Archie Comics To Debut First Gay Character - WSJ

Contents:

• ARCHIE COMICS’ GAY CHARACTER KEV KELLER MOV FROM RIVERDALE TO NEW YORK EXCLIVE PREVIEW PAG
• THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF ARCHIE COMICS' GAY CHARACTER
• ARCHIE COMICS' GAY TEEN GROWS UP, FALLY DAT, TALKS HIV — AND GO TO TV?
• ARCHIE COMICS FEATUR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG
• ARCHIE COMICS TO TRODUCE GAY CHARACTER, RTOONIST SAYS [UPDATED]
• ARCHIE COMICS ANNOUNC NEW GAY CHARACTER
• ARCHIE COMICS' GAY KISS A POKE AT REAL NTROVERSY
• ARCHIE COMICS TO DEBUT FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• ARCHIE, BELOVED IC BOOK IN, DI SAVG GAY IEND
• ARCHIE COMICS UNVEILS GAY CHARACTER
• ARCHIE COMICS TRODUCE THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER. AND GUS WHAT? HE'S A TOTAL BALDW.
• ARCHIE GO GAYBY BRETT BERKAPRIL 26, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE GANG AT ARCHIE COMICS, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGT-NNG AND MOST POPULAR IC BOOKS EVER, HAS FALLY CID TO QUEER THGS UP A LTLE. THIS FALL, AN OPENLY GAY TEENAGER, KEV KELLER—A HUNKY YOUNG TRANSFER STUNT WH A SQUARE JAW AND A FURROWED BLOND HAIRDO THAT LOOKS NOT UNLIKE A GILD RO MIRROR AME—WILL ENROLL AT RIVERDALE HIGH, IMMEDIATELY DRAWG THE ATTENTN OF BOYS AND GIRLS ALIKE. I SEE THIS AS FURTHER EVINCE OF GLEE’S FLUENCE AS THE GAYT THG TO H THE MASTREAM SCE MANSPG (AND THE PENULTIMATE STEP THE HOMOSEXUAL TAKEOVER OF AMERI). NOW THAT CHRIS COLFER (“KURT”) IS THE NATN’S SWEETHEART, EVERY NOCENT BASTN OF TEENAGER-DOM IS STGGLG TO GET S OWN LTLE HOMO. OBVLY, I SUPPORT THIS ENAVOR. GAY KIDS ARE EVERYWHERE, AND THEY SERVE TO SEE THEMSELV STEREOTYPILLY PORTRAYED AS HOT, POPULAR, BODY-OBSSED, VAPID, AND TWO-DIMENSNAL JT LIKE EVERY OTHER PICTN OF YOUNG PEOPLE POPULAR CULTURE. BUT THIS KEV CHARACTER BEGS A FEW QUTNS ABOUT THE ARCHIE-VERSE.1) IS HE REALLY FIRST? THE LAST TIME I READ AN ARCHIE IC, I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT. THEY HAD THEM THE WAG AREA OF THIS WEIRD FAY RTRANT WE ED TO GO TO SUBURBAN DETRO LLED BILL KNAPP'S, WHERE THEY SERVED THIS TENDON-Y CHICKEN AND BISCUS, AND WHERE YOU ULD GET A EE CHOLATE KE IF YOU ME ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. ANYWAY, AS FAR AS I N REMEMBER, THE ENTIRE PLOT OF NEARLY EVERY STORYLE REVOLVED AROUND AN IMPLIED THREE-WAY BETWEEN THE EPONYMO ARCHIE, BTE HEIRS VERONI, AND FLAXEN-HAIRED GIRL-NEXT-DOOR BETTY. MAYBE GIRL-ON-GIRL ACTN LIKE THIS DON’T UNT AS "GAY." OR MAYBE, SCE THE LADI NEVER OFFICIALLY CLARED THEMSELV TO BE LBIANS, KEV IS THE FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER.WHEN’S THE MOVIE G OUT? ARCHIE HAS BEEN LEFT LANGUISHG WHILE LERALLY EVERY OTHER IC BOOK EVER WRTEN—AND SOME THAT AREN’T EVEN FISHED YET—HAS BEEN MA TO A MAJOR MOTN PICTURE. WHY? BEE THE SERI IS ENTIRELY LACKG BLOOD-SPLATTERG VLENCE, BROODG AND PRSIVE PROTAGONISTS, SK-TIGHT STUM, ERSATZ SUPERPOWERS, HTS AT SEXUAL ISSN, OR NE YEAR-OLDS NSTANTLY