![]() ![]() She uses a pink walker equipped with a cheetah pouch when she's at home, and a hot pink wheelchair outside. Now 35, Kats suffers from chronic pain, arthritis and low bone density in her right leg, a result of the accident when she was 9. "I would read Archie for hours and hours and hours and hours, and I was always attracted to the colourful illustrations, the guaranteed punch lines, the characters, and it just continued from there." "I can't, for the life of me, remember who introduced me to Archie Comics," said Kats, "but I do remember reading Archie as an in-patient at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. The issue hit the newsstands on Wednesday. She's also the first Archie comic character to be featured with a disability. The fictional teen is sassy, fashionable and extremely smart. ![]() Kats is the inspiration for Riverdale's newest character, Harper Lodge. ![]() Twenty-six years later, Kats is still reading Archie Comics but now she's part of the story. When Jewel Kats was a little girl recovering in hospital from a car accident that shattered her leg, she took solace in Archie Comics. ![]()
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