Posted on 08/17/2024 7:14:07 PM PDT by Angelino97
The modern era of Archie Comics has seen the company rapidly diversify the world of Riverdale and beyond—not just in style and tone since the reboot of Archie in 2015, but in its view of its characters and their identities, from the introduction of queer characters to moves like revealing Jughead’s asexuality. Now, in the realm of its horror imprint, the publisher is ready to take a major step.
io9 can exclusively reveal that the next upcoming chapter in the story of Jinx Holliday—inspired by the old Archie character Li’l Jinx, and revived for Jinx: Grim Fairy Tales last year on the precipice of a series of solo adventure one-shots—Strange Science, will spotlight classic ‘80s Archie Dilton’s Strange Science character Danni Molloy, now Jinx’s best friend, and re-introduce her as a trans woman, in a major first for the company.
“I’ve been wanting to make this happen for a long time, and it’s really cool to see it finally come to fruition. I never wanted Danni’s trans identity to be gimmicky, or for her to feel like she was only created to be trans. So, I’d like to apologize for sneaking her over the line like this,” Jinx writer Magdalene Visaggio said in a statement provided to io9 over email. “I wanted you to have a chance to fall in love with her for who she is, not what she is. I’m honored I got to make it happen, and I’m grateful to Archie for never, not even once, pushing back on my insistence on making their books a little bit more queer. I hope Danni finds a good home at Archie with supportive writers and artists helping to keep her alive for years to come.”
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Just part of the way they perpetuate themselves and make more. Shocking abuse of children. Perverting their minds and destroying their souls.
Even back in the 60’s I wondered why Archie comics existed.
Evil
Comic books were always for weirdos.
Trump is my offense. May God please continue to bless his servant.
Mags Visaggio is an ugly dude named Brian. So you can imagine how he looks “as a woman.” I’ll spare you the photo.
I always wondered, who was Archie for? I’d see it on the rack but never knew anyone who bought it. Seemed way lame compared to other comics. Was it for girls or what?
Freegards
I think its main audience was girls? Seemed like it to me; my friends sisters would read them while we read Superman, Batman, Spider Man, Sgt. Rock, etc. The 60’s were so long ago....
lol I always thought Jughead was queer.
But when I was a pre-teen in the late 1960s, the barber shop had Archie comics, so I read them there. I thought Betty was the pretty one. I didn't understand why Archie preferred Veronica.
I also didn't understand why Archie had checkerboards drawn on the side of his head. Or why Veronica and Reggie had blue streaks in their black hair.
Very.
If this is a joke, it’s a very sick unfunny joke at that.
Struck me as pragmatic.
Well, some weirdos are better than other weirdos. Note, my screen name is a comic book character.
Archie had gotten a sales boost with the homo Kevin Kellner character. They are trying to repeat that success with a flurry of sales, then the novelty dies, and a segment of the readership does not come back.
I never minded.
My sisters resd them, but I read them too. The same kind of people who would have liked the TV show Happy Days, generally like the comic. Jughead was my favorite, but backin the day the artists actually tracked the fashions, and Betty, Veronica and Katy Keene were always kept up to date for the female readership. The characters were largely inspired by radio’s “The Aldrich Family”
The Left liked to take wholesome things and corrupt them. Like with Disney and Boy Scouts.
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