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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: PapaBear3625
A more fitting end for Archie would have been for him to get shot in a carjacking by an illegal immigrant.

Only if the illegal was under 16 years of age.

21 posted on 07/14/2014 7:22:41 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: kiryandil

Face down or face up - either way he’s screwed.


22 posted on 07/14/2014 7:22:55 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: sigzero

It’s a desperation ploy. The Archie loyalists will buy the comic to complete their set. The collectors will buy the comic to complete the set.

But the gay community and it’s supporters will buy the comic in droves to make a point, with the hope being that a good sized chunk of them will hang around and buy future editions ...


23 posted on 07/14/2014 7:23:49 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: Olog-hai

Sounds like they killed their circulation by adding the homo character and rather than correct that mistake, they are doubling down.


24 posted on 07/14/2014 7:23:51 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Olog-hai

“In “Life with Archie,” Keller [he] 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.”

If that is what Archie has become about, then killing Archie off is a mercy. The pity is that this sludge was ever printed in the first place!


25 posted on 07/14/2014 7:26:18 AM PDT by Mr Rogers
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To: Olog-hai

It would be more life-like if his gay friend shot him.


26 posted on 07/14/2014 7:28:23 AM PDT by Ingtar (The NSA - "We're the only part of government who actually listens to the people.")
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To: tanknetter

I want to see the issue where Veronica and Betty do a “tag-team” intervention cure of Kevin...


27 posted on 07/14/2014 7:28:42 AM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: kiryandil

I nearly choked on my food, thanks a lot.


28 posted on 07/14/2014 7:28:52 AM PDT by Crazieman (Are you naive enough to think VOTING will fix this entrenched system?)
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To: apoxonu

“Killed no doubt, by some fanatical, Christian conservative, gun-toting tea party Freeper type. Just my guess. They haven’t said by whom.”

My first guess as well.


29 posted on 07/14/2014 7:30:05 AM PDT by Ultima
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To: Boogieman

Great way to go broke, then.


30 posted on 07/14/2014 7:30:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: carriage_hill
Please, make it stop!

this

31 posted on 07/14/2014 7:31:16 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (http://thegatwickview.tumblr.com/ http://thepurginglutheran.tumblr.com/)
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To: Olog-hai
It should be noted the Life with Archie series is very much in the vein of DC Comics' Elseworlds or Marvel Comics' What If? publications--essentially an alternate reality from the normal continuity of the comic. As such, it really doesn't affect the current continuity of the other Archie Comics titles.
32 posted on 07/14/2014 7:32:53 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Olog-hai

Ugh! I read “SHAVING Gay Friend.”

I need more coffee!


33 posted on 07/14/2014 7:33:04 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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34 posted on 07/14/2014 7:34:23 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: RayChuang88

Well, then it’ll be more symbolic of the death of that failed side project than of the birth of Goldwater’s “new Riverdale” (which must resemble the Castro).


35 posted on 07/14/2014 7:36:15 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
Chalk this up as the last, desperate gasp for attention of a medium that has been dying for a while and is not just about dead. No one reads comics anymore so this is their way of going out on what they believe to be a “feel good” note, although its sad to see how vapid and trendy that “feel good” note is — the cause of the day. Its a sad end for a long-running series that was popular at a time.
36 posted on 07/14/2014 7:36:58 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Olog-hai

As I said, the entertainment media start with an agenda, then use the story line to get you to suspend your disbelief and your critical thinking, and then slip in a plug for their agenda.


37 posted on 07/14/2014 7:37:27 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: kiryandil

That would be ... awesome.

Had a friend in college who played that scenario to the same end. At least twice. He was exceptionally good at “being” an ostensibly gay guy thinking that he might be straight because he found himself attracted to the women he was trying to bed ...


38 posted on 07/14/2014 7:43:38 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: RayChuang88

Right, but who the heck buys Archie comics? It must happen but I have never seen it with my own eyes. I mean say there was no lib garbage or gay stuff in it nowadays, who would be claiming Archie as their favorite comic book?! ‘Oh, man, I can’t wait for the next Archie book to come out’ is as alien to me as ‘Oh man, I can’t wait for the new jewelry shopping show to start’ or ‘Oh man, the next WNBA game is going to be great.’

Freegards


39 posted on 07/14/2014 7:44:24 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: P.O.E.
In the new Archie comics, the phrase "I had to beat off three other guys." has a WHOLE DIFFERENT MEANING!
40 posted on 07/14/2014 7:49:45 AM PDT by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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