SAYG CUNT AND MOTHER-FUCKER LIKE THEY HAVE A TOURETTIAN TIC. INSTEAD, ’S ABOUT A BUNCH OF SIPID, AVERAGE FOOLS WHO DON’T DO ANYTHG BUT DRIVE AROUND, DRK ICE CREAM SODAS, AND OTHERWISE ACT LIKE THEY JT PED OM A DULLED-DOWN VERSN OF BETTY DRAPER’S ADOLCENCE, OR SOME SORT OF VTAGE MCTEEN VENDG MACHE. NOW THAT THEY’VE GOT A GAY, THEY HAVE AN EDGY, -URANT “PROBLEM” AROUND WHICH THEY N BUILD SOMETHG THAT ULD POTENTIALLY REMBLE A PLOT. (ATTENTN STG DIRECTORS: KELLAN LUTZ WOULD MAKE A GREAT KEV, PECIALLY IF HE TAK LOTS OF SHOWERS.)WHO’S HE GOG TO GET WH? IN KEV'S GURAL ISSUE, VERONI GO ALL BONKERS FOR THE SUPER-CREAMY NEWER, AND HE HAS TO LET HER DOWN EASY BY EXPLAG THAT, WHEN TO BREAKFAST, HE PREFERS LKS OVER PATTI. SPEAKG OF MEAT, THIS LEAV KEV SURVEYG THE BUFFET THE BOYS’ LOCKER ROOM FOR A LIKELY SNACK. LET’S EXAME THE OFFERGS AND TRY TO TERME WHERE THE FOOD PYRAMID HE SHOULD SK HIS TEETH.ARCHIE. IS THE WHOLE MENAGE-A-TROIS ANY REALLY JT AN OVER-PENSATORY SMOKCREEN? EVEN IF, AS MOR HAS , ARCHIE JT LIKE TO WATCH, GIVEN HIS BRAH-TASTIC FAD-JEANS-AND-UNTUCKED-SHIRT ENSEMBLE, MY GAYDAR SAYS,“NO.”JUGHEAD. HIS DORKY CROWN READS AS MORE "PRCE" THAN "QUEEN," AND I THK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE KIDS WERE REALLY REFERRG TO WHEN THEY NICKNAMED HIM NEEDLE NOSE. KEV SAYS, "PASS."REGGIE. HE’S HANDSOME, ATHLETIC, AND HAS THE BIEBER-QUE “HOT BOVER." ALSO, HE LOV TO PULL PRANKS, LIKE OTHER FAMOLY EFFETE TRICKSTERS (BUGS BUNNY, PK PANTHER, JACK SPARROW, TYLER PERRY). BUT WOULD NEARLY 70 YEARS OF ONE-NOTE PLOTL IF HE SUDNLY WASN’T PETG FOR VERONI’S AMORO ATTENTNS, AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE IC BE ABOUT?MOOSE. AN ALL-STAR ATHLETE WHO’S AS SWEET AS A KTEN: TOTAL THREE-BEER-QUEER. I SEE A SENR YEAR FILLED WH DNKEN TANGL THE BACK OF A TCK. BUT MOOSE’S BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTATN AND SHAMEFUL MONDAY MORNG IGNOMY ISN’T THE LOVE KEV SEEKS OR SERV.DILTON. HE’S A BPECTACLED BRAIAC WHO IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP “TUTOR” OTHER STUNTS—PECIALLY MOOSE. A NTERED PEOPLE PLEASER, HE SEEMS LIKE HE’D BE WILLG TO DO WHATEVER TAK TO GA SOCIAL PAL. KEV MIGHT PLUCK A FEW ELEMENTS OM HIS PERDIC TABLE, BUT WOULD PROBABLY QUICKLY TIRE OF HIS SPERATE BOTTOM ACT.CHUCK. HE’S BLACK, HE’S SHAPE, HE’S AN ARTIST, AND—ACRDG TO HIS ONLE B—HIS GIRLIEND NANCY OFTEN GETS PISSED AT “TAKG A BACK SEAT TO HIS OTHER TERTS.” SISTER, I HATE TO BE THE ONE TO BREAK TO YOU, BUT YOUR MAN IS ON THE DL. GAY AND TERRACIAL! THIS IS JT THE KD OF HEAT THE ARCHIE BRAND NEEDS TO MAKE RELEVANT FOR GENERATN G (GAGA, GLEE, AND GOSSIP GIRL). CHUCKY GETS LUCKY![IMAG: ARCHIE COMIC PUBLITNS INC.]BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONBRETT BERK
• ARCHIE COMICS’ GAY WEDDG ISSUE SELLS OUT DPE PROTT
• ARCHIE COMICS’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER
• WHO IS ARCHIE GAY CHARACTER?
• ARCHIE, MARVEL ICS TRODUCE OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AS CULTURE CHANG

