This is really big news for wholesome Archie comics. The new boy on the block, Kevin Keller, is blonde with blue eyes and can apparently out eat Jughead (I'm already thinking Jughead and Kevin FOREVER!).
And this isn't just some innuendo they threw in there folks. Kevin comes and in his first strip and LITERALLY declares his sexuality in relation to Veronica's advances towards him.
Hilarity ensues.
Wanna see pics of the new guy? Check it out here: http://www.archiecomics.com/blog/news/2010/04/archie-comics-introduces-first-openly-gay-character.html
Why does Jubell care, you ask? Well my Grandmother collected Archie comics, my mother collected Archie comics, and I was head over heels into Archie comics when I was younger. I love the characters the premise, even the old blatantly sexist and ridiculous strips from the 50's. And Of course I loved Josie and Pussycats and Sabrina and such. Even my brother reads the Sonic comics made by the same company.
Archie is in my genes.
So seeing the comic make a major push into this decade (rather than skirting the issue) is like an example that to be gay isn't to be a deviant. If wholesome Riverdale can be a home for Kevin then it shows something...not sure how to explain. Anyone get what I'm trying to say?
I feel ya, Jubell. I grew up on Archie. This is very good news. Thanks for sharin it.
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