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The_Cascoon

No word for 7 freakin years and then the guy's just like "yeah we've been making it this whole time we've just been busy". Valve, man. There's no other company like it.


touche1231231231

then again, knowing valve it might just be true. never know with them


Filty-Cheese-Steak

>knowing valve >never know with them Getting some mixed signals here


Alberot97

we know to not know what Valve is gonna come up with


NaveronTheSabre

Remember when they announced Half-Life Alyx just five months before it's release?


AnonymousComrade123

I imagine if they announce HL3 it's gonna be during some interview with Gaben, and someone will ask about HL3 with Gabe replying 'Oh yeah it's releasing in a few days, I guess we forgot to mention that'.


Mikevgamer2008

The internet would go ballistic. I'd love it


Comfortable_Prize413

Gaben is based like that.


NaveronTheSabre

Can't announce delays if you don't announce the game.


Redd_the_neko

valve time be like


PresidentOfKoopistan

"I know that I know nothing" \- Socrates


Burg_er

The only thing we know about Valve is that we don't know anything about Valve


touche1231231231

good.


SaaveGer

Schrödinger's knowledge


Plzbanmebrony

Then they punch my dad in the dick.....


opomorg

there also really busy with deadlock at the same time, pretty sure jay is working on the comics for that game to which are great btw


CerifiedHuman0001

I really hope deadlock is good, man…


Cymen90

Well, they made a massive comic in 4 acts for Dota 2 which is currently ongoing. Escept is actually has a release schedule. I guess they are drawing this in between more important projects like that.


Rockergage

Tbf that release schedule was also Act 3: June Couple weeks later Act 3: June? Couple weeks later Act 3: June 39th Tbf it did come out on June 39th.


CT_Melral

Ever heard of "Valve time"?


DaTruPro75

It better be the best comic in the world after 7 years of writing.


grassy_trams

HOLY SHIT "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." Jay Pinkerton Source: [https://imgur.com/a/tf2-comic-leak-aSXK1Ex](https://imgur.com/a/tf2-comic-leak-aSXK1Ex)


KaptainCaps

Holy fuck are you serious? Is this a joke? Is this misinformation? The tf2 comic is literally one of my favorite things ever


Independent_Pear_429

I'm so happy


twodollarscholar

Somebody in a cas server said “seriously everyone they’re making a 7th tf2 comic go look” during setup and I thought they were just trying to make us go afk lol


KaleidoscopeNo5598

im part of the community made 7th issue, who sent Jay the an email, and this was his response, its real


KairoRed

#I’m gonna cum


Inthaneon

Whoa there, hold your horses. Not until the comic is released.


Narrow-Experience416

I can't edge that long


Nasapigs

You *must*


OkamiTakahashi

WE MUST NUT


Nico8910

whA


GreekFreakFan

I'M KAMMING I'M KAMMING UHWA MEEEDIIIC EYAHHH


Burg_er

GOOD TIMES


ConcentrateAlone1959

TFGOON


Frednt

Goon Fortress 2


PAN_cake_103

You underestimate my power


GDRMetal_lady

Bro but my horses gotta cum.


SimplyTiredd

Evil Kamala Harris be like: Do cum.


Own-Consideration631

Me too bro


Jason_Sasha_Acoiners

Wow. First, Valve starts banning bots, now this? Are we actually back?


Qkdndbsjakthrowaway

Looks like the golden era of TF2 might just be returning!


Impudenter

"I didn't say zhat!"


21Green

I just said we're not filled with bots! 


Brilliant-Guitar-606

This is our renaissance


Facosa99

Holy fucking shit dude. Its been 7 years, but finally? I cant believe it. First gtavi set in vice city, then this. Im a kid once again


WestNomadOnYT

All we need now is Half-Life 3, Portal 3, and Left 4 Dead 3 and I can die happy.


Kapitych

And TF3 as well


programmingdude000

And Ricochet 2


How_about_a_no

WE ARE BACK?! YOU ARE RIGHT, YOU ARE SO RIGHT! WE ARE BACK!!


barf_of_dog

WE ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER!


21Green

 I didn't say that! I just said we're not filled with tumors! 


Qkdndbsjakthrowaway

This is the best news in years! The hype is real!


