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Kevin Keller [pictured] is his name, and he’s Archie Comics’ first openly gay character. Kevin makes his debut in comic book shops September 1<\/a>, with a coming out story written and illustrated by Dan Parent. To the kids at Riverdale High, Kevin\u2019s sexual orientation is a nonissue. Their reaction is very nonchalant.<\/p>\n

The story titled \u201cIsn\u2019t It Bromantic?,\u201d finds the Veronica chasing after Kevin, who seems immune to her charms. She doesn\u2019t know Kevin is gay, though others do.<\/p>\n

\u201cComedically, you see Veronica kind of falling all over herself trying to win the guy over, where the audience knows what is going on and half of Riverdale know what\u2019s going on,\u201d Parent said. \u201cIt just seemed like it would be a fun story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter is that age, she\u2019s 16. I see in her high school that there are a lot of openly gay kids. It\u2019s not even like a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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