24 Jul 2024

Lore Olympus - NZ's webcomic phenomenon

From Afternoons, 1:15 pm on 24 July 2024

It's possible that artist Rachel Smythe is New Zealand's most read author.

After 8 years of writing and illustrating her online comic Lore Olympus, she can boast 6.5 million subscribers, and 1.7 billion views.

It's a retelling The Abduction of Persephone from greek myth and it's very modern, very sexy and very popular.

The printed collections of the comic have hit the top of the New York Times bestseller list multiple times, and there's even a TV show in the making.