"How Archie dies"
Cross-posted from today's Guardian newspaper...
Archie Andrews, the redheaded American teenager in the Archie comic book series, will die taking a bullet protecting his gay friend in the issue that comes out on Wednesday.
But the death of the character who made his comic book debut more than 70 years ago was not meant to be a sob story, Archie Comics publisher and co-chief executive officer Jon Goldwater said. "It's really not sad. Actually it's inspirational," Goldwater said. "Because Archie does what you would want Archie to do. He takes the bullet for his friend, and he would do that for anybody.
"Archie taking the bullet really is a metaphor for acceptance," Goldwater said...
Tbh I have absolutely no idea who this character is, but there does seems to be a bit of a case of deva ju here!
Archie Andrews, the redheaded American teenager in the Archie comic book series, will die taking a bullet protecting his gay friend in the issue that comes out on Wednesday.
But the death of the character who made his comic book debut more than 70 years ago was not meant to be a sob story, Archie Comics publisher and co-chief executive officer Jon Goldwater said. "It's really not sad. Actually it's inspirational," Goldwater said. "Because Archie does what you would want Archie to do. He takes the bullet for his friend, and he would do that for anybody.
"Archie taking the bullet really is a metaphor for acceptance," Goldwater said...
Tbh I have absolutely no idea who this character is, but there does seems to be a bit of a case of deva ju here!