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| '''''Portal 2: Lab Rat''''' is a graphic novel released in April of 2011. A joint project between Valve and established comic book artists, such as {{W|Michael Avon Oeming}} and {{W|Jay Pinkerton}}, the comic depicts the events between the end of ''[[Portal]]'' and the beginning of ''[[Portal 2]]''. | | '''''[http://www.thinkwithportals.com/comic/ Portal 2: Lab Rat]''''' is a graphic novel released in April of 2011. A joint project between Valve and established comic book artists, such as {{W|Michael Avon Oeming}} and {{W|Jay Pinkerton}}, the comic depicts the events between the end of ''[[Portal]]'' and the beginning of ''[[Portal 2]]''. |
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| | * On page 8, a book titled ''"Art Therapy - The Bennet Way"'' can be seen in during the explosion. Which explains why Doug Rattman is doing murals all over Aperture Science. It's most likely an attempt to cure his schizophrenia, following this book's therapy. |
| * On page 13 of the comic, the Gravity Gun and Combine Health Dispenser from ''Half-Life 2'', and the Black Mesa Health Station and H.E.V. Suit Charger from ''Half-Life'' make a cameo appearance. | | * On page 13 of the comic, the Gravity Gun and Combine Health Dispenser from ''Half-Life 2'', and the Black Mesa Health Station and H.E.V. Suit Charger from ''Half-Life'' make a cameo appearance. |
| * In one of Rattmann's lines, he says "Both alive and dead, until someone opens the box". This is a reference to {{W|Schrodinger's Cat}}, a theory involving neurotoxin and a cat sealed inside a box. | | * In one of Rattmann's lines, he says "Both alive and dead, until someone opens the box". This is a reference to {{W|Schrodinger's Cat}}, a theory involving neurotoxin and a cat sealed inside a box. |
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Portal 2: Lab Rat is a graphic novel released in April of 2011. A joint project between Valve and established comic book artists, such as Michael Avon Oeming and Jay Pinkerton, the comic depicts the events between the end of Portal and the beginning of Portal 2.
Plot summary
The comic follows Doug Rattmann, a lab worker at Aperture Science with a history of schizophrenia, who survives GLaDOS' attempt to murder every employee in the Aperture Science facility when she is first turned on. Sneaking through the facility, he watches from the shadows as Chell is tested by GLaDOS. The comic ends with the injured Ratmann crawling into a cryo-unit and putting himself to sleep.
The comic was released in two parts.
Part 1
Part 2
Trivia
- On page 8, a book titled "Art Therapy - The Bennet Way" can be seen in during the explosion. Which explains why Doug Rattman is doing murals all over Aperture Science. It's most likely an attempt to cure his schizophrenia, following this book's therapy.
- On page 13 of the comic, the Gravity Gun and Combine Health Dispenser from Half-Life 2, and the Black Mesa Health Station and H.E.V. Suit Charger from Half-Life make a cameo appearance.
- In one of Rattmann's lines, he says "Both alive and dead, until someone opens the box". This is a reference to Schrodinger's Cat, a theory involving neurotoxin and a cat sealed inside a box.
