The sacrifice and other steampowered stories, in november 2011. In the two games there are various ratman dens, where doug rattmann has left scribblings and paintings on walls in hidden rooms. The final hours of portal 2 2011, an interactive digital book about portal 2 s development. It was a joint project between valve and established comic book. When quinlan isnt strapping them into one deadly contraption or another hes sending them to clean up and investigate the dangerous results of his other experiments. Lab rat from the worlds largest community of readers. Lab rat combine overwiki, the original halflife wiki and. Henry one of the aperture science employees working on glados. Portal 2 includes bonus content, including four promotional videos, a lab rat comic, and an interactive trailer for the 2011 film super 8, constructed with the source game engine.
After a long and painful weekend of waiting, its time to wrap up this story with the second portion of lab rat. With this latest installment, the comic wraps up the ministory that ties portal to portal 2. The comic follows doug rattmann, a lab worker at aperture science with a history of schizophrenia, who is the. Lab rat is a comic made to bridge the gap between portal and portal 2. What you may not have known is that valve created a comic book that chronicles the gap between the end of portal 1 and the beginning of portal 2, and your character chell ends up back inside the facility. Expanding the history of aperture science, its main protagonist is doug rattmann, also known as the ratman or rat man. This guide will help you easily read the portal 2 comic lab rat. When quinlan isnt strapping them into one deadly contraption or another hes sending them to clean up and investigate the dangerous results of.
She goes on to be the main antagonist in portal, portal 2 and appears in the comic portal 2. Mar 28, 2021 dec 4, 2014 valve s new comic portal 2. Lab rat 2011, a short comic taking place before the original game centering on the schizophrenic aperture scientist doug rattman the guy who wrote all those messages saying the cake is a lie around the time that glados was activated. Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story set in the world of aperture science. Lab rat was created by valve and michael avon oeming. This is a collection of every comic and comic likething that valve produced up through around august. Lab rat is not a licensed comic book tiein but rather an incontinuity extension of valves own work on the.
Part 2 of the lab rat comic from valve, finishing the story after portal 1 and preparing you for the story in portal 2. The comic bridges the ending of portal and leads into the events of portal 2. Lab rat comic debuts online with portal 2 hitting shelves next week, valve has also released a tiein webcomic titled lab rat which delves deeper into the games backstory. Main character chell from portal makes an appearance in the comic but it focuses on another meaningful character.
A fan reading of the portal graphic novel, lab ratcomic by valve with michael avon oeming and jay pinkerton. Apr 07, 2011 learn more about aperture labs in portal 2. Expanding the history of aperture science, its main protagonist is doug. For team fortress 2, it has everything through the comic for the replay update. For over a year now, i and my team have gone through the task of bringing the portal 2 lab rat comic to life, in a way weve hadnt seen before. Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story 9. We worked so, so hard on this project, if you could please share it around or check it out when it premieres.
Portal 2 comic to fill in the gaps between games cgmagazine. Lab rat, is that chells psychological tests determined that she is likely the most tenatious person in the world this is what made rat man choose her as the next test subject in hope shell defeat glados. Along with the games release next week, valve has debuted a. Meeting fans halfway, valve is releasing a comic book entitled lab rat. Apr 07, 2011 valve and the cocreator of powers and the mice templar are building a bridge between portal and portal 2 with a comic book that will expand the games world and introduce a much rumored yet never seen character. The cube then tells doug to patch chells cryounit in the reserve. Peer into the bizarre events conspiring inside aperture labs during chells first escape. Dec 21, 2011 what you may not have known is that valve created a comic book that chronicles the gap between the end of portal 1 and the beginning of portal 2, and your character chell ends up back inside the facility.
Thats why were exclusively debuting part 1 of valves exciting new comic book. Ign has debuted the second half of valves portal 2 comic. The art of portal 2, cancelled but not forgotten parka blogs. Apr 12, 2011 lab rat is the perfect primer to set you up for the release of portal 2 next week, so if you want to read it in full, simply head over to the official portal 2 site, at or you. Last friday, we debuted part 1 of valves mindbending comic book, portal 2. By now you know there really was a cake, but who was the mysterious rat man who scribbled the hints and discouragements on the walls in the first place. If youve played portal, i dont need to, and if you havent, you should.
Spoilers are there but they are few and far between for those of you who have never visited the aperture science enrichment center yet. This is his first formal appearance after indirectly appearing in portal and the portal arg. Mar 27, 20 for some reason, i still cant get over the fact that the art of portal 2 book was cancelled. They mention it filling in some story on the portal 2 spoilercast. Earlier this week, ign talked with powers and the mice templar cocreator michael avon oeming about expanding the world of portal 2. A new webcomic debuted this week, adding backstory to an already rich story, before the release of the widely anticipated portal 2. Click on this picture below to read the portal 2 lab rat comics. I have the portal 2 soundtrack and inside theres a printed version of the turret. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine. Lab rat in a printed anthology of valve comics, valve presents. Ratmans full appearance is only seen in the portal 2. Lab rat is a comic made to bridge the gap between portal and. Portal 2 comic, lab rat some spoilers portal 2 giant bomb.
Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story set in the world of a perture science 15 14. See more ideas about portal, portal game, portal 2. And our friends at ign got a first look at lab rat. Portal 2 s 100orsoyear leap from the original has opened up a lot of questions. This comic is called lab rat and you can view it in super great details at. Is there anywhere that i can get a physical copy of the portal comic book. It can be found online and in the extras section of portal 2. Part 1 of the comic is currently available over at ign, with and part two is slated to show up this monday. Portal 2 rat lab comic en espanol by spamn 0 issuu. Today, were happy to present part 1 of valves internally produced portal 2. Apr 08, 2011 thats why were exclusively debuting part 1 of valves exciting new comic book. Lab rat, you can find it here with this latest installment, the comic wraps up the ministory that ties portal to portal 2. Apr 09, 2011 portal 2 s lab rat comic provides backstory, psychotic visions. A feature called robot enrichment allows players to customize the cooperative campaign characters with new gestures and cosmetic items such as hats or flags.
The story takes place in between the first and the second game, and connects the two stories through a character, hinted at throughout both games, rat man and the decisions he makes. Portal 2 comic, lab rat some spoilers portal 2 giant. Lab rat is an interesting, beautifully drawn short comic, obviously, connected to the high praised videogames of the same name. In addition to all of the above, there are few pieces of artwork, mainly postcards and various other random things such as. Apr 11, 2011 last friday, we debuted part 1 of valves mindbending comic book, portal 2.
So, knowing that, do you really believe, after all those events in portal 1, after. Lab rat is the perfect primer to set you up for the release of portal 2 next week, so if you want to read it in full, simply head over to the official portal 2 site, at or you. Lab rat is an incredibly short online comic that serves as both backstory to and bridging material between portal and portal 2. Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story. Portal 2s lab rat comic provides backstory, psychotic visions. Lab rat webcomic released by valve prior to portal 2 s release to tie the story of the two games together. It was a joint project between valve and established comic book artists, such as. Lab rat bridges the gap between the events of the video games portal and portal 2 and tells an exciting new story set in the world 2. Lab rats is an eight issue dc comics series by john byrne following a group of homeless and run away children who have been taken to the campus where they are used in experiments by robert quinlan. We encounter the drawings and hideouts of rat man in both portal games, and this free official comic fills in the gaps between portal 1 and 2. After a long and painful weekend of waiting, its time to wrap up this. The release of portal 2 is rapidly approaching, but fans wont even have to wait until april 19th for new portal content.
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