While Green Wake may be tragically ending fifteen issues early, that doesn’t mean series Kurtis Wiebe and Riley Rossmo have given up giving new life to the series. As such, in a move somewhat similar to what Jim Zub has done for Skullkickers, the same has been done for Green Wake: it is now being serialized for free as a webcomic.
Following Morley Mack and his friend Krieger, the book finds the two men in the mysterious town of Green Wake as they attempt to track down a woman named Ariel, the prime suspect of their current murder case. Featuring dark and moody horror-noir writing from Wiebe and fantastically chaotic artwork by Rossmo, Green Wake made for an intriguing mystery book underneath a veil of terror. It is definitely a book for fans of comics looking for diverse ways of attacking everything the comic medium has to offer.
In addition to that, Wiebe has been dropping a few non-spoiler hints on Twitter at the true meaning of Green Wake, which would be good to keep in mind when reading the series (again or for the first time). We’ve been collecting them for some time for a mega-post later, but until that post comes, here are a few things to note:
1. Green Wake is not the machination of a crazy person.
2. Green Wake is NOT purgatory or limbo!
3. It is the story of my marital death and starting to live again.
4. The children in the second arc are based on real historical events. See: Canadian Residential Schools.
5. The Senator’s Identity is revealed on Page 15 of Issue 2.
6. The town of Green Wake is ancient. Notice Babylonian ruins in some backgrounds?
7. Yes, the frogs were once people.
You have no excuse anymore. If you didn’t read Green Wake while it was serialized in comic form or in trade, now is your chance to make up for it. It’s free, after all — what do you have to lose?
