Not sure why this seems so exciting to me… Comic books based on video games are no new phenomenon. Neither are physical collections of otherwise digital comics. Nor are collections of publicity materials all that rare, either. But here we are: I’m kind of excited for a little hardcover that’s showed up on Dark Horse’s November solicits, Valve Presents: The Sacrifice and Other Steam-Powered Stories.
Steam, of course, referring to the digital distribution platform, not the genre of retro-futurist fiction.
For fifteen years, Valve has defined the cutting edge of video games. Now, Valve joins with Dark Horse to bring three critically acclaimed, fan-favorite series to print, with a hardcover collection of comics from the worlds of Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress, and Portal. With over three hundred pages of story, Valve Presents: The sacrifice and other Steam-Powered Stories is a must-read for fans looking to further explore the games they love or comics readers interested in dipping their toes into new mythos!
Oh, right, that’s why I’m excited. A holdable, loanable, givable Chell comic book that I can put up on the shelf with Batwoman and Renee Montoya.
(via Destructoid.)