ARCHIE COMICS’ GAY CHARACTER KEV KELLER MOV FROM RIVERDALE TO NEW YORK EXCLIVE PREVIEW PAG

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. 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. Homosexual, bisexual, asexual, transgenr, and siarly-intified characters should be listed unr this tegory.

THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF ARCHIE COMICS' GAY CHARACTER

Kev was the Archie universe’s first openly gay character, garnerg mastream headl when wrer/artist Dan Parent troduced him the pag of Veroni 2010.

Asi om beg gay, what mak Kev unique the Archie non? 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?

ARCHIE COMICS' GAY TEEN GROWS UP, FALLY DAT, TALKS HIV — AND GO TO TV?

LIFE WITH KEVIN #1Six years ago, Archie Comics ma history wh s first openly gay character, Kev Keller, "Isn't Bromantic, " which ran Veroni Comics Issue 202. ”Parent says 's a pleasure and a privilege to be able to tell a posive story about a young gay character, who is not fed by his sexualy — but don't have to hi om eher. 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.

In an terview at C2E2 wh gay podst Feast of Fun, longtime Archie Comics rtoonist Dan Parent sually revealed that September's Veroni #202 will feature the troductn of a gay character named Kev Keller. He's gay. 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.

ARCHIE COMICS FEATUR FIRST EVER GAY WEDDG

It jt mak sense to have an openly gay character Archie ic books, " said Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics -CEO. I'm gay, " the new character says.

This ic book image released by Archie Comics shows issue 10 of "Kev Keller" featurg openly-gay character Kev Keller, right, kissg his boyiend Devon. (AP Photo/Archie Comics)It's jt a quick kiss, but 's a long step forward for Archie Comics' only openly gay character Kev Riverdale teen fds his life turned upsi down after lockg lips wh his boyiend, Devon, Pop Tate's der, drawg the ire of at least one disapprovg Riverdale woman "gets very offend and kd of pch a b of a f, " said Dan Parent, who wr and draws the issue, "Kev Keller" No.

ARCHIE COMICS TO TRODUCE GAY CHARACTER, RTOONIST SAYS [UPDATED]

' Jt like when Kev first told Jughead he was gay, was the natural urse of nversatn, " said Goldwater. The ic, which dat to the 1940s and for s has revolved around a love triangle between Archie Andrews and Riverdale High classmat Betty and Veroni, is butg s first openly gay character. The new stunt, Kev Keller, is schled to appear issue #202, out September, and will add diversy to a Riverdale muny that has been cricized as beg too homogeneo.

Kev Keller, the seri’ first openly gay character. Riverdale High is gettg s first gay Comics announced Thursday that an issue out Sept.

1, the long-nng ic will troduce s first "openly gay" character, Kev strappg blond will feat Jughead a burger eatg ntt, w the affectn of Veroni and wrtle over how to gently rebuff her Goldwater, -CEO of Archie Comics, says the iApril 27, 2010, 6:46 PM UTC / Source: The Associated PrsRiverdale High is gettg s first gay Comics announced Thursday that an issue out Sept. 1, the long-nng ic will troduce s first "openly gay" character, Kev strappg blond will feat Jughead a burger eatg ntt, w the affectn of Veroni and wrtle over how to gently rebuff her Goldwater, -CEO of Archie Comics, says the troductn of Kev is "about keepg the world of Archie Comics current and clive. Image Cred: Archie Comics Publitns Jt days after we learned Archie and his pals would be GTL-g Riverdale Shore, a new ic spired by the Jersey Shore, Archie Comics announced they would be shakg up their seri another, far more progrsive way: They will troduce the seri' first openly gay character, a hunky du named Kev Keller, this September.

ARCHIE COMICS ANNOUNC NEW GAY CHARACTER

This fall, an openly gay teenager, Kev Keller—a hunky young transfer stunt wh a square jaw and a furrowed blond hairdo that looks not unlike a gild Ro mirror ame—will enroll at Riverdale High, immediately drawg the attentn of boys and girls alike. I see this as further evince of Glee’s fluence as the gayt thg to h the mastream sce manspg (and the penultimate step the homosexual takeover of Ameri).

ARCHIE COMICS' GAY KISS A POKE AT REAL NTROVERSY

Now that Chris Colfer (“Kurt”) is the natn’s sweetheart, every nocent bastn of teenager-dom is stgglg to get s own ltle homo.

ARCHIE COMICS TO DEBUT FIRST GAY CHARACTER

Gay kids are everywhere, and they serve to see themselv stereotypilly portrayed as hot, popular, body-obssed, vapid, and two-dimensnal jt like every other pictn of young people popular culture.

ARCHIE, BELOVED IC BOOK IN, DI SAVG GAY IEND

Maybe girl-on-girl actn like this don’t unt as "gay. " Or maybe, sce the ladi never officially clared themselv to be lbians, Kev is the first out gay ’s the movie g out?

Now that they’ve got a gay, they have an edgy, -urant “problem” around which they n build somethg that uld potentially remble a plot. Even if, as mor has , Archie jt like to watch, given his brah-tastic fad-jeans-and-untucked-shirt ensemble, my gaydar says, “No. Gay and terracial!

]Brett Berk wr gaily about culture, polics, and rs for, and is the thor of The Gay Uncle’s Gui to Parentg.

ARCHIE COMICS UNVEILS GAY CHARACTER

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. It’s te: Archie Comics has troduced s first openly gay character to the gang.

Over the years, there have been a few characters that eher are created specifilly to be gay or have dropped some hts along the way as to whether or not they are gay:. Peppermt Patti: This Peanuts character has the nickname “sir, ” but we really don’t thk that’s enough to say whether Patti’s gay or not.

ARCHIE COMICS TRODUCE THEIR FIRST OPENLY GAY CHARACTER. AND GUS WHAT? HE'S A TOTAL BALDW.

We thk ’s totally OK to be gay, straight, bisexual or whatever you choose to be! Dear Dish-It: My BFF is Gay. at arms, wh some wonrg their favore bumblg character had to be gay and others embracg the ia.

Keller was the gay character when the producers sought to revamp the show. Explore the Archie Comics Gay Character Onle. gay.

If you are a gay man yourself, you probably had a chance at ic books like Archie and.

