Apparently Veronica sets her sights on him and he tries to let her down easy and, being Veronica Lodge, she refuses to take a simple no for an answer.
The only thing in the article that I found remote surprising was the news that Archie is now dating Valerie. I thought they married him off last year. To Veronica.
I'm so confused.
That's what I thought too in regards to Veronica. I wonder what happened with that storyline...I bet wikipedia knows.
As for an openly gay student at Riverdale High - it's about time.
Posted by: sassymonkey | 23 April 2010 at 02:54 PM
Oh, yeah. I should check Wikipedia.
Re: the rest of it: Right? The quote from the CEO about how Riverdale has always been a safe place for everyone and blah blah blah kind of make me think, "Oh, really? Then why is a gay character only showing up now, in 2010?" But then I thought that maybe I was just being crotchety.
Posted by: Leila | 23 April 2010 at 02:58 PM
You're confused? Who the heck is Valerie?
Posted by: web | 23 April 2010 at 04:53 PM
She's one of the Pussycats. The bassist, I think.
Posted by: Leila | 23 April 2010 at 05:33 PM
I think that the marriage storyline took place in the future...allowing the characters to go back to their regular lives in the issue that followed the marriage issue.
Pat
Posted by: Pat McCaffrey | 26 April 2010 at 09:49 AM
more offensive than a gay character--the 'sly' reference to a threesome in the last panel of the cartoon.
Posted by: Dawn | 03 May 2010 at 03:17 PM
In case my post and following comments were unclear: I don't find the idea of a gay character even remotely offensive -- I was just surprised that it took so long for someone to come out in Riverdale. (Since the CEO of the company made such a big point of how Riverdale is such a safe, open place, etc.)
Posted by: Leila | 03 May 2010 at 06:55 PM