An unofficial Half-Life comic series is in the works!
“Half-Life: A Place in the West” is six-part illustrated comic written by ex-ValveTime.net staff Ross Gardner and Michael Pelletier.
An unofficial Half-Life comic series is in the works!
“Half-Life: A Place in the West” is six-part illustrated comic written by ex-ValveTime.net staff Ross Gardner and Michael Pelletier.
The story takes place in the years after the events of the Black Mesa Resonance Cascade incident during the unknown timeframe when Gordon Freeman is placed into stasis by the G-Man. It follows a group of individuals who are attempting to survive the effects of the incident in America.
What stands out so much about Half-Life: A Place in the West over conventional fan comics is the high quality of graphics presentation, which features hand-drawn illustrations by comic book artists Heath Heil and Rachel Deering. As a result, the work is comparable to Valve’s own comic style such as seen in Left 4 Dead’s “The Sacrifice” and Portal 2’s “LAB RAT“.
You can read the first three pages of the first chapter “Following Portents” on the official website. New pages are expected to be released next Monday (3rd November) and likely at regular intervals after that.
Oh and you can also follow Half-Life: A Place in the West on Twitter too.
Half-Life Inside – “Half‑Life: A Place in the West — фанатский комикс по мотивам игры”
Steamgamer – “Sechs neue Seiten des Half-Life-Comics sind online”
ValveTime.net – “Community Half-Life Comic Series Announced”
Steam Users’ Forums – “A Place in the West: A Half-Life-Themed Graphic Novel”
Just so you guys know, Ross, the lead writer, has asked me to create a Combine Overwiki page for the comic. I have done so here: http://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/A_Place_in_the_West
Please feel free to add to it.
This comic looks pretty spectacular so far. Very nice artwork. I’m interested in seeing where it goes.