ARCHIE GO GAYBY BRETT BERKAPRIL 26, 2010SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVETHE GANG AT ARCHIE COMICS, ONE OF THE WORLD’S LONGT-NNG AND MOST POPULAR IC BOOKS EVER, HAS FALLY CID TO QUEER THGS UP A LTLE. THIS FALL, AN OPENLY GAY TEENAGER, KEV KELLER—A HUNKY YOUNG TRANSFER STUNT WH A SQUARE JAW AND A FURROWED BLOND HAIRDO THAT LOOKS NOT UNLIKE A GILD RO MIRROR AME—WILL ENROLL AT RIVERDALE HIGH, IMMEDIATELY DRAWG THE ATTENTN OF BOYS AND GIRLS ALIKE. I SEE THIS AS FURTHER EVINCE OF GLEE’S FLUENCE AS THE GAYT THG TO H THE MASTREAM SCE MANSPG (AND THE PENULTIMATE STEP THE HOMOSEXUAL TAKEOVER OF AMERI). NOW THAT CHRIS COLFER (“KURT”) IS THE NATN’S SWEETHEART, EVERY NOCENT BASTN OF TEENAGER-DOM IS STGGLG TO GET S OWN LTLE HOMO. OBVLY, I SUPPORT THIS ENAVOR. GAY KIDS ARE EVERYWHERE, AND THEY SERVE TO SEE THEMSELV STEREOTYPILLY PORTRAYED AS HOT, POPULAR, BODY-OBSSED, VAPID, AND TWO-DIMENSNAL JT LIKE EVERY OTHER PICTN OF YOUNG PEOPLE POPULAR CULTURE. BUT THIS KEV CHARACTER BEGS A FEW QUTNS ABOUT THE ARCHIE-VERSE.1) IS HE REALLY FIRST? THE LAST TIME I READ AN ARCHIE IC, I WAS PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT. THEY HAD THEM THE WAG AREA OF THIS WEIRD FAY RTRANT WE ED TO GO TO SUBURBAN DETRO LLED BILL KNAPP'S, WHERE THEY SERVED THIS TENDON-Y CHICKEN AND BISCUS, AND WHERE YOU ULD GET A EE CHOLATE KE IF YOU ME ON YOUR BIRTHDAY. ANYWAY, AS FAR AS I N REMEMBER, THE ENTIRE PLOT OF NEARLY EVERY STORYLE REVOLVED AROUND AN IMPLIED THREE-WAY BETWEEN THE EPONYMO ARCHIE, BTE HEIRS VERONI, AND FLAXEN-HAIRED GIRL-NEXT-DOOR BETTY. MAYBE GIRL-ON-GIRL ACTN LIKE THIS DON’T UNT AS "GAY." OR MAYBE, SCE THE LADI NEVER OFFICIALLY CLARED THEMSELV TO BE LBIANS, KEV IS THE FIRST OUT GAY CHARACTER.WHEN’S THE MOVIE G OUT? ARCHIE HAS BEEN LEFT LANGUISHG WHILE LERALLY EVERY OTHER IC BOOK EVER WRTEN—AND SOME THAT AREN’T EVEN FISHED YET—HAS BEEN MA TO A MAJOR MOTN PICTURE. WHY? BEE THE SERI IS ENTIRELY LACKG BLOOD-SPLATTERG VLENCE, BROODG AND PRSIVE PROTAGONISTS, SK-TIGHT STUM, ERSATZ SUPERPOWERS, HTS AT SEXUAL ISSN, OR NE YEAR-OLDS NSTANTLY SAYG CUNT AND MOTHER-FUCKER LIKE THEY HAVE A TOURETTIAN TIC. INSTEAD, ’S ABOUT A BUNCH OF SIPID, AVERAGE FOOLS WHO DON’T DO ANYTHG BUT DRIVE AROUND, DRK ICE CREAM SODAS, AND OTHERWISE ACT LIKE THEY JT PED OM A DULLED-DOWN VERSN OF BETTY DRAPER’S ADOLCENCE, OR SOME SORT OF VTAGE MCTEEN VENDG MACHE. NOW THAT THEY’VE GOT A GAY, THEY HAVE AN EDGY, -URANT “PROBLEM” AROUND WHICH THEY N BUILD SOMETHG THAT ULD POTENTIALLY REMBLE A PLOT. (ATTENTN STG DIRECTORS: KELLAN LUTZ WOULD MAKE A GREAT KEV, PECIALLY IF HE TAK LOTS OF SHOWERS.)WHO’S HE GOG TO GET WH? IN KEV'S GURAL ISSUE, VERONI GO ALL BONKERS FOR THE SUPER-CREAMY NEWER, AND HE HAS TO LET HER DOWN EASY BY EXPLAG THAT, WHEN TO BREAKFAST, HE PREFERS LKS OVER PATTI. SPEAKG OF MEAT, THIS LEAV KEV SURVEYG THE BUFFET THE BOYS’ LOCKER ROOM FOR A LIKELY SNACK. LET’S EXAME THE OFFERGS AND TRY TO TERME WHERE THE FOOD PYRAMID HE SHOULD SK HIS TEETH.ARCHIE. IS THE WHOLE MENAGE-A-TROIS ANY REALLY JT AN OVER-PENSATORY SMOKCREEN? EVEN IF, AS MOR HAS , ARCHIE JT LIKE TO WATCH, GIVEN HIS BRAH-TASTIC FAD-JEANS-AND-UNTUCKED-SHIRT ENSEMBLE, MY GAYDAR SAYS,“NO.”JUGHEAD. HIS DORKY CROWN READS AS MORE "PRCE" THAN "QUEEN," AND I THK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE KIDS WERE REALLY REFERRG TO WHEN THEY NICKNAMED HIM NEEDLE NOSE. KEV SAYS, "PASS."REGGIE. HE’S HANDSOME, ATHLETIC, AND HAS THE BIEBER-QUE “HOT BOVER." ALSO, HE LOV TO PULL PRANKS, LIKE OTHER FAMOLY EFFETE TRICKSTERS (BUGS BUNNY, PK PANTHER, JACK SPARROW, TYLER PERRY). BUT WOULD NEARLY 70 YEARS OF ONE-NOTE PLOTL IF HE SUDNLY WASN’T PETG FOR VERONI’S AMORO ATTENTNS, AND THEN WHAT WOULD THE IC BE ABOUT?MOOSE. AN ALL-STAR ATHLETE WHO’S AS SWEET AS A KTEN: TOTAL THREE-BEER-QUEER. I SEE A SENR YEAR FILLED WH DNKEN TANGL THE BACK OF A TCK. BUT MOOSE’S BLACKOUT EXPERIMENTATN AND SHAMEFUL MONDAY MORNG IGNOMY ISN’T THE LOVE KEV SEEKS OR SERV.DILTON. HE’S A BPECTACLED BRAIAC WHO IS ALWAYS READY TO HELP “TUTOR” OTHER STUNTS—PECIALLY MOOSE. A NTERED PEOPLE PLEASER, HE SEEMS LIKE HE’D BE WILLG TO DO WHATEVER TAK TO GA SOCIAL PAL. KEV MIGHT PLUCK A FEW ELEMENTS OM HIS PERDIC TABLE, BUT WOULD PROBABLY QUICKLY TIRE OF HIS SPERATE BOTTOM ACT.CHUCK. HE’S BLACK, HE’S SHAPE, HE’S AN ARTIST, AND—ACRDG TO HIS ONLE B—HIS GIRLIEND NANCY OFTEN GETS PISSED AT “TAKG A BACK SEAT TO HIS OTHER TERTS.” SISTER, I HATE TO BE THE ONE TO BREAK TO YOU, BUT YOUR MAN IS ON THE DL. GAY AND TERRACIAL! THIS IS JT THE KD OF HEAT THE ARCHIE BRAND NEEDS TO MAKE RELEVANT FOR GENERATN G (GAGA, GLEE, AND GOSSIP GIRL). CHUCKY GETS LUCKY![IMAG: ARCHIE COMIC PUBLITNS INC.]BRETT BERK WR GAILY ABOUT CULTURE, POLICS, AND RS FOR , AND IS THE THOR OF THE GAY UNCLE’S GUI TO PARENTG. VIS HIM AT OR FOLLOW HIM ON TWTER.MOST POPULARAND JT LIKE THAT: MICHAEL PATRICK KG KNOWS WHEN THE AUDIENCE TURNED ON CHE DIAZBY CHRIS MURPHYSARA RAMIREZ ISSU STHG RPONSE TO ANTI–CHE DIAZ PROFILEBY SAVANNAH WALSHHOW MADONNA TURNED THE LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN SET INTO A THREE-RG CIRCBY ER CARLSONBRETT BERK