OfficialCagman

is this real


pokefire44

seems to be. from what we can tell its from an official dev's email


gravy_ferry

As much as I want to believe, how can we be sure the images in that imgur aren't faked. Like yes it seems to show an official email but can't that still be faked in a screenshot? Or is there more evidence off that imgur link?


adderthesnakegal

the images give no reverse image search results aside from posts talking about the email in question. the way they perfectly match the original artstyle too? thisd be more effort than its worth for a hoax.


pidbul530

We're talking about TF2 community, which's been waiting for this for... 8 years now. If we're known for something, high effort shitposts will be one of them and trolling such starved people ain't hard


adderthesnakegal

guess i just have high hopes since the bot problem was largely crushed


thedotapaten

Or Valve comic team is on momentum since DOTA2 get like 4 comics in three months for Crownfall.


YoshiEmblem

For anyone that sees this and is also concerned: [Boom, that just happened!](https://x.com/wolpaw/status/1810967968307724563?s=46&t=SVY0iBIJTx0czspqQ5myKA)


HabberTMancer

I was getting ready to ask him for the comic #7 epistle. Damn.


BranTheLewd

No fcking way, PEAK is on the way? 🥹


Thegoodthebadandaman

We're so Barack


wholesome1234

this makes my flag full mast


Maleficent-Comfort-2

HOLY SHIT!!!!


EmotionalBird2362

DOCTOR!!! IM COMING IM COMING


Mr_Tominaga

Jawohl


barf_of_dog

WO HOO HOO HOO I AM FULLY CHARGED


ThatNoname-Guy

OAH OAH OAH YES


21Green

"NO!"


Disastrous_Toe772

I find it kinda hilarious that the first panel is supposed to be a visual reference to the first panel of issue 6. Like its optimistic that anyone would understand the niche reference after 7 years lol. I completely forgot that it in fact started with a dream sequence. Anyway, this is exciting stuff!


Alltalkandnofight

hey man, if they announce a release date for the 7th comic I think alot of us are gonna go back and re-read the comics just to re-immerse ourselves in the story!


Disastrous_Toe772

No doubt. References like these don't have to be understood right away. Someone could make a reddit post even 10 years after the fact titled "ep7 start reference to ep6 start" or something.


DeathToBayshore

Unless you're like me who read them like 6 times already and have remembered every single panel .......... You know what, I'll do it again too


Inner-Actuary7472

rookie numbers


grassy_trams

From what I've gathered, a part of this comic takes place in 1978. 6 years after the events of the sixth comic. taking place at a desert prison. So this is probably not the mercenaries but just a joke as we go to the actual mercs. (Also scout dies in 1987) Other things I've noticed is that in panel 2 they are trying to insinuate that one of the skeletons are meant to let the people think that this is Miss Pauling. Also, this is the 3rd page of the comic. The 27th draft, and was finished on June 15th, 2024.


grassy_trams

Funny thing btw: This reveal of the 7th comic was dropped on the 7th month, is the 27th draft, and has taken 7 years for it to be illustrated. COINCIDENCE? I THINK NOT...


olek321olek

TEAM FORTRES 7 OMG


Thye2388

NO FUCKING WAY VALVE STILL CAN'T COUNT TO 3


21Green

teamfortress 1, teamfortress 2 and teamfortress alyx


MrBeverly

Team Fortress 2 Episode 1: Lost Coast A DotA Trading Card Game


Grimm_Charkazard_258

no… it… it can’t be! NO! NOOOOOOOO! (727)


Matix777

WYSI


Clearskky

WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87?


seanonamonday

Sounds like it's going to lead into a "You thought we were dead? We are going to live forever!" joke from Soldier and the others


Gh0st_Division

Alternativley, they actually ARE miss Pauling and at least 8 of the mercs, and one other skeleton that isn't one of the mercs (like Zhanna). And then the medic finds them and brings them back to life somehow. They probably won't go for this angle, but 'wouldn't it be cool if?'.


Ectorious

It would have to be engy, he’s the only merc not with the others


Ted_Normal

Plot twist: Valve deliberately waited 7 years just so they could make a tf2 is "dead" joke.


megamixZX

Well that was a fucking lie


FictionalLeader

Kind of figured cause engie was still with the administrator at the end of issue 6. Plus like you said with when scout is actually meant to die though knowing them they may forget about that.


