The Team Fortress 2 comic is officially back with a seventh issue now in production, two Valve developers have confirmed. It's somewhat ironic that it's the seventh issue that was seemingly paused at some point and is now being picked back up, because it's been a whopping seven years since the last Team Fortress 2 comic, titled 'The Naked and the Dead' , was released. Valve has yet to put out an official announcement or confirmation as a company, but two of the comic series' writers have casually confirmed that the seventh issue is still being worked on.
Jay Pinkerton, a Valve writer since 2008 whose credits include Portal, Left 4 Dead, and Half-Life Alyx, wrote back to a fan to clarify that the comic is still in production and has a finished script. "Just so you know, the same team that made the first six [Team Fortress 2 comics] have been working on and off on issue number seven for a while now," Pinkerton said. "The script is finished and it's being drawn as we speak.
No promises when it will be released but it is being worked on." The fan who received this email from Pinkerton had been asking for insight that might help along their own community-made Team Fortress 2 #7 comic, and Pinkerton added that the fan comic should continue if it's "something you're all passionate about doing," but nonetheless wanted to confirm that the official comic is still in the works. Erik Wolpaw, who joined Valve back in 2004 and is now a part-time contractor, confirmed the authenticity of th.
