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In 2009, Valve began developing ''Team Fortress 2'' into what president [[ |
In 2009, Valve began developing ''Team Fortress 2'' into what president [[Gabe Newell]] described as a "cross-media property".<ref name="tf2 comics" /> In August 2009, Valve brought aboard American comic writer [[Michael Avon Oeming]] to teach Valve "about what it means to have a character and do character development in a comic format, how you do storytelling".<ref name="tf2 comics">{{Cite web |last=O'Conner |first=Alice |date=August 14, 2009 |title=Valve Talks Team Fortress 2 Comic Book Plans, Movie and TV Show Possibilities |url=http://www.shacknews.com/article/59993/valve-talks-team-fortress-2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614153903/http://www.shacknews.com/article/59993/valve-talks-team-fortress-2 |archive-date=June 14, 2011 |access-date=July 8, 2010 |work=[[Shacknews]]}}</ref> "Loose Canon", a comic associated with the Engineer Update, establishes the history of RED versus BLU as a result of the last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann in 1890, forcing his two bickering sons Blutarch and Redmond to vie for control of Zepheniah's lands between them; both have engineered ways of maintaining their mortality to the present, waiting to outlast the other while employing separate forces to try to wrest control of the land.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chalk |first=Andy |date=July 5, 2010 |title=TF2 Update: The Engineer With the Golden Wrench |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101872-TF2-Update-The-Engineer-With-the-Golden-Wrench |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100708012214/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101872-TF2-Update-The-Engineer-With-the-Golden-Wrench |archive-date=July 8, 2010 |access-date=July 8, 2010 |website=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]]}}</ref> |
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<ref>{{Cite web |last=Funk |first=John |date=December 9, 2009 |title=Valve Teases TF2 Demoman and Soldier Updates |url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96688-Valve-Teases-TF2-Demoman-and-Soldier-Updates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214083154/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/96688-Valve-Teases-TF2-Demoman-and-Soldier-Updates |archive-date=February 14, 2010 |access-date=July 8, 2010 |website=[[The Escapist (magazine)|The Escapist]]}}</ref> |
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The collected comics were published by [[Dark Horse Comics]] in ''Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories'', a volume along with other comics created by Valve for ''[[Portal 2]]'' and ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', and released in November 2011.<ref name=DarkHorse>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=July 11, 2011 |title=Comic Book Based On Valve Strips Coming This November |url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35767/Comic_Book_Based_On_Valve_Strips_Coming_This_November.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714032247/http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/35767/Comic_Book_Based_On_Valve_Strips_Coming_This_November.php |archive-date=July 14, 2011 |access-date=July 11, 2011 |work=[[Gamasutra]]}}</ref> |
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An additional series of seven comic stories around the characters of ''Team Fortress 2'' were published sporadically by Valve from 2013 through 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/after-7-years-the-final-team-fortress-2-comic-is-finally-here-wrapping-up-an-11-year-saga-with-a-touching-tribute-to-the-late-voice-actor-who-played-soldier/ | title = After 7 years, the final Team Fortress 2 comic is finally here, wrapping up an 11-year saga with a touching tribute to the late voice actor who played Soldier | first = Jordan | last =Gerblick | date = December 20, 2024 | accessdate = December 20, 2024 | work = [[GamesRadar]] }}</ref> |
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Team Fortress comics is a comedy-action webcomic series published from 2009 to 2024 by Valve Corporation as a tie-in to the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2. The game's website began releasing comics in 2009 to promote major updates, and in 2013 launched a standalone 7-issue comic series simply titled Team Fortress under a dedicated team of writers and artists, concluding in 2024 after several internal delays. Where the Team Fortress games were designed as open-ended multiplayer shooters without a fixed storyline, the comics explore the player characters' lives after the events of the games, alongside an extensive fictional chronology focusing on the Mann family of business owners and an extremely powerful mineral called Australium.
A print collection was published in 2011.[1]
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/team-fortress-2-sniper-comic
https://www.ign.com/articles/the-team-fortress-2-comic-has-released-its-long-awaited-final-issue
Background
Synopsis
Development and publication
In 2009, Valve began developing Team Fortress 2 into what president Gabe Newell described as a "cross-media property".[2] In August 2009, Valve brought aboard American comic writer Michael Avon Oeming to teach Valve "about what it means to have a character and do character development in a comic format, how you do storytelling".[2] "Loose Canon", a comic associated with the Engineer Update, establishes the history of RED versus BLU as a result of the last will and testament of Zepheniah Mann in 1890, forcing his two bickering sons Blutarch and Redmond to vie for control of Zepheniah's lands between them; both have engineered ways of maintaining their mortality to the present, waiting to outlast the other while employing separate forces to try to wrest control of the land.[3]
The collected comics were published by Dark Horse Comics in Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories, a volume along with other comics created by Valve for Portal 2 and Left 4 Dead, and released in November 2011.[1]
An additional series of seven comic stories around the characters of Team Fortress 2 were published sporadically by Valve from 2013 through 2024.[5]
References
- ^ a b Rose, Mike (July 11, 2011). "Comic Book Based On Valve Strips Coming This November". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved July 11, 2011.
- ^ a b O'Conner, Alice (August 14, 2009). "Valve Talks Team Fortress 2 Comic Book Plans, Movie and TV Show Possibilities". Shacknews. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Chalk, Andy (July 5, 2010). "TF2 Update: The Engineer With the Golden Wrench". The Escapist. Archived from the original on July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Funk, John (December 9, 2009). "Valve Teases TF2 Demoman and Soldier Updates". The Escapist. Archived from the original on February 14, 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
- ^ Gerblick, Jordan (December 20, 2024). "After 7 years, the final Team Fortress 2 comic is finally here, wrapping up an 11-year saga with a touching tribute to the late voice actor who played Soldier". GamesRadar. Retrieved December 20, 2024.