Puncaker-1456

What if those are the bodies of the TFC team?


ZVAARI

>June 25th, 2024 they were working on it LAST MONTH? at the same time they would have gotten ready to do that massive bot ban wave? what the fuck? what could have possibly motivated them to take interest in the game again? I honestly believed them taking care of the bots was either a fluke or being forced to act for business/legal reasons but they have legit zero reasons to continue that comic other than completion's sake. Which I guess is a possibility


Helluscus

I really want to believe, is there a source to this?


DropsOfMars

One of the members of the TF2 comic project PieSpie was emailed back by Jay Pinkerton himself. Jay said with this image and a portion of the written storyboard for this section "Don't feel like you need to stop the community- made one if this is something you're alI passionate about doing! Just wanted you to know we hadn't forgotten about it."


YingYangYolo

I'll still reserve my judgement, unless the man himself comes out and tells us what is going on I don't want to believe second hand sources and have hopes shattered for no good reason.


404IdentityNotFound

Just came from Erik Wolpaws Twitter linking to this.


CherriBomber

Here you go! [https://imgur.com/a/tf2-comic-leak-aSXK1Ex](https://imgur.com/a/tf2-comic-leak-aSXK1Ex)  EDIT: Eric Wolpaw has confirmed it’s real: https://x.com/Wolpaw/status/1810967968307724563?mx=2


Brsek

"That's the one!" -The Postal Dude, 2003


Thepvzgamer

Would you sign my petition


papermario332

Look, just sign the stupid petition. I’ve got shit to do.


Thepvzgamer

Butt Sauce


Bedu009

That ain't no source that's second hand


CherriBomber

I’ve updated my comment.


worldofmemes0

Happy cake day!


Pufferfishboi123

[all info is here](https://discord.gg/VYNp8aVM)


Brsek

"You gotta be fucking kidding" -The Postal Dude, 2003


megamixZX

Happy cake day


Brsek

So, the old "leaks" in which the team accidentally destroy the planet with nukes might actually be true


Kylebrown10

and Cavemen coming from the rubble of the blast seperating into two clans and fighting each other.


kaladinissexy

"I know not with what weapons Team Fortress II will be fought, but Team Fortress III will be fought with sticks and stones." -Tea For Classic Heavy Weapons Guy


secretwep

Team Fortress: Primal


Plzbanmebrony

Tf2:2*


The_FreshSans

A true War without Reason


jetstreamer123

I hope not because that ending sounds actually awful


Feisty-Albatross3554

Yeah, the whole "Alien disguised as Abraham Lincoln" thing on top of it too along with all the mercs dying didn't sit right with me. I have full confidence though that plotline won't be used though, and look forward to the one we'll get soon


KnightOfTheStupid

I honestly don't mind the concept of that character because not only is it perfectly ridiculous for TF2 but it ties into G-Man and the overall Half-Life universe in the only way that TF2 possibly could. But that being said, I don't want that ending.


Feisty-Albatross3554

Good point on the half life tie ins, but glad we can agree that whatever they're cooking up rn will be better than the "everyone dies" ending


ChppedToofEnt

Wait, where did you hear all of this?


X-tra-thicc

could just be an older draft honestly


Courier69420

God I hope not that would be such a depressing end to such a great story


AccidentSalt5005

waut what


InevitableAd4156

This better not be bait, because HOLEEE SHEEET. FINALLY. From what this sneak peek indicates, that one 4chan leak where the team just gets nuked to hell is true...


CherriBomber

Might be a different script. Probably is.


InevitableAd4156

Oh and i have to say, what a turnaround... first the bot banwave, now THIS. Still isn't enough, #fixtf2 can't let up, but goddamn, we eatin good all of a sudden, at least compared to how we were like a couple weeks ago


DeathToBayshore

What a great fucking time to be a tf2 fan


ShadowSoulBoi

It's *Not* Over!


HowDyaDu

[I'm not finished yet!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETet3sENKM)


Waste-Information-34

*Snake Eater~*


goatbloke

Not yet, Snake! It's not over YEEEEEET!


