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Archie to be shot saving gay friend in comic book
Associated Press ^
| Jul 14, 2014 6:41 AM EDT
| Derrik J. Lang
Posted on 07/14/2014 7:11:02 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Archie Andrews will die taking a bullet for his gay best friend.
The famous freckle-faced comic book icon is meeting his demise in Wednesday’s installment of “Life with Archie” when he intervenes in an assassination attempt on Kevin Keller, Archie Comics’ first openly gay character. Andrews’ death, which was first announced in April, will mark the conclusion of the series that focuses on grown-up renditions of Andrews and his Riverdale pals. […]
“We wanted to do something that was impactful that would really resonate with the world and bring home just how important Archie is to everyone,” said [Jon] Goldwater, [Archie Comics publisher and co-CEO]. “That’s how we came up with the storyline of saving Kevin. He could have saved Betty. He could have saved Veronica. We get that, but metaphorically, by saving Kevin, a new Riverdale is born.” …
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: agitprop; archie; archiecomics; archiedeath; assassination; bang; banglist; corporateliberalism; deathofarchie; gaynewsrooms; gungrabbers; guns; homosexualagenda; lavendermafia; orwelliannightmare; pinkjournalism; propaganda; rapingmychildhood
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To: Olog-hai
Haha! Not content with marketing to less than 1% of the population! Archie Comics publishers are honing their sights to 2% of that (less than) 1% of the population.
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posted on
07/14/2014 7:50:06 AM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: PapaBear3625
no..
they prefer to drive head on in to you 2-3 times over the legal limit drunk off their asses.
42
posted on
07/14/2014 7:54:43 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(It's time for a second political party.)
To: Olog-hai
43
posted on
07/14/2014 7:56:40 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: P.O.E.
LOL!! I guess we should have seen this coming...
(sic)
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posted on
07/14/2014 7:57:38 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: Olog-hai
“We wanted to do something that was impactful that would really resonate with the world and bring home just how important Archie is to everyone,” Just roll the entirety of that statement around in your brain a few times and truly contemplate the enormity of the silly.
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posted on
07/14/2014 7:59:39 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Olog-hai
I didn’t realize that Kevin Keller was so influential that attempts on his life would be considered “assassinations” - i mean c’mon, we ain’t talking Richie Rich here....
To: Sgt_Schultze
I don’t remember any AP stories about comic books that don’t promote the homosexual agenda. Must have missed them.
To: Olog-hai
Why pre-announce it? Talk about a spoiler!
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:05:52 AM PDT
by
Menehune56
("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
To: Olog-hai
He could have saved Betty. He could have saved Veronica. We get that, but metaphorically, by saving Kevin... So now Archie's gay?
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:09:42 AM PDT
by
rllngrk33
(Things will continue getting worse until at least January 2017.)
To: kiryandil
Stop it! You’re killing me! Seriously, you made some great funny jokes.
50
posted on
07/14/2014 8:13:01 AM PDT
by
7thson
(I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
To: bigbob; ExTxMarine; 4yearlurker
I couldn't resist one more:
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:29:46 AM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Olog-hai; GeronL
He died trying to save Jim Jones’ sex partner, Harvey Milk???
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:30:54 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: RayChuang88
It’s not like continuity was ever a strength of the Archie comics, anyway.
To: Olog-hai
Who’s got the bang list?
In “Life with Archie,” Keller is a married military veteran and newly elected senator who’s pushing for more gun control in Riverdale after his husband was involved in a shooting.
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:32:05 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: P.O.E.
Now we are talking about some “quality” comic books!
And I thought you only got this kind of stuff in Heavy Metal and Vampirella comics! LOL!
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:33:53 AM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
To: Ted Grant
Actually, this "adult life" continuity is different because up until very recently, Archie Comics never had the characters "grow" into true adults. Note that in the Life with Archie comic, there's actually two different storylines--one where Archie marries Veronica, and one where Archie marries Betty.
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:37:27 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: Ingtar
It would be more life-like if his gay friend shot him. That's the suspicion in an unsolved (and ignored) murder case of somebody everyone in America "heard of".
Recall the Lawrence v. Texas case. It came about because the physically abused lover of one of the men called the cops to report an assault in progress (while his "lover" was having sex with someone else).
The caller went to jail for a couple of weeks for making a false call.
He had a pending assault criminal case against his "lover" but was murdered before it ever came to trial and the issue was dropped.
I believe all 3 men are now deceased.
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:39:38 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Hegewisch Dupa
I didn’t realize that Kevin Keller was so influential that attempts on his life would be considered “assassinations” - i mean c’mon, we ain’t talking Richie Rich here.... According to the article, the "married" ex-soldier has "become" a Senator pushing a gun control agenda.
His "stalker" (identified as such in the article) can't be a random act of violence or robbery gone wrong.
Nope, it's someone politically opposed to what he stands for (the gay, the gay military, the gay marriage, and/or the gun control).
Archie Comics is painting a picture (caricature) of their political opposition. Hmmm. That doesn't celebrate diversity of ideas.
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:44:40 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: Olog-hai
File those next to the Green Lantern, willya?
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: tanknetter
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posted on
07/14/2014 8:51:33 AM PDT
by
kiryandil
(turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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