Archie's going to die...and so may leather!

Why take an iconic comic book character, with emphasis on the word "comic", and bring him to a tragic end? Do the youth of today need to be constantly reminded that not-good stuff can and does happen?  And also, where is all the leather going? Your host' "The Voice", ponders these and a few other things in a fifteen minute time slot even if he ponders them considerably longer than that. Oh, and didja hear about the new Georgia gun law?