Concerned

This article is about the webcomic. For other uses, see Concern.
Concerned
The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman
The logo for the webcomic Concerned
The logo for the webcomic Concerned

The opening frame of the first chapter
Gordon Frohman arriving in City 17 as Doctor Breen broadcasts to the masses from a large screen, in the title frame of the first chapter
Author(s)Christopher C. Livingston
Websitescreencuisine.net/hlcomic/archive
Current status/scheduleCompleted
Previously updated every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
(until August 24, 2006),
and every Tuesday and Thursday
(after August 24, 2006).[‡ 1]
Launch dateMay 1, 2005[‡ 2]
End dateNovember 6, 2006[‡ 3]
Genre(s)Parody, comedy

Concerned: The Half-Life and Death of Gordon Frohman is a webcomic by Christopher C. Livingston that parodies the first-person shooter video game Half-Life 2. The comic is illustrated with screenshots of characters posed using Garry's Mod, a tool which allows manipulation of the Source engine used by Half-Life 2. The comic ran from May 2005 to November 2006 and had 205 issues.[‡ 2][‡ 3]

While Half-Life 2 follows protagonist Gordon Freeman in a dystopian future, Concerned follows "Gordon Frohman", a dangerously clumsy character who arrives in the setting of the game a few weeks before Freeman does. The webcomic's dark humor is derived from its contrasts with the game and through references to the game's shortcomings. On several occasions in the comic, Frohman becomes the cause of various disastrous circumstances that Freeman will later encounter.

Several reviews of Concerned praised the attention to writing and presentation[1] and the comic's humor.[2] Livingston also reported positive reception from staff at Valve, the developer company of Half-Life 2, who were pleased to have a comic based on their game.[1][3]

Livingston later went to work as a writer for PC Gamer, where he has remained since 2014.[4]


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  1. ^ a b Sapieha, Chad (2006-04-04). "Games + Comics = Gamics". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15.
  2. ^ "Funny Freeman". Computer Gaming World. January 2006. p. 52.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Irish Gamers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Articles by Christopher Livingston, Staff Writer | PC Gamer". PC Gamer.