The Green Ribbon
Added 2024-08-01 00:29:47 +0000 UTCHere's another exclusive comic from my book Bad Dreams in the Night! It's been out of stock for a couple months, but it's back finally! If you haven't gotten it yet, I'd advise doing it now before it sells out again! Here!
I haven't had a ton of new stuff to share here the last couple months because I'm finishing up my NEW book of horror comics, which hasn't been announced yet, but you'll be the first to hear about it when it's ready!
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I’d read a whole collection of variations on the Green Ribbon story. Both of your versions are excellent, I’d love to see where else you could take it. The tale is about trust and consent in relationships and that is a DEEP well, especially these days. How does a jealous spouse react when they log in to their lover’s “Green Ribbon” account and discover something they don’t like? Or when their mother-in-law insists that THEY place a green ribbon on their lover’s neck as part of the marriage vows, never to be removed? So many angles of family, social, and cultural dynamics to explore with the narrative equivalent of a Big Red Button saying “DO NOT PRESS” in your relationship. Side note: Loved the first book, looking forward to grabbing the second.
Ko-Wahi Kit
2025-04-01 18:33:25 +0000 UTCLOVE this twist on The Green Ribbon story. Very nice.
Zesty Conversation
2025-01-01 03:41:38 +0000 UTCThis was the piece on IG that made me a Patreon. Got me intrigued for more!
Irah
2024-12-15 09:15:53 +0000 UTCmen just never know when to shush
alexis morgan
2024-11-02 00:00:55 +0000 UTCso she had to replace the head to keep on living in some way
Queer and Pleasant Banger
2024-10-05 00:38:57 +0000 UTCBrava 🙊😌👏
Kaye Wairau
2024-10-04 11:55:19 +0000 UTCSo she would have taken his head if he hadn't locked her? 🤔
Suellen Souza
2024-09-08 16:10:46 +0000 UTCWas Charlotte dead all along?
Brina Chia
2024-08-18 01:17:16 +0000 UTCTrue...didn't realize till an adult how toxic af he was 😂
Aurora D
2024-08-15 19:06:35 +0000 UTCFantastic story & illustrations.
Andrew Borne
2024-08-15 01:31:58 +0000 UTCNames and situation also inspired by Jane Eyre
KatelynnLynn
2024-08-10 21:50:31 +0000 UTCThe juxtaposition of the first and last page is fantastic. Same picture frame, same panel framing, different photo, and the vase is.. well, no spoilers.
Aaron Burke
2024-08-08 19:26:01 +0000 UTCWow I just realized thanks to your comment
babybeom
2024-08-07 10:21:25 +0000 UTCLOL but his face at the end was like "Yep.... not gonna say crap anymore"
Leelynn Brady
2024-08-07 04:02:18 +0000 UTCJarlotte
Rhonda
2024-08-06 19:29:13 +0000 UTCBTW! I JUST noticed that in the panel with Jane brushing her hair that the guy is looking up and you can see a small section of the floor for the room Charlotte is in. Dudes first mistake... dude decided to put his new wife directly below the room the shuffling sounds were in and never expected her to get curious.
Jessi RaRaRa
2024-08-05 18:27:03 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite old creepy stories. I ADORE your spin on it Adam. This was absolutely fantastic. 100% one of my favorite comics you've done.
Jessi RaRaRa
2024-08-05 18:23:45 +0000 UTCWOW!!!
Cecily King
2024-08-05 16:05:04 +0000 UTCThe different skin tones *shudder*
SammyNandez
2024-08-03 01:41:56 +0000 UTCJess xD
Michael Navarro
2024-08-03 00:45:16 +0000 UTCRochester really was that asshole, wasn’t he
spacecat in space
2024-08-02 21:21:43 +0000 UTCI let out an audible “Brooooooooo” at the end
M Suzuki
2024-08-02 19:46:31 +0000 UTCI knew it was something with her head. 🤣
theo
2024-08-02 16:50:22 +0000 UTCyour work has such beautiful movement <3
Sabina Moe
2024-08-02 15:24:01 +0000 UTCI also want to know if it's one or the other. Or is it a mash of both?
