Witness what the gods do…after dark.

June 2, 2024 2:55 AM

Lore Olympus, the biggest name in WEBTOON's catalog, has come to an end after 280 installments since beginning six years ago. It retold the story of Hades and Persephone, with subplots of every other Greek myth you can think of, and won the Eisner, Harvey, and Ringo awards multiple times. Also available in print at your local library or comic book store.
posted by one for the books (6 comments total)

Gaia!
posted by HearHere at 4:06 AM on June 2, 2024

So great. I had never heard of this, now get to read it from the beginning. Thanks for posting.
posted by chavenet at 4:39 AM on June 2, 2024 [1 favorite]

Celebrating 8 Years of Lore Olympus with Rachel Smythe
posted by chavenet at 5:12 AM on June 2, 2024

I've been reading these books from the library! They're good at making ancient myths contemporary.
posted by dragonplayer at 5:38 AM on June 2, 2024

I kept meaning to do an FPP about Lore Olympus, so thank you for doing that!

I've been a Greek mythology nerd since childhood and I can't remember how this ended up on my radar, but I went ham reading it. I have purchased the volumes since I like being able to take a book upstairs before bed.

This is an excellent comic. Romance, intrigue, and just a really cool way of looking at the Hades & Persephone myth. It is queer friendly as hell, too.
posted by Kitteh at 5:40 AM on June 2, 2024

I just ran through the whole story in the last few days. Thanks so much for sharing, it was a wonderful read.
posted by sauril at 9:20 AM on June 5, 2024