Cliff Cumber ☠️

I mentioned my new comics column for @fnp72Hours, The Long Box, right? Did I mention the Substack where I post the in-between stuff I can't fit in? I'll be posting pix, interviews, news & more about the regional small press & independent comics scene. thelongbox.substack.com

@MesyComics @VanguardComic @NeverIron @theawesomepod All right, Daniel: Baltimore Comic-Con, 2026. We'll expect you to be there.

@VanguardComic @NeverIron @cgcumber @theawesomepod Yes!! That would be epic!! The feeling is mutual but I have no clue when I could ever manage getting to the UK. Life with little kids and little money. 😆 You guys keep me going when the rest of the world has me wanting to hang it up. Appreciate the ACP beyond words.

It’s been a long while since I posted anything. I spent the day at Baltimore Comic Con with my pals @NeverIron and @cgcumber , and I couldn't have asked for a better time. We shared a couple of pints of milk over eggs and pancakes, walked the con, met some creators, dug through back-issue bins, bought some art, attended a panel, and capped the day off with laughs over dinner. It was exactly what I needed to restore my love of comics. To me, comics are about the books we love and the true friends we meet in the hobby—people who share our passion for the medium. The rest of it (much like the internet) is just noise and bullshit that should be ignored. I’ve been thinking about giving up social media and living life like it was 1994. It took getting together with real people—real friends—to remind me why I love comics and why I stay online. It’s for me, and for the very few people I’m lucky enough to call friends—even those of you I haven’t met in person. As for making money, gaining a following, or chasing popularity—I'm officially giving that up. Nothing captures the spirit of this cathartic reunion better than this awesome shirt gifted to me by Tony Esmond. I know nothing about soccer, but Millwall is now my team, and their chant is my chant: “No one likes us. We don’t care.” Millwall forever. Comics forever. The rest of my haul from the con is incoming....

Art appreciation, comics and why we need to leave Watchmen on the shelf, open.substack.com/pub/thelongbox…

@rubicon49bc He would occasionally bring his sons with him on trips.

why is the name of the channel plural?

@theawesomepod What are you wearing right now? Really? ... What kind of underwear?

For the next show, we're taking questions from you lovely listeners! From making comics to hot topics, we're ready to answer whatever you throw at us! #comics #comicbooks #podcast

Why are we still talking about Joe Biden?

Annnnd ... they've done it again and locked him out. Also, reaching anyone @HalifaxBank to try and advocate on my dad's behalf or get help is almost impossible. Even setting up a power of attorney from overseas is almost impossible due to the need for multiple signatories.

@HalifaxBank Hard to believe, but you've blocked my 90-year-old dad's account AGAIN! Well done. Well done.

@HalifaxBank @HalifaxBank One short visit (what, like an hour, max, of your employee's time?) and he can prove to you that he is who he is. I can even facilitate a time. I'll even join over Skype to help. Come on. Please? Do an old man in the final years of his life a solid.

@HalifaxBank Look, @halifaxbank, I know you have these security measures in place to protect customers like my dad but your overzealous security, rather than helping, is causing real harm. I share these pictures to put a face on one person you are affecting.

Hey @HalifaxBank would you please stop placing fraud alerts on my dad's account and locking it down! He's 89, lives alone in deep Cornwall, is barely mobile, can only just use the internet. Life is hard enough for him. I'm in the US and can only visit and help him occasionally

@HalifaxBank @HalifaxBank So how about a little old-fashioned customer service? Have someone at the St Austell branch (his bank) get out from behind their computer and go visit him? He just doesn't have it in him to spend a couple of hours on the blower answering endless security questions.

@HalifaxBank Oh, and if you need proof it's his account, I have all that information. Know why? Because when he got kicked out of his online account, I'm the one he turned to to get him back in. Now I have to head back to the US on Monday worrying that he'll be unable to access his money.

@HalifaxBank It's causing me some effing distress, too, mate.

@HalifaxBank And the block is ON HIS WHOLE ACCOUNT!

@VanguardComic @MrRiktus @mrmarkmillar @RECKLESS_IMBER Yeah, yeah, nevermind me (but thanks, Dan!) THIS!

@MrRiktus @mrmarkmillar @cgcumber @RECKLESS_IMBER A book written by Mark and drawn by you? It'd be awesome.

Name an AMAZING artist I haven't worked with yet and you'd like to see on a Millarworld book. Got a short thing I'm going to do later in the year and want to make it someone really special...

Also, thank you for making it so hard to contact you as a relative that I had to come back to this hell site again as my only recourse. 😞

... security measures. (Oh, we've been there and will never get those hours back.) So, as much as I hate to do it, maybe a little public shaming might just get you to help me help him because his life has been hard enough recently. Whaddaya say?

@HalifaxBank your overzealous security is really making it almost impossible to help him. He uses a flip phone,for God's sake and you want him to drive to a local branch with his ID to prove it's him.