Hannah Jeffcoat
2024-08-02 15:02:49 +0000 UTCAlso what is her name now lol
Hannah Jeffcoat
2024-08-02 15:01:50 +0000 UTCOK I have questions. First, does this mean Charlotte's head wasn't the original? (But it said they knew each other at a young age). Second, it said she got sick in winter, was this because of winter or because his feelings were souring towards her? Or was it a phase she would go through since maybe that's when she attained her current head? Third, can she have children? Fourth, I thought once she took Jane's head, her body's skin tone would adjust but there is a large difference in skin tone, is this not suspicious or strange lol? Fifth, if after removing the ribbon, the headless body had managed to grab the husband, would it have taken his head? And any head will do? Or is it only female heads? I guess we can't know this one since we didn't see if the headless body was about to become violent or not.
Hannah Jeffcoat
2024-08-02 15:00:10 +0000 UTCI like it! Is it implied she will need a new head every now and then and that the last hadn't been her first?
Kelly Broomhall
2024-08-02 05:54:53 +0000 UTClove the mix of green ribbon and jane eyre
Monette Dalal
2024-08-02 01:48:23 +0000 UTCYES MORE HORROR BOOKS
Ashleeta
2024-08-02 00:53:16 +0000 UTCSir, that was lovely.
James Rambo
2024-08-01 18:55:32 +0000 UTCLove the update and the twist on a favorite old story! …now, I also wouldn’t mind seeing more of the husband… 😏😈
B Stern
2024-08-01 18:32:38 +0000 UTCsecond thought: Charlotte doesn’t have Jane’s tiddies 😫
Rachel K
2024-08-01 18:09:11 +0000 UTCI love the image of Jane from the back cinching the ribbon hard around her neck.
Kristin Marino
2024-08-01 18:08:12 +0000 UTCFirst thought: huh, maybe they deserve each other
Rachel K
2024-08-01 18:08:00 +0000 UTCWhen I was on dating websites (back in the day) my name was green ribbon. It worked as a barometer for if they knew about this story. Love your version of it.
Allison PM
2024-08-01 17:30:20 +0000 UTCWow - what a great update and twist.
Peter
2024-08-01 17:21:45 +0000 UTCProbably “In a Dark Dark Room” :)
Angel
2024-08-01 16:17:48 +0000 UTCI like the spin on the old tale, I used to have a book with the green ribbon story in it but I don't remember what it was called
Jay Lynn
2024-08-01 16:02:11 +0000 UTCI now need to know how many times the wedding portrait has been painted over.
noel steinle
2024-08-01 15:43:22 +0000 UTCI'm thinking more terrified of her.
Jennifer Hill
2024-08-01 15:12:58 +0000 UTCThe version in “A Dark Dark Room” was the popular one for our generation but like lots of other fairy and folk tales, it goes back a lot further! Adam’s version is kind of a mishmash of the Green Ribbon, Bluebeard and Jane Eyre. https://www.scarystudies.com/the-girl-with-the-green-ribbon/
Caroline Gaston
2024-08-01 15:03:39 +0000 UTCThis was so, so good!!!!
Natalie Burton
2024-08-01 14:56:24 +0000 UTCOMG I loved "In A Dark, Dark Room" one of my favorite books ohhhh I'd love to see your interpretation of "Tiki Tiki Tembo"
Alejandra Rosales
2024-08-01 13:57:33 +0000 UTCWoah 😳
Sammie
2024-08-01 13:56:37 +0000 UTCThought I knew where this was going, since I’ve heard of the origin story.. turns out so was wrong!
Alex
2024-08-01 13:27:51 +0000 UTCHe shouldn't have tried to play w Charlotte clearly >.>
Kaela Cunningham
2024-08-01 13:03:58 +0000 UTCPrancine, you’ve done it again!
Genavieve Collins-Huxtable
2024-08-01 13:01:57 +0000 UTCI’m going to sound soo incredibly daft.. but is the husband now happy with his new Jane/ Charlotte ?
Clarissa Frattini
2024-08-01 12:48:39 +0000 UTCLove the twist on one of my favorite horror tales and the art is gorgeous!
Cheyenne
2024-08-01 12:46:49 +0000 UTCI remember reading the original "Green Ribbon" story as a kid. This is an amazing retelling/expansion of that story!
Darsh
2024-08-01 12:17:27 +0000 UTCThat's some weird kink to stay in that relationship.
Ferdinand Samson
2024-08-01 11:04:03 +0000 UTCI just ordered it through Blackwell in the UK! I’m glad I could get it because it wasn’t available in Europe when it was released (or import from the US with huge fees). Can’t wait to read it!
Axel
2024-08-01 10:58:25 +0000 UTCI love this twist on this old folk tale, well done. That husband, though. That's some real world horror. Gross.