Th, when gay characters are troduced, be remarkably easier to enjoy the books, regardls of.

Explore Newer Edns of Gay Archie Comics Onle.

ARCHIE COMICS’ GAY WEDDG ISSUE SELLS OUT DPE PROTT

The versns embrace the gay muny wholeheartedly, much to the displeasure of homophob around the. The addn of Kev brought wh the first gay weddg this ic book history. The cln of gay characters don't volve Archie per se.

Now that we know there are two profoundly gay characters Archie ics, Kev, we need to. Could Jughead be gay Archie ics? Also, Jughead uld have been a h for Kev, who is gay.

Gay Kev beiends veroni, beg bt iends while Archie seems to hop om one. In 2010, Archie Comics entered the current century by troducg Kev Keller, Riverdale's "first openly gay character.

ARCHIE COMICS’ FIRST GAY CHARACTER

" issue sellg out this ics fans, none of this is new and surprisg after s of gay characters and relatnships om mastream publishers. But the wake of Print Obama’s newly stated support of gay marriage, current exampl of gay romance ics have stepped to a klieg light of broar cultural week, Marvel Comics announced the proposal and same-sex nuptials of Northstar, s first gay superhero, "Astonishg X-Men" No. And jt days before, DC publisher Dan DiD said at London's Kapow ic nventn that a major DC character would soon bee "one of our most proment gay characters.

WHO IS ARCHIE GAY CHARACTER?

"“It was only natural that when New York legalized gay marriage last year, ” says Marvel’s Tom Brevoort, edor of the “Astonishg X-Men” project, “our thoughts would turn to what impact this might have on Northstar and his ongog relatnship wh his partner, Kyle.

”Is 2012, then, a flashpot for pictg gay relatnships mastream ics — or is this jt an edorial blip ma brighter by the glare of electoral polics?

ARCHIE, MARVEL ICS TRODUCE OPENLY GAY CHARACTERS AS CULTURE CHANG

So stck particularly close to home last year when he read about a parents’ group the southern part of his state prottg a high school’s “tolerant attu” toward gays. It’s ls an issue of [beg gay] and more an issue of tolerance and tolerance. "Unlike "Funky Wkerbean, " Paige Braddock's onle ic "Jane's World" reli on gay as well as straight characters as a nsistent source of humor — which means the strip fac  a specific set of challeng when tryg to break to the mastream.

"I only hear om rears who are actually lookg for gay-related ntent, or at the very least aren't turned off by the gay ntent 'Jane's World, ' which most of the time is pretty PG-rated.... And I've had que a few straight rears e-mail to thank me for givg them a glimpse to what is to live as a gay person. "Among mastream syndited ics, Garry T's "Doonbury" has featured gay characters, and Lynn Johnston was a Pulzer falist for a.

story le that addrsed a youth's homosexualy. And she also don't thk proment gay-themed graphic novels by such rtoonists as Howard Cse and Alison Bechl alter the playg field for mastream newspaper ics, eher.