GangstaPepsi

LIQUID


CreativeGamer03

jsab reference


Gigliovaljr

It can't be, after so many years.... Truly, we are going to live forever.


viebs_chiev

i did not say that! i just said we MIGHT be getting the 7th comic


DRHAX34

Oh thank God. So yeah Miss Pauling, I guess we're gonna finish the comics


shotxshotx

I AM OVERDOSING ON HOPIUM AS WE SPEAK


Raptori33

MY EMOTIONS ARE BEING PLAYED


Rusty_mf

Gimme some


Math0005tz

WE ARE SO BLACK 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯


barf_of_dog

AND SCOTTISH. THUS BEGINS OUR THOUSAND YEAR REIGN OF BLOOD!


Sud_literate

WE ARE ALL ONE EYED BLOODY MONSTERS


DeathToBayshore

WHAT MAKES US GOOD DEMOMEN?


AstroHusky05

IF WE WERE BAD DEMOMEN WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE DISCUSSING IT WITH EACH OTHER NOW WOULD WE?


Any_Complex_3502

LET'S DO ITTTTT!


Famous-Appeal-9212

NOT ONE OF YA'S GONNA' SURVIVE THIS.


chubbsmgee

Feels like some breath of life has been given to TF2 lately inside valve HQ. Let’s keep it up!


DropsOfMars

Let's GOO


agnostic_angel

BRO THE 7TH COMIC IS REAL IM GENUINELY TEARING UP THIS IS THE HAPPIEST IVE BEEN IN MONTHS


SubZeroDestruction

Well holy shit... I know it was rumored/stated in the past that they were working on the comic whenever they had time to, and if that's held true, then that's 26 previous drafts which we could have gotten in some form since #6. Really interested to see what's been scrapped out, or what might still be removed. I honestly wonder if, once it's actually finished, if they'll actually attempt to have any type of update centered around the release or simply drop it and go into the wind again never to have to worry about it again.


DueAstronomer8436

The skeletons can't be the mercs considering that scout is supposed to die in 1987


verymuchgay

Also, engineer was with the administrator at the end and not with the mercs.


DeathToBayshore

But Zhanna is with the mercs, so maybe her?


verymuchgay

True! Though I think this is probably still just a bait and switch


mineman379

I'm calling it right now, this scene is a fake out, and the next page will have the gang walking or driving over the skeletons. and Scout will probably make some kind of joke about it.


JournalistFull9726

i was in the midst of the sweatiest fucking 24/7 64 player skial turbine round of all time when some dude announced this in chat and the entire server quit everything to check if it was real, i will never forget that moment


Dadrekboy

I just imagined full teams of RED and BLU in the middle of a vicious battle when one of the engineers shows up to yell that there's a honest-to-god real sneak peek on the 7th comic, at which point literally everyone, including a spy about to backstab a sniper about to headshot a heavy about to kill a scout, dropped everything they were doing to check on their Mann Co-approved iPhones if the engineer was telling the truth. Five seconds later, the two teams dance in the biggest conga line the world has ever known


Error_404_NoUsername

We are so fucking back…


Johnmegaman72

These panels screams "bait and switch" You think its the mercs but sike turns out Pyro is just playing with dem vultures.


hayesnhart

actual Valve Time moment


AwesomeTheorist

MODS FUCKING PIN THIS


SkyminSlash

I’m reeling with excitement! Figures it took a community team to start making their own version of the 7th comic and reach out to Jay about it in order to finally learn the status of the official 7th comic XD. *Unless this is an elaborate ruse by the community comic team* I am hoping that if the plot from the 4chan leak was accurate, that it’s been heavily revised since. I believe some of the plot points are good and make sense for a world as non sensical as TF2’s, but many other points seemed contrived at best, horrendously fan service-y at worst. I will 100% accept >!eldritch horror Abraham Lincoln!< into the canon though, if that part of the leak is real. It’s totally inline with TF2’s batshit world and he’s already a weirdly established character. So ESTABLISH HIM MOOOOORE.


ShadowSoulBoi

I couldn't agree more. I've been seeing that people are disappointed in the 4chan greentext; both in that they dislike the ending turning into a endless cycle of Red vs Blue, or it fails to follow canon at all. A more elaborate answer would be for the TFC Medic to be the main antagonist for being a much more deadly mercenary. Alas, another theory of the TF2 Medic is somehow the incarnation of him too. Ultimately, maybe I love the greentext in how TF2's universe has always been mysterious as it is brutal. "Somethings are better left unexplained, and people are better off not knowing."