Brushfeather
2024-08-01 09:18:57 +0000 UTCHe should have minded his own business
Moony Mood
2024-08-01 08:48:51 +0000 UTCbestie I did not buy your book just for you to post the conclusion on Patreon 😭 (I joke - I'm looking forward to reading the other stories!!)
Ash
2024-08-01 08:40:20 +0000 UTCI came here looking if anyone had noticed 😁
Annemari Hasu
2024-08-01 08:14:22 +0000 UTCScary Stories to Tell in the Dark, I think. But even that is mostly a collection of folk tales and ghost stories--not original stories. Adam openly acknowledges that he sometimes puts his own art and his own spin on old classics.
Jon Berry
2024-08-01 08:13:57 +0000 UTCI just got my book, and the bookmark on this specific page was a very nice touch!
SaltyCupcake
2024-08-01 07:59:42 +0000 UTCI love the difference of skin tone between head and body on the last drawing, 👌🏻
Safronia So
2024-08-01 07:04:35 +0000 UTCI'm a little bummed the first half is a complete copy of a children's book I read as a kid whose title I can't remember.
Camilo Acosta
2024-08-01 06:05:57 +0000 UTCthe wolf among us reference?
s
2024-08-01 05:57:01 +0000 UTCSoooo, does the wife now have Jane or Charlotte's personality?
Chloe
2024-08-01 05:26:25 +0000 UTCSuch a cool twist
Kappathefish
2024-08-01 05:19:40 +0000 UTCCuriosity killed the cat
JaNeen
2024-08-01 04:13:59 +0000 UTCI thought of that right away, lol that movie was so traumatizing.
Linda Boden
2024-08-01 04:01:38 +0000 UTCI thought I knew where it was going but I was wrong!
KK
2024-08-01 03:47:03 +0000 UTCAnd then Charlotte’s head was put on Jane’s body and they both started dating each other instead because fuck that whiny prick, the end 😊
Rhonda
2024-08-01 03:20:36 +0000 UTCHopefully you intended the Jane eyre reference and aren’t annoyed with everyone commenting it but it’s my fav book so I’m obsessed with the reference if intentional
John Cox
2024-08-01 03:19:14 +0000 UTChttps://imgur.com/gallery/green-ribbon-original-3fhi7 Here’s a link to the original story. Hope it works ok 🌸👍
Rhonda
2024-08-01 03:11:04 +0000 UTCThe real horror is being married to this guy tbh
AyaaAcademia
2024-08-01 03:09:34 +0000 UTCAnybody reminded of the witch Mombi (Jean Marsh) from Return to Oz?
Bill R Tomison
2024-08-01 02:50:49 +0000 UTCThis story has haunted me since childhood! (Minus the new wife twist!)
Brianna DeLiso
2024-08-01 02:47:49 +0000 UTCSo good! 👍🏼
CharlesYYZ
2024-08-01 02:28:50 +0000 UTCWhoa!
Gabriel Tovar
2024-08-01 02:25:12 +0000 UTCI've read the story in the book several times and this is the first time I noticed it!
Victorina
2024-08-01 02:23:25 +0000 UTCShe just needs a fresh head every once in a while.
Chris Mingus
2024-08-01 02:18:40 +0000 UTCI kinda feel bad for Jane, but I hope her and Charlotte team up making his life miserable .
Grace 'Gengar' Soria
2024-08-01 02:08:08 +0000 UTCGod forbid women collect things for fun
iAmDirtyChai
2024-08-01 02:06:36 +0000 UTCWould you mind telling me which story this is a retelling of?
Lotte Vries
2024-08-01 01:50:32 +0000 UTCDo the red nails in the painting mean anything?
Pam C.
2024-08-01 01:47:51 +0000 UTCOmg I didn’t even notice this til I saw your comment and went back.
Corky
2024-08-01 01:46:21 +0000 UTCMen, amirite????
A F Manley
2024-08-01 01:40:05 +0000 UTCYesssss a CLASSIC.
Rachel Cannon
2024-08-01 01:33:44 +0000 UTCOhhhh fantastic
Artsy Geeky
2024-08-01 01:30:44 +0000 UTC“I became annoyed” thats it mate we all hate you, toxic af, byeee
Eva
2024-08-01 01:28:18 +0000 UTCReminds me of that story by Edgar Allen Poe “Ligeia.”
