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A review by curiouslibrarian
Kevin Keller by Dan Parent
3.0
I used to read Archie as a kid. I didn't keep up with the books/stories, but it was a comic that you could reliably find in digest format in the supermarket or drugstore. So when a digest caught my eye, I bought it and happily read it. It has been quite some years since I read an Archie comic, but when I heard they were introducing a gay character, I was very curious to see what that would look like in Riverdale.
I was not disappointed. They have brought Archie into the modern world (Veronica racks up quite the texting bill, which just seems about right) - at least enough that we don't feel shunted back to the 50s. I had seen the new character art a few years back, so that didn't surprise me, and seemed to fit well.
But on to Kevin and his story...
I liked that the main Archie gang was very welcoming of a gay character, without batting an eye. But they also don't back down on exploring the bullying in Kevin's past and a faction in Riverdale that is not so accepting. They gave Kevin only a few stereotypical traits, and largely let him be his own character - he can go head to head with Jughead's appetite, he wants to be a journalist and a military man like his father etc etc.
So, all in all, it fits what I would come to expect of an Archie book. But at this point in my life there is only so many issues of Archie I can take before I burnout on Archie. A solid Archie comic.
I was not disappointed. They have brought Archie into the modern world (Veronica racks up quite the texting bill, which just seems about right) - at least enough that we don't feel shunted back to the 50s. I had seen the new character art a few years back, so that didn't surprise me, and seemed to fit well.
But on to Kevin and his story...
I liked that the main Archie gang was very welcoming of a gay character, without batting an eye. But they also don't back down on exploring the bullying in Kevin's past and a faction in Riverdale that is not so accepting. They gave Kevin only a few stereotypical traits, and largely let him be his own character - he can go head to head with Jughead's appetite, he wants to be a journalist and a military man like his father etc etc.
So, all in all, it fits what I would come to expect of an Archie book. But at this point in my life there is only so many issues of Archie I can take before I burnout on Archie. A solid Archie comic.