Archie Comics Gay Character Kevin Keller Joins It Gets Better Project

The It Gets Better Project has officially named July 9th ‘Kevin Keller Day’.

To celebrate, they’ve released a video with Dan Parent, the creator of the Archie Comics gay character, talking about how Kevin came to be.

The team behind the Archie comic book series are the latest creative people to bring the It Gets Better project to life, with the help of their popular gay character Kevin.

Archie comics gay character Kevin Keller was introduced into the Archie universe in 2010. The first issue in which he made an appearance, ‘Veronica’ #202, became the first Archie comic to sell out in the series 70-year history.

Following initial criticism of the character, Archie Comics’ CEO John Goldwater promised “Kevin Keller will forever be a part of Riverdale, and he will live a happy, long life free of prejudice, hate and narrow-minded people.”

Since then he has gone on to star in his own (GLAAD Media Award-winning) comic series, a young adult novel, and next month he will experience his first kiss in issue ten of ‘Kevin Keller.’

In a video interview to mark ‘Kevin Keller Day’ (watch below), Dan Parent, who created Kevin, says the character was inspired from what he was witnessing at his kids schools…

“At the time Kevin was created my daughter was still in high school… it’s a different culture than it was probably ten years ago, there’s LGBT groups in her school and she would have [gay] friends over …. and it just wasn’t really an issue”

Take a look at the full interview with Dan Parent about Archie Comics gay character below and leave your thoughts on the story in the comment section or by tweeting us @rukkle.

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