Plenty of Persephones

Some Greek-mythology-based webcomics

Persephone from Lore Olympus — Gif via Giphy

I put the Webtoons app on my phone because clearly I have no will power.

(Webtoons, or Webtoon without the ‘s’ — kind of not clear — is a webcomics platform, btw. #NowYaKnow)

So, I ended up reading way too many comics (shocker,) —

— starting with Linda Sejic’s Punderworld where a shy Hades and an over-worked Persephone are trying to find their way to romance, out of sight of her over-bearing mother, Demeter.

Full disclosure: I’m mutuals with Linda on Twitter, and have been Internet-friendly with her over the years. Plus, I’m generally a huge fan of her work.

And because of all the handy ‘more like this’ options, I ended up reading a few other series featuring Hades and Persephone 😅

Next up is Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus which…

look, I know that a lot of people love this series.

And I’ve only just started it, so I might get more into it as I’m reading, but at the moment, as with so many ultra-hyped series, it’s just OK — nothing spectacular, but definitely readable.

The neon art deco style (like the Gif at the top of the page) is certainly unique — it doesn’t always land…