AubreyIsReading
2024-08-01 01:26:09 +0000 UTCThe feet walking on the floor above is Chefs kiss 🤌🏼
TiffanyJean
2024-08-01 01:22:17 +0000 UTCOh I’m so getting this book when I have the money for it 😳
Bella Lee
2024-08-01 01:19:26 +0000 UTCReminds me of The Green Knight. We'll done ^_^
Brian Fox
2024-08-01 01:17:02 +0000 UTCMascuse meeee. Biggest red flag I ever seen. 😭 I'll killhem!
Eleni Karkaletsis
2024-08-01 01:13:52 +0000 UTCLoved this ending, it's what 👏 he 👏 deserves 👏
lindee
2024-08-01 01:10:41 +0000 UTCCan he just put Charlotte's old head on Jane's body and tie it with another ribbon and have another wife?
Stephen Struble
2024-08-01 01:09:06 +0000 UTCI wonder how many heads the body has had in its lifetime? 🤔 lol
Jojo
2024-08-01 01:07:43 +0000 UTCSo glad to see the ending of this! Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
Jojo
2024-08-01 01:06:30 +0000 UTCI bought your book and both my daughter and I loved it!
Elizabeth Quinn
2024-08-01 01:06:25 +0000 UTCA reference to my favorite novel 🥹
Heather
2024-08-01 00:57:54 +0000 UTCThis was sooo good!!!
Chris Brady
2024-08-01 00:57:39 +0000 UTCNot to mention Charlotte also being the name of the author of Jane Eyre!
13thgracenote
2024-08-01 00:55:23 +0000 UTCGreat twist on a classic campfire tale!
Adam Scott Thompson
2024-08-01 00:55:01 +0000 UTCWhooooaaaa what a twist
Caitlin Duffy
2024-08-01 00:54:05 +0000 UTCOne of my favorite comics from the book, for sure—and one of the best retellings! Are the parallels to Jane Eyre (first wife locked upstairs, Jane’s name, etc.) intentional or just a happy accident??
Rachel Fore-Harlow
2024-08-01 00:52:55 +0000 UTCI liked it. Totally unexpected ending
Goddess Anya
2024-08-01 00:51:37 +0000 UTCI remember these kinda stories from summer camp ^-^
theygoblinblue
2024-08-01 00:49:51 +0000 UTCEerie and amazing! I do wonder which (the brain or body) takes over when that happens. Is it Jane or Charlotte, or maybe both? 🤔
Samantha Olvera
2024-08-01 00:48:30 +0000 UTCJust borrowed your book from the library and loved it.
Andy Branton
2024-08-01 00:48:19 +0000 UTCLove it and love the Brontë references!
Joseph Teo
2024-08-01 00:47:23 +0000 UTCI don't get his problem She's got a... killer bod
Blaqhawq
2024-08-01 00:47:22 +0000 UTCGreat story!!
Becky C
2024-08-01 00:45:32 +0000 UTCOooh was she growing sick because she needed a new head?
Rumpeltyltskyn
2024-08-01 00:44:56 +0000 UTCI like the twist on the usual story!
Vixie
2024-08-01 00:44:44 +0000 UTCDamn!
Jack Smiley
2024-08-01 00:44:13 +0000 UTCexcellent addition to the tale
Andrew Cheung
2024-08-01 00:44:07 +0000 UTCHell yeah!
57bees
2024-08-01 00:43:35 +0000 UTCThis is actually my very favorite story, and I’m so in awe at the fact that the book has green ribbon as it’s bookmark
Alex Faith
2024-08-01 00:43:35 +0000 UTCThis ending is a million times better than what I was imagining!
Danae
2024-08-01 00:43:23 +0000 UTCDaaaamn, dude! Nice twist on a classic 🖤 Also, first lol
Mortimer Langford
2024-08-01 00:43:21 +0000 UTCholy shit - my jaw dropped
Amanda Hafen
2024-08-01 00:43:18 +0000 UTCJust received the book. It is awesome!!
Selinda Garcia
2024-08-01 00:43:10 +0000 UTCWicked ending
Christian Santiago
2024-08-01 00:43:09 +0000 UTCNow that’s a twist I never expected, terrifying, too!
Ra’Jira
2024-08-01 00:43:05 +0000 UTCAmazing retelling of the story Adam 😮. Literally everything you illustrate and share with us is a masterpiece thank you!
Joseph Mileson
2024-08-01 00:42:49 +0000 UTCI bought the book! Thank you for your work!
Pancake_boi
2024-08-01 00:42:16 +0000 UTCDang Adam! Hard working man!
Jessica Bernard
2024-08-01 00:42:16 +0000 UTCSuch a good book!!
JohnMichael Schott
2024-08-01 00:42:06 +0000 UTC
