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Archie Takes On Occupy Riverdale – An Exclusive Bleeding Cool Preview

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Time for Archie to hit the political controversy of the age full on. In an election year, when the bankers and businessmen are portrayed as both angels and demons, with neither side giving an inch, it’s time for Archie to make his …

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Cheryl Blossom And Breast Cancer – Archie Comics Continues To Explore Real Life

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gay marriages. Death. Divorce. Globalisation protest. Archie Comics continues to give more of a real life take on modern society for a young audience than it may have done so in the past, and in the process making the likes …

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Occupy Riverdale – It’s Happening, Here’s The Jill Thompson Art To Prove It (UPDATE)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This is the planned artwork for Archie Comics #635 in July, leaked to Bleeding Cool. As earlier rumoured, it will tell the story of the global protest against massively unequal redistrubution of wealth and power, under the title Occupy Riverdale, …

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OCCUPY RIVERDALE – The Latest Step From Archie Comics Into Controversy

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has sources everywhere. Some are reliable, some are… less so, but sometimes still come up with the goods. Well, this come from one of those double platinum sources that you can bet the farm, the farmer and the …

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Archie Comics’ First Gay Wedding

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Can you believe such a comic book could have existed from Archie Comics just a few years ago? In Life With Archie #16, which looks at the world of a twenty-somthing Archie cast has recently created gay character Kevin Keller …

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Kevin Keller Gets Own Comic Book – Riverdale Just Got A Tad Gayer

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Kevin Keller, Riverdale’s first openly gay character, appeared in Veronica last year, created by Archie cartoonist Dan Parent, which also caused the comic in question to receive the first second print in the company’s history. Well, sales, talk, and now …

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