Obviously an edited image ( hint : replace the green with his skin color ) 
 
 I dont know how to post images from image gur here so ... here you go 
 
http://i.imgur.com/ABQTO.jpg 
 
Comment from on REDDIT  ( my source )  : 
  

           Thought id let you know.

           The comic was meant to be FREE And it was made by MANN CO

            Freemann. 

Oh fuck.

Even if they did announce it through that image, we're not seeing it for another 10 years.

HOLY SHIZZ! Free? MAN?! 
 
This is great news.

" Even if they did announce it through that image, we're not seeing it for another 10 years. "

holy crap

Nice

What about Half Life 2: Episode 3? Eh, it'll suck, anyway. We all know Gordon's just going to become a whiny emo and give into the G-Man for Alyx :P. (OK, poor Star Wars joke, but still, I wanted to make it.)

Let it be so.

Do you really think they would announce something this big at GDC? surely they would announce it this Years E3.... ? RIGHT? GUYS?

Hey... what if that dude in the image is the new Freeman?

Half Life 3 confirmed for all tier-1 platforms.
 
If you turn it upside down and look at it in a mirror the title reads 'FUCK PS3 IS SHIT'.

" Do you really think they would announce something this big at GDC? surely they would announce it this Years E3.... ? RIGHT? GUYS? "

All of DEMANDED is underlined. It's a pretty huge stretch.

I'd love it if the artist saw the sspeculations and thought "ugghh... They're veins. that's it!"

Maybe this will come out before episode 3..............or maybe this is episode 3!!!!! DUN DUN DUN!!!!!!!!

IT'S TIME TO CHOOSE.  
 
<3 Valve 

Wow cool. I guess we can hope for it!

Man, i want any Half-Life related news at all.

I'll believe that. I want to.

I've been saying for months that Episode 3 has been in development for so long that they've probably just moved it over to being Half Life 3. I'm going to laugh even harder than I did about Portal 2 not being Episode 3 if I'm right. And I hope I'm right. Because it means we might actually see the damn game soon.

Best forum post of the week.

...And now for the BBS messages and ASCII art...

I fucking love you valve

This isn't a refference to anything, you're all fucking desperate, crazy and stupid!!
 
Maybe the veins are supposed to look like a lambda, but that's it.

" All of DEMANDED is underlined. It's a pretty huge stretch. "

There has to be a reason why EP3 has taken so long.  Maybe it did just get so big they said fuck it, lets keep going and call it HL3.  Didn't they do similar turning L4D DLC in to L4D2.

oh lawd we's gonna be playing with mac foos.

I don't see it.

Did anyone else notice that the guy on the front cover has facial hair. Do you know who else has facial hair!?
 

Your looking at the Demanded and Free thing right, HOLY SHIT!

Holy---

Holy crap. Thats sweet.

I'd say it's cool, but... it's always been very obvious Half Life 3 (or "the Half-Life game formerly known as Episode 3") was in the pipeline. You'll get your announcement this E3.

Can someone explain the image to me? 

I sure hope so! That's weird though. They just had something for Portal 2, didn't they?
 
Unless.... PORTAL and HALF LIFE were COMBINING!!! 
But we all know that would never happen.
 
That would be weird.. portal + grav gun

"I'd love it if the artist saw the sspeculations and thought "ugghh... They're veins. that's it!" "

Oh Valve, please make my dreams come true!

Crafty..

The demanded and free thing might be a coincidence, but the vein thing looks like it could actually be legit.
 
My fingers are crossed.

yeah and somebody saw Gordon freeman shaped portal in the Portal 2 pics.... Don't get to exited guys. 

Since no one has posted the image yet... Notice the vein on his left arm and left fist making an apparent 3.

 

OH SWEET JESUS. MAY I LIVE TO SEE THIS MADNESS UNRAVEL.

goddamnit now I can't unsee it.

woopdeedoo.  
this is really lame to get all worked up for. 

Of course they're working on something HL related.