The Long Box
Cliff "Keith" CumberOverthinking and overdrawing comics 24/7 since 1970. Probably part of the problem.
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Frank Miller, Robyn Hitchcock and the art of pushing the wall
“The real me is just screaming; that’s how I keep going.”
— Robyn Hitchcock, Sex, Food, Death and Insects (2007)
MILLER
You may not think that Frank Miller would be a good topic for a my small column on comics and my independen...
Baltimore Comic-Con and a car crash
Here we are
Burning up in our cars
And in our hearts
Better days
— The Answer, UNKLE, Big in Japan
And that’s how the weekend ended. In a smoke-filled car, dazed, sitting in a bike lane on Baltimore’s Charles Street.
The...
A freebie giveaway for the Baltimore Comic-Con
What shall we do, what shall we do
With all this useless beauty?
All this useless beauty?
— Elvis Costello & the Attractions, All This Useless Beauty
The Baltimore Comic-Con begins at 1 p.m. Friday, and I will be there along with my F...
Returning to Stardust, AI and human fallibility
“You’ve never made a lick of sense, Stardust.”
— The Editor, Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology.
I promised a while back that I would take a look at the Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology as a quick follow-up to a longer column on the...
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...
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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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