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In 1969, ABC News's 20/20 investigative program exposed a scam from habitual conman, government informant and convicted felon, John Ellsworth and his International Children's Appeal, linked to the United Nations and coinciding with the International Year of The Child. Instead, it was a way for Ellsworth to launder drugs and gun money, and a way to[...]

  He was Archie Comics' first openly gay character Then in a future world, he'll take part in Archie's first same-sex marriage And now… could he be Archie Comics' first gay President? Class President that is Here's a preview of Kevin Keller #4, shipping from Archie Comics next week.   He was Archie Comics' first[...]

Towards the end of an interview with the Washington City Paper, Michael Uslan talked about his upcoming plans for writing Archie comic, with all the divergent future timelines And the Archie Multiverse… "Since the Archie wedding I began to plant clues that there is a linked Archie multiverse At the center of it is Dilton Doiley[...]

This is the new cover to the upcoming Life With Archie #16, the comic which envisions possible futures for Archie characters. And this upcoming issue features the gay inter racial wedding of soldier Kevin Keller and his intended On the cover Of an Archie comic. All you folks who have been waiting for the future to happen?[...]

In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead will be Archie Comics How things have changed. Coming out in January, Kevin Keller #1 Here are a couple of covers. In America 2012, the only mainstream publisher with an ongoing comic starring an openly gay male lead[...]

In another NYCC warm-up announcement, Jon Goldwater, co-chief executive of Archie, told the New York Times that the company will revive its stable of superhero characters using a digital subscription model which will offer a mix of both new and classic material: Besides the possibility of reaching an audience beyond the comic book stores, there was[...]

5% discount on older comics and collections ordered in November if one of their customers fills it in, and 5% off in December is a retail staffer fills in their version of the survey… ArchieWatch: CNN gives Archie some respect In case you hadn't noticed, Archie's hometown has made some big headlines recently Last year, Archie[...]

But only Bleeding Cool can bring you the left-on-the-photocopier-at-Montreal Comic Con first page of the first issue of Archie Meets KISS… We've seen the covers Some of us may have read the New York Post article But only Bleeding Cool can bring you the left-on-the-photocopier-at-Montreal Comic Con first page of the first issue of Archie[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool ran the story that Kevin Keller was getting married to his boyfriend in a future "what if" issue of Life With Archie – the same issue in which Archie gets a separation from his wife, Veronica. Fox News' headline says Archie Comics Announces Gay Character Will Marry — Will Anyone Object? So, did they?[...]

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 returning from war to get married to his partner in Riverdale And everyone turns up to[...]

This is Francesco Francavilla's variant cover to Archie #628 with Archie Meets Kiss Part Two I think it's rather spectacular I'm suddenly wondering what a Vertigo Archie comic would look like. And here's the standard cover by Dan Parent Which, you know, isn't bad or anything… This is Francesco Francavilla's variant cover to Archie #628 with[...]

Daniel Best has run a full and fascinating report on a deal between Steve Geppi and the family of Archie artist Bob Montana to buy his collection of Archie Comics original artwork for $1,000,000, half of its valued worth in 2007 And how after the first two payments of $250,000 each, Steve Geppi stopped paying[...]

Time for a change of pace... “Genesis” Part Two by Ian Flynn, Patrick Spaziante, Tracy Yardley, Terry Austin, John Workman and Matt Herms continues the

Kevin Keller is Archie Comics' only out gay character The fact that he exists is a major jump in thinking for the company Then he got his first mini-series, now an ongoing comic series starring the character. Then today at the Gays In Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con, his creator Dan Parent told the[...]

TMZ are reporting that Archie Comics Publications filed papers in New York yesterday against the co-Chief Executive Officer of Archie Comics, Nancy Silberkleit, accusing her of sexual harassment and bullying. This included a repeated verbal assault in the offices "allegedly pointing at employees and shouting 'PENIS, PENIS, PENIS, PENIS.'" The first time in 2009, then again[...]

