The Long Box monthly in 72 Hours, the arts and culture magazine of The Frederick News-Post, a community newspaper in Frederick, Maryland. Suburban dad vibes.
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