Posted on 07/28/2014 8:29:19 AM PDT by Academiadotorg
What works in a Modern Language Association panel for English professors probably won’t succeed in the free market. In the final coup for the progressive-leaning Archie Comics crew, Archie himself—America’s hero—was shot to death while taking a bullet for his gay friend in the July 2014 issue. archie comics
When asked what a ten year old will read for fun, chances are it’s a comic book. Let’s face it: From a kid’s standpoint comic books are entertaining and a good way to spend free time. What could be better than spending free time reading an Archie comic? Archie comics provide repetitive story lines of Betty and Veronica chasing after Archie, Jughead’s extensive eating habits, chilling at the choklit shop, and that scheming Reggie! Since it is geared to 8-13 year olds, it would be strange to create completely different plot twists and anything slightly controversial. Rarely do we see anything shocking that disturbs the small town feeling of Riverdale. Yet; all that is changed when Archie comics introduced a new character!
The new character introduced is Kevin Keller, who is gay. Eventually, he married an African-American man and they lived happily ever after (Mr. Weatherbee even cried)! Kevin Keller even joined the army to show how equal our society has become. After all, we have to make a clear political statement that gay people are welcomed in the army and our society.
One would never expect to see Archie comics next to the word controversial. Until now, Archie dumping Veronica and staying with Betty or actually graduating from high school would be the most radical changes that devotees of the comic strip could expect.
Apparently, some moms were exceptionally unhappy about the addition of a controversial character into the mix. A Million Mom’s is an organization that protests explicit and inappropriate behavior on TV and in the press for children. They launched a protest to get Toys R US to stop selling the comic books, but the company refused to oblige.
Clearly some online commentators were pretty unhappy too. “I have nothing against gays or lesbians….I do have a problem with this kind of [expletive] being pushed on our children and grandchildren,” said user Proudvietvet58.
“There aren’t that many on-panel kisses in the pages of Archie, but you often see the lipstick on Archie’s face afterward,” Jon Goldwater, the CEO of Archie comics told Forbes Weekly. “The fact that Kevin Keller kisses another guy at the end was a huge step forward in the series.” Unfortunately, the company’s profits have not made the same leap forward. In fact, since the introduction of the Kevin Keller character in September 2010, profits went down by 88.6 percent, according to freewebsite.org.
It does not look like the Archie comics series are doing very well. From freewebsite.org, the net worth is $8,484 USD with a -88.60 Negative Growth. With the monthly advertising revenue of $349 USD there clearly is not that much profit. That does not seem like a lucrative investment. Perhaps the loveable Archie Comics tried to shake it up with a new character; Kevin Keller. Yet, from the following graph, it does appear that that encouraged many sales. archie comics value chart
The chart allows for some speculation as to what caused this dramatic decrease. Perhaps consumers were turned off by gay characters being introduced in comic books. Perhaps the great division on gay marriage affected the response of consumers. Clearly, Archie Comics must rethink how they will draw attention from consumers. Perhaps, the introduction of controversial societal and political changes have caused some consumers to be unhappy.
Male homos are always looking for new ways to access little boys. Nambla is undercover now after the queer infiltration of the Catholic Church was outted. Make no mistake, raping little boys is as much a part of the male homosexual lifestyle as rimming and felching are.
I can’t for the life of me understand what audience these people are aiming for. If this appeals to a 10 year old boy then 10 year old boys are a different species from what they were 50 years ago.
Geez, now comic books have to be liberal. Sheesh.
Archie dies to save the homosexual character. But of course, we couldn’t have it any other way. If the homosexual character died, then there would be hell to pay from GLAAD and Human Rights Campaign and all the rest of them.
Why is anyone dying in a kids comic book anyway? Why do we have to deal with homosexuality in there in the first place?
What is this world coming to?
“Archie” is from a time in my life when America was the America that stopped Hitler, an America that fought communism and socialism.......
Any “Archie” of today is just a perverted, evil-infused abortion of liberals’ ideals and dreams in their bid to completely erase the America of yesterday.
Who would have guessed that turning a rather dull comic book into exceptionally dull pro-gay propaganda would reduce sales so dramatically? [Who other than the 98% of guys who are normal?]
Yeah, you never hear of that 1 percent getting derided.
Gives new meaning to Jug Head.
What is this world coming to?
The END...............
What's the next step - taking Betty and Veronica in a "different" direction?
That comes later, when Sabrina the Teenage Witch becomes the Bride of Cthulhu.
If I had been in charge of Archie comics, I’d have made Archie graduate from high school and become either a soldier/Navy Seal who kills a lot of Islamists or other terrorists or a college student who rebels against the leftist p.c. currently smothering most colleges. Now that would be different.
Um, that is an estimate of the traffic and online ad revenue for the website archiecomics.com, not the comic books themselves.
Is it principal weather re getting a little too much enjoyment
I've always wondered about Mr. Weatherbee, the principal of their high school (seated with green bow tie).
Weatherbee
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