Bleeding Cool has been following the lawsuits by writer Ken Penders against Archie Comics, Sega and Electronic Arts (owners of Bioware) over a number of Sonic The Hedgehog-related comics he wrote in the nineties, in which details and invented characters he claims have been adapted into Sonic video games, specifically Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood,[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool told you what the Halloween Mini-Comics for 2011 were, able to be ordered by retailers in bundles for a small sum. Well now we

Blimey, they're not doing anything by half measures. No sooner have they introduced Riverdale's first openly gay character, then given him his own book,

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 the character is getting his own Archie title, joining Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Archie himself of[...]

And in June, Archie Comics#156 will see the gang dress up in style and attend their local show With a cover that probably breaks all sorts of trademark laws in the process. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Family Guy Writer Tweets Pearl Harbor Joke In Response To Japanese Earthquake Nonetheless, when a particularly tasteless tweet started rolling around the web[...]

And in June, Archie Comics#156 will see the gang dress up in style and attend their local show With a cover that probably breaks all sorts of trademark laws in the process. And, yes, as we said, Betty Sabrina in Slave Princess Leia gear. Ka-boom! Where could they go? Where could they find the space? Where is[...]

A high grade copy of Archie Comics #1 went for $167,300 at Heritage Auctions last week, setting a record for this issue that turned the heads of even dedicated collectors It's not often that non-superhero comics climb into this rarefied air, but the market on this one's been building for a couple of years[...]

This will be SUPER. Beware their Power: The War of the Green Lanterns Go Green. The Path to Spider Island Begins with Infested Marvel is pleased to announce Infested, an all new series of short stories beginning in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #659, leading into the biggest Spider-Man event of the year – Spider Island! And to set the stage, a[...]

Ex-Marvel Editor-In-Chief Tom DeFalco takes Archie to the land that time may have forgotten but clearly hair straighteners had not Drawn by Fernando Ruiz, the first part is published at the end of March, available at all good supermarket checkouts near you. Say, I wonder if Joe Quesada will be writing this kind of stuff in[...]

Here's a preview of Archie #617 by Stephen Oswald, Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Al Milgrom, Rich Koslowski, Jim Amash, Jack Morelli, Glenn Whitmore and Digikore Studios… Looks like the Marvel Tsunami next week has got a little competition Here's a preview of Archie #617 by Stephen Oswald, Dan Parent, Bill Galvan, Al Milgrom, Rich Koslowski,[...]

Until that day, read on. Archie Comics app closes in on 2 million downloads – Archie Comics News Just before the end of the year, we were notified by our friends at iVerse that the Archie Comics app was at a little over 1.7 million downloads, inching ever so close to 2 million. Getting a Leg[...]

At the grand age of 88, Stan Lee has comic projects in double figures from several publishers and is, reportedly, getting his hands dirty with most of them. At comic conventions he is in heavy demand, with more signings, panels and public appearances than any other comic creator. At the last San Diego convention he was five[...]

Go on then Little Bleeders, what is this? Thank you Little Bleeders! Mega Man it is! The Capcom character to get an Archie comic spinoff! Go on then Little Bleeders, what is this? Thank you Little Bleeders! Mega Man it is! The Capcom character to get an Archie comic spinoff! Go on then Little Bleeders, what is[...]

Longtime Archie Comics character Ms Grundy will lose her battle with cancer in Life With Archie #6 according to the New York Times The issue will be in stores next week, with the story of Ms Grundy's death told by Paul Kupperberg and Norm Breyfogle Ms Grundy has appeared regularly in numerous Archie[...]

An hour later they had none. Seriously, this is going to hit everyone like a truck? Thought Obama Spider-Man or Death Of Captain America was bad? Get ready for Archie #616 The Huffington Post kicks it off… expect a lot more to come A lot!!! UPDATE: When we posted this piece earlier today, Diamond had plenty[...]