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Straight from the horse's mouth - the original material upon which this project is based, the multi-player online first person shooter released by Valve as part of the Orange Box: Team Fortress 2. Namely, the blog posts accompanying the game over the years across many updates, furnished with specially created art and gradually fully realised comics hosted on the official site.

Zepheniah's Ghost

The introduction of Zepheniah's ghost as a Halloween game mechanic.

Zepheniah's Will

The Headless Horseless Horsemann

The introduction of the Headless Horseless Horsemann (Silas Mann) as a Halloween game mechanic.

Mann Family Photo

A conspicuously torn photograph of the Mann family connected to the Horsemann's page, thought to be Gray's first appearance. Also the only image of Silas in the entirety of canon.
(That we know of.)

Loose Canon

The introduction of Radigan Conagher and Australium, the plot thread tying his work back to Dell and the Mann brothers.

The Engineer Update

Lots of little tidbits, including threads establishing the Classic engineer, Fred, as Dell's father.

The Gunslinger

The update where the Engineer, Dell Conagher, talks about sawing off his own arm in order to wield his grandfather's prosthetic.

Blood Brothers

The introduction of Gray Mann, and the subsequent death of his brothers.

Coal Town

Interesting point in the Hale family history. One of the barest glances we get at Bilious Hale's personality, outside of what Saxton says about his father.

Mann Family parody RP account (twitter | tumblr)

The influence of this particular writer cannot be understated, they've been invested in Gray Mann and the Mann family long before this project came into existence, and their passion helped in no small part to motivate many of the works within.

Coolhorse (tumblr)

This artist is one of the few to really expand on the Conaghers and the Manns in more depth. This project has a fair bit of commonality and there are some fascinating elaborations on these ideas.

Emesis Blue

This is what got me thinking a lot more about TF2 when I first watched it in 2023. Surreal SFM horror with impeccable shot direction and lighting, standout characterisation of the main mercenaries.

This Isn't Over, Jack

Really interesting ongoing mixed-media project focused on "Old Nick", with some analogue horror-esque videos and plot driven comic.

Reap What Ghosts Sew

One of the first TF2 projects that started to put thoughts in motion for this one.

Long Overdue

One of the few examples of the Hale family being written about.

The Victorian Web

Handy resource I've found helpful sometimes.

Kaz Rowe

Video essayist with a historical focus, also touches on queer history.