A ltle more than a year after troducg the seri’ first gay character, Archie Comics is celebratg s first same-sex weddg. In Sept. 2010 the seri troduced s first openly gay character, Kev Keller, to much excement (and some prott) an issue of Veroni.
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- ARCHIE, BELOVED IC BOOK IN, DI SAVG GAY IEND
- ARCHIE GAY MARRIAGE IC SELLS OUT FACE OF BOYTT LL
- JT MARRIED: ARCHIE COMICS’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER WEDS DOCTOR BE
- ARCHIE COMICS' GAY TURN: AN EXPLAER
- THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF ARCHIE COMICS' GAY CHARACTER
- ARCHIE COMICS ANNOUNC NEW GAY CHARACTER
- ARCHIE COMICS TO TRODUCE GAY CHARACTER, RTOONIST SAYS [UPDATED]
- COMIC CHARACTER ARCHIE WILL DIE SAVG GAY BT IEND OM ASSASSATNCOMIC CHARACTER ARCHIE WILL DIE SAVG GAY BT IEND OM ASSASSATN
- SGAPORE HAS BANNED AN ARCHIE COMIC FOR DEPICTG A GAY WEDDG
- WHO IS ARCHIE GAY CHARACTER?
ARCHIE, BELOVED IC BOOK IN, DI SAVG GAY IEND
In Wednday’s stallment of “Life wh Archie," the eckle-faced redhead di takg a bullet meant for Kev Keller, the seri’s first openly gay character * archie gay comic *
However, Kev did not reciprote the feelgs, revealg later on that this was bee he is gay, markg a tone for the imprt as s first character to intify as part of the LGBTQ+ muny. Kev is picted as beg openly gay the seri as well, formg relatnships wh other characters such as Moose Mason (Cody Kearsley) and Fangs Fogarty (Drew Ray Tanner).
"The troductn of Kev, Archie Comics first gay character, igned rears and fans across the untry and 's a ttament to Dan's creative work that Kev is such a posive and everlastg fixture the world of Riverdale. Related: Archie Comics’ gay pal Kev Keller is gettg married.
In 2010, Archie Comics troduced the first-ever gay character s seri’ 70 year history, Kev Keller.
ARCHIE GAY MARRIAGE IC SELLS OUT FACE OF BOYTT LL
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Kev Keller, the seri’ first openly gay character.
Dpe attempts by a nservative Amerin mothers' group to have pulled om sale, the new Archie ic, which featur a gay marriage, has jt sold out. Its publisher scribed the marriage of Kev Keller, the seri' first gay character, the latt issue as "a historic moment", announcg yterday that the Life wh Archie #16 had sold strong sal follow a ll om the Amerin Fay Associatn's webse One Milln Moms for Toys R Us to stop sellg the new Archie issue.
JT MARRIED: ARCHIE COMICS’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER WEDS DOCTOR BE
Riverdale High School, the stompg ground of ic book legend Archie Andrews, will open s doors to s first openly gay stunt. * archie gay comic *
Homosexualy is a topic which is "too plited" for children to unrstand, say the mothers, and "a trip to the toy store turns to a premature discsn on sexual orientatn and is pletely unlled for" Archie Comics -chief executive John Goldwater has said that the pany "stands by" the new issue. "Announcg yterday that the Kev Keller issue had sold out, Goldwater said that Archie's fans "have e out full force to support" the gay character. A ltle more than a year after troducg the seri’ first gay character, Archie Comics is celebratg s first same-sex weddg.
ARCHIE COMICS' GAY TURN: AN EXPLAER
2010 the seri troduced s first openly gay character, Kev Keller, to much excement (and some prott) an issue of Veroni. Rather than make a big to-do about his sexualy, he rather matter-of-factly tells Jughead he’s not terted Veroni bee (sadly, for her) he’s gay. (MORE: Archie Comics Introduc First Gay Character).
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF ARCHIE COMICS' GAY CHARACTER
Keller has been treated like any other heterosexual character the seri, wh ups and down his datg life, a rich, tailed fay life, and reer aspiratns—which has been praised by the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn and rears alike. I appld Archie for creatg a character where beg gay isn’t a pejorative and showg that ’s possible for the Riverdale characters to teract wh Kev as they would teract wh any other person.
ARCHIE COMICS ANNOUNC NEW GAY CHARACTER
The reactn to Thursday's announcement that Archie Comics' Riverdale High would now clu a gay stunt was as predictable as, well, an Archie Comics plot: hand-wrgg and high-fivg, raised eyebrows and rolled ey.
I'm gay! Kev Keller, 's worth notg, isn't the first openly gay character Amerin ic books by a very long shot -- he's jt the first character to say "I'm gay" on a panel an Archie ic book.
ARCHIE COMICS TO TRODUCE GAY CHARACTER, RTOONIST SAYS [UPDATED]
Han Blackman will be, as far as I n tell, the first ongog superhero ic book wh an openly gay tle character and a Marvel or DC logo on s ver -- but "ongog, " "superhero, " "openly, " "gay, " "tle character" and "Marvel or DC logo" are all qualifiers that scriptn, bee otherwise Starman or Renee Montoya or Freedom Rg or Midnighter or any number of other possibili got there first.
COMIC CHARACTER ARCHIE WILL DIE SAVG GAY BT IEND OM ASSASSATNCOMIC CHARACTER ARCHIE WILL DIE SAVG GAY BT IEND OM ASSASSATN
The social fabric of high school is gog to clu gay people, and the sooner kids (and agg llectors) take that as much for granted as they do the Archie/Betty/Veroni love triangle, the better.
(Hontly, somebody prottg a fictnal character's entirely chaste homosexualy would be the bt possible publicy for this project. And 2003, playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sasa -- who's also wrten for Marvel Comics and "Big Love" -- wrote a play lled "Archie's Weird Fantasy, " which volved olr, gay versns of the Archie characters, and was blocked by a cease-and-sist orr shortly before s premiere.
SGAPORE HAS BANNED AN ARCHIE COMIC FOR DEPICTG A GAY WEDDG
Even if Kev sticks around, 's hard to image him havg a role beyond "the token gay guy.
Sce he was the first gay character the storied history of Archie Comics, Kev's first appearance ma worldwi headl, and his explosive populary propelled him to his own mi-seri followed by a long-nng solo he's been featured as a supportive player the recently rebooted Archie flagship ic tle, Kev will once aga take center stage starrg his own ic book -- this time as a special digal seri, Life Wh Kev, butg Advote sat down wh Kev's creator, wrer-artist Dan Parent, to fd out what's Kev's been up to and where he's Advote: How do feel to have Kev Keller back his own solo book aga?
WHO IS ARCHIE GAY CHARACTER?
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Openly gay Kev Keller jos Archie and the Gang ic book's September edn When Kev beats Jughead a burger-eatg ntt, Veroni falls for him "Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone, " says Archie Comics -CEO (CNN) -- Riverdale High School, the stompg ground of ic book legend Archie Andrews, will open s doors to s first openly gay stunt.