Anthony’s independent comics picks for December 2017
A look at what non-Marvel/DC comics are coming out in December 2017, including a new “Mighty Crusaders” series from Archie and a “Lumberjanes” TPB.
Kevin Keller
“Life With Kevin,” reboot of “Betty & Veronica” coming soon
The newest Archie comics have been announced: a Kevin Keller miniseries set during his adulthood, and a new Betty & Veronica ongoing comic. “Kevin” features the star now living post-college in New York City, dealing with living on his own.
Jughead Jones revealed to be asexual
This week’s issue of the rebooted “Jughead” comic (“Jughead” #4) makes a pretty big revelation (or depending on point of view, confirmation) about its star, Forsythe Pendleton Jones III, as shown in the panel below.
The best of minorities in cartoons: Talk shows
With David Letterman’s final talk show this week, I thought I’d list a few examples of favorite characters who’ve made appearances on (in-universe) talk shows of some sort. Cleveland Brown Cleveland created his own talk show on an episode of “The Cleveland Show.” Cyberchase Jackie, Inez, and Matt all have appeared on a cyberspace talk … Read more
The Archie Kickstarter campaign’s been cancelled
Archie has cancelled its Kickstarter campaign that was launched earlier this week. Said campaign had brought about much discussion among the comics crowd online, mostly over whether or not it was appropriate for such a long-lived, sizable comic publisher to turn to Kickstarter. Either way, as Archie CEO Jon Goldwater noted, much of the talk … Read more
Archie’s expanding its reboot with the help of…Kickstarter?
Archie announced today that it plans to expand upon its upcoming reboot of “Archie” with new titles for “Jughead” and “Betty and Veronica” set in the same universe. There’ll also be a new book starring Kevin Keller, “Life With Kevin,” that’s set in his early 20s and on his own in a new city. “Life … Read more
Lesson learned from Archie this week: “bullying is bad, unless they’re your pal?”
This week, I bought the newest (and long-delayed) issue of “Kevin Keller.” It shows our openly gay teen hero being heralded in-story for standing up to a mugger. Kevin also stops a pair of bullies from harassing a kid. Like other Kevin Keller stories, the message is clearly that bullying’s a bad thing. Then I … Read more
Archie banned in Singapore over gay marriage storyline
One Million Moms isn’t the only entity whose ire Archie has raised with the storyline where the adult Kevin Keller gets married. It looks like they’ve also ticked off the country of Singapore, or at least its censors, per this Comics Alliance article: Singapore Bans Archie’s Kevin Keller Gay Marriage Comic. I’m pretty sure they felt … Read more
Anthony’s Archie Comics picks for September 2014
Here’s a look at what’s coming out for Archie for September. Full solicitations are available here. Comics Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1, on sale Oct. 8, $4 Archie #660, on sale Oct. 1, $4 Betty and Veronica Comics Digest #227, on sale Sept. 24, $5 Kevin Keller #15, on sale Sept. 17, $4 World of … Read more
Anthony’s Archie Comics picks for July 2014
Here’s what’s of interest from Archie for July 2014. Full solicitations are available here. Comics Archie #658, on sale July 30, $3 Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #225, on sale July 23, $7 Jughead and Archie Jumbo Comics Digest #5, on sale Aug. 13, $7 Kevin Keller #15, on sale July 15, $3 (Final … Read more