In the book From Girls to Grrrlz: A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines by Trina Robbins, Katy Keene is called a Bettie Page look-alike.

[1] Readers were encouraged to submit original drawings of outfits and accessories for her and her friends to wear, as well as designs for automobiles, homes, interiors, rocket ships, trailers and boats.

Several "Katy-Kons" (conventions) were held in Santa Barbara, California, and then later in conjunction with San Diego Comic-Con celebrating Woggon and Katy.

Archie re-reintroduced Katy, now a high school student and aspiring model, in its 2005 Free Comic Book Day issue.

She then appeared in Archie & Friends Comics #101–110, the stories from which were compiled in the trade paperback, Katy Keene: Model Behavior (2008).

In the original Woggon 1950s series, Katy's sister was a mischievous child around seven years old and known only as "Sis, the Candy Kid".

After going to work as an aspiring Broadway star, she became very successful in her modeling and acting career, so she became her sister's legal guardian.

Katy's rival in her career and love life is the wealthy and snobby blonde Gloria Grandbilt and her best friend is the superstitious redhead Lucki Lorelei.

"[6] On January 23, 2019, The CW issued an official pilot order for the potential series, titled Katy Keene, that will reportedly follow "the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City.

This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio.