Posted on 04/23/2010 7:25:16 AM PDT by greatplains
Riverdale High School, the stomping ground of comic book legend Archie Andrews, will open its doors to its first openly gay student.
Kevin Keller will be the new student to join Archie, Jughead, Veronica, Betty and Reggie, Archie Comics publications announced Thursday.
"The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie's hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books," said Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics co-CEO.
Kevin will make his entrance in the comic book in September
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Geez Louise.
Ridiculous. Every one over the age of ten has known for years that Jughead’s the gay one. He spent every issue telling Archie to give up on women and hang out with him at the malt shop.
Indoctrinate the children. Make sure they are programmed early.
Wow, those faggots are really taking over.
I thought they were all gay.
“It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books,” said Jon Goldwater, Archie Comics co-CEO.”
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An extremely marginal and diseased viewpoint.
Oops, didn’t catch the others already posted.
That’s the first thing I thought!
I always thought it was prissy Reggie...oh well.
Nothing really new here; they just want more kids to not only be devil worshippers but gay devil worshippers at that. :)
And keeping the world of Archie current and inclusive, we should have youth gangs terrorize the school and community. We should see failing minorities in the school, who are falling behind due to the racism and oppression of our society. Heck, Betty and Veronica should have gotten knocked up years ago. Reggie would have seen to that. Or the girls could talk openly about their birth control methods. All in the name of being current and inclusive, we should talk about lots of other topical issues, not just homosexual characters.
I guess when your sales are low enough, targeting “children” of the homosexual 1-2% will increase market share.
Giving the Arabs yet another reason to seek nuclear weapons...
In this issue!..Kevin Keller finds out whats “Jughead” ears are for
HAH HAH! I’ve read that comic! They’re ALL gay characters!
You bet. It seems that they want children educated on all sorts of sex acts so they don’t blush and are not surprised when a teacher offers them a deal for better grades.
Maybe the new character will get himself some JugHead.
Okay, that was funny.
LOL!
I always thought Jughead had some secret thing for Betty, but feared rejection.
I think they tried to retcon that into the strip at one point to, ironically enough, “disprove” the whole “Jughead is gay” rumor.
Actually, Archie comics sell better than a lot of the books by Marvel and DC.
I have no problem with people who happen to be gay, if they keep what is properly private, private.
Homosexuality is defined only by the fact that you are sexually attracted to members of your own gender. That’s it.
If the Archie comics keep other sexual topics out (and as far as I know they still do), why do they feel compelled to introduce it when they don’t show Betty and Archie getting down, for example?
Private matters should be kept private, period. I am happy to work and socialize with homosexuals so long as they don’t shove it in my face, just like my husband and I don’t shove our heterosexuality into their faces.
We are what we are, but sexualizing materials aimed at children for any reason is offensive and wrong. Like others said, they could have had a “gay” character for years but never mentioned it. Overt sexuality has no place in the Archie comics in any form, gay or straight.
Like the MSM, Archie’s fall into political correctness probably means there are NO readers left. The attempt to shock and scandalize is their last gasp.
No kids read Archie comics. Not one. I think the only people reading Archie comics these days are the adults that used to read them as kids.
Betty and Veronica. Hmmm....
“Keeping the world of Archie current.....”
BTW, the following might already be included since I last read Archie comics around 1960, then discovered that real girls are much more fun than Betty and Veronica:
Tatoos & body metal on females
Unnatural hair colors and styles
The entire Gothic cult
Cellphones, texting & Blackberries
More recreational drugs than you can shake a Miss Grundy at
Pregnancies and more pregnancies
Etc.................
There’s one rather amusing comment—although the poster seems to have managed to post it about ten times:
“They should do a comic where the Prophet Mohammed is gay and beats Jughead in a chitlin eating contest.”
Good idea.
Good Lord. Is nothing sacred any more?
Have you seen Reggie’s guitar playing?
If he ain’t gay he is at least hitting from both sides of the plate!
Dang, I was at least hoping it would be a lesbian. ;-)
Now that there’s funny, I don’t care who y’are!
To them, just having children is "shoving heterosexuality in their faces." You're a "breeder," and that's bad.
I have a friend named Kevin Keller who has a birthday coming up in July. I’ll be sure to get him a copy.
“Good Lord. Is nothing sacred any more?”
No,...and you are not entitled to be offended or scandalized either!
Have these people forgotten who Archie REALLY is???
“Ridiculous. Every one over the age of ten has known for years that Jughead’s the gay one. He spent every issue telling Archie to give up on women and hang out with him at the malt shop. “
Nah, Jughead is a Glutton-sexual and just wanted to recruit Archie into his lifestyle so he wouldn’t be the only one.
Adding “With the pet dog eagerly awaiting any scraps to fall”.
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I mean, if they are trying to keep up with the times and keep it realistic...
Jughead better not pick up the soap in the school shower.
“No,...and you are not entitled to be offended or scandalized either!”
Yer right. Foolish of me to be offended. On another note, Jughead always reminded me of Maynard G. Krebs, of the old Dobie Gillis show. But, alas, I’m showing my age again.
Next we will see a misunderstood islamofascist terrorist...
Jughead is still in the closet.
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