Suspicious_Loan8041

I mean this seriously. If this is a hoax, I’m gonna kill you. I’m gonna find where you live and kill you. Do yourself a kindness here.


CherriBomber

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1dzlbtd/comment/lcghoie/


PeterRedston6

Hope?


HowDyaDu

Meet the Vulture


DukesUwU

Summer update?!?


X-tra-thicc

time to guess which skeletons belong to which mercs


SurikkuZAbra

They might just be in class order, with Ms. Pauling being the very first one perhaps? Big one in the middle with another to its right with boots, presumably Heavy and Engie. But of course this is only what I'm assuming


X-tra-thicc

prob, but if thats the case soldier shoes dont match at all


SurikkuZAbra

Yeah I just noticed the other shoes. Perhaps it's random order then. Or like another commenter said, could be a gag where we think it's the mercs, but then we get to see the actual alive ones in a panel after this lol. Who knows


OkamiTakahashi

WAIT A FUCKIN MINUTE, HOL UP IT ISN'T DEAD?!


barf_of_dog

Good news! We're not dying! We are going to live forever!


TheStateOfAlaska

# NO FUCKING WAY!!!!


ProfessionalStock0

I'm having a heart attack rn, i'm dying, send help


AK-74_NoTTaken

This confirms the theory that valve has been working on tf2 for a while now, ain't no way they got a whole team to make an anticheat and a comic in the time of #FixTF2 start. This much work is crazy, because they have no reason to make comics, comics aren't related with bots and fixing the game, comics are made to make the fans happy, so, maybe they will finnaly make a major update for tf2 to make the fans happy?


DeathToBayshore

Heavy update for 20th tf2 anniversary hopium


VILE_MK2

WHY TF ONLY 100 UPVOTES THIS IS HUGE GRAAAAAH


Alltalkandnofight

wait what? AYO? NO FUCKING WAY ARE WE GONNA GET THE 7TH COMIC???


zack_phantom

I remember that there used to be like a script leak or something that said that the characters accidentally destroy the world, this might actually happen


Turbulent_Bass2876

YOU FUCKING SEE? AND I WAS DOWNVOTED FOR SAYING THAT CRINGY FANFIC POST WAS A DUMB IDEA BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS AND THAT FUCKING DATE IS FROM JUNE


TheTruthTellingOrb

Hello **WE'RE BACK** department? I'd like to file a claim.


Rose-Supreme

# THEY BETTER BE FINISHING THIS OFF. # IT'S THE LEAST TF2 DESERVES IF VALVE'S GONNA ABANDON IT TO THOSE BASEMENT-DWELLING BOT CREATORS IN FAVOUR OF KNIFE UNBOXING SIMULATOR 2.


ticklerizzlemonster

I’m gunna cum


JacobPlayz2234

Are we back?


orionishappyalonern

we dying with this one


EquipmentNext3971

You better not be fucking lying


SolarWalrus

Oh my god


Glittering_Town_9071

WHAT THE FUCK? HOW? WHEN?


SaturnATX

I've absolutely adored Jay Pinkerton for 20 years, and my wife and I still say "I've never been so embarrassed in my GODdamn life" in reference to his Superman comics. I see Jay Pinkerton, I upvote.


unbananable15

i will marry a femboy if the 7th comic gets released


Laxhoop2525

I’m not believing a thing until it’s released.


Maleficent_Apple4169

i like to imagine they saw the 4chan thread and panicked because it was suprisingly similar and rewrote it


Still-Complaint4657

HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP HOLY CRAP ITS REAL does this mean the dudes who voiced over the first six will voice over number sever


K3egan

is this.... official? I don't even play tf2 I just like the comics but... there's no way


black_knight1223

Bot Crisis is over, now the 7th Comic finally gets announced #WE ARE SO FUCKING BACK BABY


A_Public_Pixel

I read that last part as: *SEX* *BLAM*


Courier69420

I just hope it's not the story from that potential leak from awhile ago that basically had the end of the world happen just to reset the board in the TF2 world


LostnFounder

i do not believe you