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Drawn To Life

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You know, I think I can honestly say that I never expected to write a story about anything related to the Archie comics' universe, but this was too cute to pass up. Leonora Martin, a librarian at an elementary school in upstate New York, has wound up making an appearance in Betty & Veronica because she won a raffle.

A year ago [Ms. Martin] went to a conference of the New York State Library Association. Archie Comics Chairman and Publisher Michael Silberkleit and Vice President Fred Mausser also attended the meeting in Saratoga Springs and raffled off an appearance in one of their comics. Proceeds from the raffle went to the New York State Library Association endowment.

The comic features its titular characters on a tour of colleges when they get stranded in East Greenbush, NY, and Ms. Martin takes them into Bell Top Elementary School (where she actually works) and teaches them about different library programs. Both Martin and her elementary school also appear on the comic's cover.

Bell Top comes to life in Archie Comic book [The Independent]

"Oh Lois, you SO don't want to know!"

Comic of the Week

Northstar's Boyfriend Coming In January! You guys may recall I was a bit cranky about Northstar and his lack of lovin' about a year and a half ago. In fact, at the time, I issued a challenge to Marvel to get him a kiss by June 2009 or I would declare him not really gay. I have not forgotten about this. However, when the X-men moved to San Francisco this year, we were teased with the existence of what looked to be Northstar's boyfriend (and manager), so I delayed judgment until we could see more. Since then, Northstar hasn't had a lot of major appearances, as there have been about a thousand major crossover events in the Marvel universe in the last six months, and each one tends to disrupt the normal storyline for most books, including the many X-books. So I waited. Our patience seems to have been rewarded! Artist Tim Fish revealed on his blog that his upcoming story in Nation X #2 (which comes out in Jan.) is a story about Northstar, and will feature Kyle, his boyfriend in an 8-page story. I'm not sure if an actual kiss is in it, but it's implied that there is some lovin' going on. Check out some sketches of Northstar, Kyle, and Aurora below, and we'll keep you up to date when we get closer to Jan. NATION X #2 1/6/10 [TimFishWorks]...

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