YATA, It's Chris!: IMO: re GLAAD nominated comic books

YATA, It's Chris!: IMO: re GLAAD nominated comic books:

amboy00:

The 2011 GLAAD nominated comic books are, and rightly so, well desverving of their accolades. LGBT characters have shifted from afterthoughts and side characters to main plot points and leading heroes. But as great as these titles may be, Avengers: The Children's Crusade should win for one…

Hey, Chris, nice post.

As much as I love Allen and agree with a lot of what you say here (and I love the other books, as well)…to me the choice of the year goes to Archie for their Kevin Keller books.

Not only did Archie do something really brave that the other companies haven't matched yet, they actually EMBRACED having a gay male lead, they didn't run from it, they touted it beautifully and with sincerity and dignity. When it erupted into a bigotstorm of outrage, they simply said, "We don't care if bigots don't want to read our books."

They did the first big gay male wedding story that I'm aware of in mainstream comics, and I say it for emphasis, they did it in ARCHIE comics, a line with heavy mainstream awareness, a reputation for having a very young audience, and a deeply conservative approach in decades past.

I really think what they did was remarkable and long overdue and I hope Glaad acknowledges that!