


Lore Olympus: Volume One first came out in 2021. However, this was not her first rodeo as she has been working online since 2002 when she began uploading her works on different web platforms.Īs a sufferer of dyslexia, ADHD, and various anxiety disorders her achievement is even all the more remarkable.

She started working as a designer and illustrator for “Lore Olympus” in 2018. The author is a comic artist and folklorist from New Zealand that has become of the most successful webcomics from down south. This volume collects episodes 1-25 of the #1 WEBTOON comic Lore Olympus.The “Lore Olympus” series is one of the most popular comic series on Webtoon written by Rachel Smythe. This edition of Smythe's original Eisner-nominated webcomic Lore Olympus brings Greek mythology into the modern age in a sharply perceptive and romantic graphic novel. Now Persephone must navigate the confusing politics and relationships that rule Olympus, while also figuring out her own place-and her own power. When her roommate, Artemis, takes her to a party, her entire life changes: she ends up meeting Hades and feels an immediate spark with the charming yet misunderstood ruler of the Underworld. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. HUGO AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR - "What Scott Pilgrim did for Canadian slackers, Lore Olympus does for the Greek pantheon, while being so beautiful that you know Aphrodite is just staring daggers in its direction."-Kieron Gillen, co-creator of The Wicked + The Divine Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love-witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe.
