Archie’s “Kevin Keller” wins the 2013 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book

Last updated on December 10th, 2021

Archie Comics and Archie writer/artist Dan Parent announced on their Twitter feeds Saturday evening that they’ve won this year’s GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book (for “Kevin Keller”):

Kevin Keller just won OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK at the GLAAD awards!! twitter.com/parentdaniel/s…

— Dan Parent (@parentdaniel) May 12, 2013

While any of the nominees would’ve deserved the prize, I was hoping for “Kevin Keller” to win. It’s one of the few pieces of American entertainment aimed at children that features an openly gay character. Unfortunately, LGBT folk are still seen as “off limits” for American children’s media as far as TV/movies are concerned. Thus, “Kevin Keller” winning highlights this aspect of media. It’s also an entertaining comic, of course…

(Unrelated, but if you’re wondering about “ParaNorman”‘s nomination in the “Outstanding Film – Wide Release” category, it lost to “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”)