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Kev Keller, the seri' first gay character, is now an jured Iraqi War vet who marri his doctor. * archie gay wedding *

Archie’s gog to a weddg — a gay weddg. Last year, Archie Comics, the ic dtry’s embodiment of wholome Amerina, crossed an important bridge when troduced s first gay character, Kev Keller.

Keller is gettg his own solo seri startg Febary 2012 that will see the character get elected print of Riverdale High School and face the challenge of beg an openly gay teen. The Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) praised the storyle and nomated Keller’s creator Dan Parent for an award 2011.

A ltle more than a year after troducg the seri’ first gay character, Archie Comics is celebratg s first same-sex weddg. 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.

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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. * archie gay wedding *

(MORE: Archie Comics Introduc First 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' first-ever gay weddg.

The Life Wh Archie #16 ic, which the character beme the first gay character to wed the longnng Archie Comics seri, sold out of stor, s publisher’s -CEO Jon Goldwater announced a prs release. He’s also the subject of his own brand new ic seri, which tracks his teenage years as an openly gay high school stunt.

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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.

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. Related: Archie Comics’ gay pal Kev Keller is gettg married.

ARCHIE COMICS’ FIRST-EVER GAY WEDDG

Jan. 31 - The popular ic book pany, Archie Comics, featur s first gay weddg after over 70 years of publitns. Tara Cleary reports." class="next-head * archie gay wedding *

In 2010, Archie Comics troduced the first-ever gay character s seri’ 70 year history, Kev Keller. Check out this ver om the heavily anticipated Life Wh Archie gay weddg! Gay soldier Kev Keller, whose character's troductn the Veroni seri was the first-ever Archie ic to sell out last September, will be tyg the knot wh handsome be, Clay Walker, early 2012.

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The ntroversial “Life Wh Archie” #16, which featur a gay weddg, has sold out acrdg [...] * archie gay wedding *

"Though the ic is geared toward a young, ls mature dience, the weddg (and Kev and Clay's velopg married life together) will not skirt key issu that affect the gay muny at large. "This story touch upon a number of topil issu, " said Goldwater, "cludg DADT, gay marriage and really nnects wh my over-archg msage about Riverdale: It's a safe place that is welg to everyone, and will always be that.

The ntroversial “Life Wh Archie” #16, which featur a gay weddg, has sold out acrdg [... The ntroversial "Life Wh Archie" #16, which featur a gay weddg, has sold out acrdg to Archie Comics.

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Archie Comics' next step for their much discsed new character se gay Riverdale teen Kev Keller walk down the aisle a war hero the pag of "Life Wh Archie," and CBR has the si story. * archie gay wedding *

"Life Wh Archie" #16 centers on Kev Keller, the first gay character Riverdale.

Archie Comics' next step for their much discsed new character se gay Riverdale teen Kev Keller walk down the aisle a war hero the pag of "Life Wh Archie, " and CBR has the si story. Archie's popular gay teen Kev Keller ti the knot "Life Wh Archie" JanuaryThe but of Kev Keller to the world of Archie Comics has been nothg if not a whirlwd of activy.

Sce the troductn of the gay teenager to the pag of their "Veroni" tle, the character has lnched his own mi seri, nnected wh his U. While certa segments of the public may balk at the ia of what they see as a kids ic alg wh gay marriage, both Goldwater and Kupperberg were more than ready to hear whatever reactns are head their way. Kupperberg says the stori will matter as long as they rema about a character who happens to be gay and is not jt phg an agenda.

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"The problem when the character be all about beg gay stead of jt beg a person who happens to be gay, " Kupperberg said. The highly-anticipated gay weddg issue of Archie Comics has fally been revealed. The January issue's ver illtratn shows Kev Keller, Riverdale's first openly gay character who is also an active U.

LIFE WH ARCHIE GAY WEDDG ISSUE SELLS OUT

Kev Keller, the first gay character the history of the Archie ics, was troduced to Riverdale and the world April of last year. Kev quickly beme one of the most popula... * archie gay wedding *

In Life Wh Archie #16, which looks at the world of a twenty-somthg Archie st has recently created gay character Kev Keller returng om war to get married to his partner Riverdale. Is this proof that gay marriage do stroy tradnal marriage after all?

The Date's Set for a Gay Weddg 'Archie'. Posted : Comics | Tagged: archie, Comics, gay, kev keller, race, soldier, weddgPublished Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:09:01 -0600 | Last updated Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:08:47 -0600 | This is the new ver to the upg Life Wh Archie #16, the ic which envisns possible futur for Archie characters. And this upg issue featur the gay ter racial weddg of soldier Kev Keller and his tend.

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The creative team behd the much-anticipated gay weddg issue of Archie Comics is speakg out about s publitn. Although the January issue picts Kev Keller -- Riverdale's first openly gay character who is also an active U.

State media censors Sgapore have banned the sale of an Archie ic book for s ank prentatn of gay marriage, a matter that remas socially taboo and legally verboten Southeast Asia’s most veloped state. The third stallment Archie: The Married Life, one of several spoff seri the multifar Archie universe, featur the weddg of Kev Keller, a gay character whose creatn 2010 earned wrer Dan Parent a GLAAD Media Award last year.

KEV KELLER, GAY ARCHIE CHARACTER, GETS MARRIED IN JANUARY ISSUE (PHOTO)

) As cric Alyssa Rosenberg noted Wednday The Washgton Post, the 75-year-old ic book anchise has recent years adopted a distctly polil subtext, takg on issu of topil signifince as they e: Kev, a gay solir, was troduced as the Obama admistratn was liberatg the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell; Archie’s terracial marriage ma the ver 2012.

” In s guil for imported publitns, the MDA prohibs ics and other illtrated material that pict or discs “alternative liftyl or viant sexual practic, ” listg homosexualy as an example of such (alongsi “group sex and sadomasochism”). Concerng the recent purge of homosexual ntent, though, the rtrictns may not be pletely unwele. A year after troducg Riverdale’s first gay character, Kev Keller, Archie Comics is showg his marriage to an Ain-Amerin physil therapist named Clay Walker.

Archie Comics have e a long way… troducg s first gay character last year and now, featurg a same-sex marriage.

ARCHIE COMICS' FIRST GAY WEDDG

Kev Keller was the first gay character the Archie Comics, and now, he’s gettg married.

Last Updated: January 09, 2012, 16:48 ISTIn the new seri, Archie is seen attendg Kev Keller and Clay Walker weddg wh After troducg s first gay character, Archie Comics has now featured the same-sex weddg between Kev Keller and partner Clay Walker on s ont ver for the first time. Kev, the first gay character of the seri, was troduced to the rears April 2010.

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