The story is a revisionist look at the popular western myth of the abduction of persephone, the daughter of the ancient greek goddess demeter and queen of the underworld after she was kidnapped by hades. Allison shaw is raising funds for persephone onevolume comic adaptation on kickstarter. Persephone 16 by eupraxia persephone, hades, persephone. Persephone 1 by eupraxia on deviantart greek pantheon, greek memes. Sensual and inspired comic retelling of the classic. Formed with creators and readers in mind, all comics are free to read with pages posted every day. Hades and persephone and the greek myths by doctorwholovesthe80s. Far to the north follows a young woman named kelu as she braves the perils of her remote mountain home to save her captured family from outsiders. Persephone from allison shaw webcomic merchandise webcomic and graphic novel merchandise store for hiveworks comics. Pomegranate frequently shows up in fanwork as the fruit of persephone. Mariana, someone at a distance, the victorian chaiselongue, good evening, mrs craven, saplings, miss pettigrew lives for a day, little boy lost.
If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full access to all. Allison shaw persephone internationaldevelopment pdf ebook epub download. My projects include far to the north, tigress queen, and persephone. Allison shaw, books, chris roberson, fantasy, ghostsspirits. We publish comics like smbc, stand still stay silent, sister claire and namesake.
Sensual and inspired comic retelling of the classic greek romance of hades and persephone. Persephone is no tragic victim, but a kind young woman held in place by her overbearing mother. Hiveworks comics is a webcomic and graphic novel publisher. Allison shaw, creator of comics far to the north and tigress queen, drew on her passion for mythology and ear for modern dialogue. Allison shaw is creating adventures and fairy tales in webcomic. For childrens books, phone home, persephone by kate mcmullen.
Hades, being one of the only gods left to counter persephone s newfound powers, turns to her former handmaiden and friend for help in saving olympus from her wrath. Experiment with deviantarts own digital drawing tools. Is there a good book about the story between hades and. Allison shaw is an american artist and writer whose work is mostly known from a pair of webcomics, far to the north and tigress queen. Persephone is an immortal woman living under her mothers shadow, and overprotective gaze. Hiveworks comics is a creatorowned comics and graphic novel publisher focused on free to read webcomics. Sensual and inspired comic retelling of the classic greek romance. Click to read more about persephone by allison shaw. Persephone blends elements of the queen of the underworlds tale into a new setting one with its own rich history and endearing cast. An adaptation of the greek myth of demeter and her daughter persephone, in an exciting universe that blends high fantasy adventure with visuals reminiscent of japanese anime and 1950s americanstyle comics. Im currently running a kickstarter to get a printed versionmore info here. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Nice interpretation, and it still hurts losing my persephone many years ago, my beautiful meg died 1994.
Persephone is my take on the greek myth of hades and persephone. Persephone comic read persephone comic online in high. The story still frames an ancient power struggle between the beings that walk the earth and the menacing creatures confined to the underworld, but persephone, hades, and demeter have a new face and a. Im allison shaw and i have a completed comic about the misunderstood romance of hades and persephone. Earlier this year she launched a kickstarter to print her version of the persephone myth in graphic novel form. He tells us quite a bit, in fact, for someone who wasnt there. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Abcs of cookies, the sesame street series ebook by p. In the meantime i will be posting concept art here and there. Persephone from allison shaw webcomic merchandise persephone cover by eupraxia webcomic and graphic novel merchandise store for hiveworks comics. There will be a kickstarter to bring far to the north to print, but it will be no time in the immediate future as the comic is not currently ready for that. Persephone is an ordinary girl, which is exactly what is bothering her.
Image result for greek mythology hades and persephone story. Each postcard is 4x6 inches, and the set includes 4 gorgeous images. Im not sure if its because hades is the original depressive demon nightmare boy, or that ive always loved the idea of a queen of the dead, but their romance and part time joint rule of the underworld is one of my favorite pieces of mythology. And finally, i really loved the art work and the character designs. A barbarian warlord and a pampered prince try to avoid a marriage alliance that could end decades of violence. In plume, vesper and her supernatural guardian travel through the old west on a. A failed scheme by apollo leads her to a chance encounter with the humorless hades, who is struck by loves arrow.
This set of postcards inspired by allison shaw graphic novel persephone. Greek mythology art lore olympus hades and persephone retelling character design inspiration geek culture birthday presents writing prompts fantasy art. I just say it how i read it alison shaws kickstarter. Feb 3, 2019 persephone onevolume comic adaptation by allison shaw kickstarter. From persephone s voluptuous frame to the fact that hades has his own speech bubble type, i thought that artwork was unique and fit the tone of the story. While persephone has gathered some skill without her mothers knowledge, she has a hard time sizing up to her mothers raw talent.
You can find links to my other comics on the links page. I greatly enjoyed what allison shaw did with the hades and persephone myth. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the persephone, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Persephone remembers the pomegranates by samantha macleod. Allison shaw is raising funds to print a completed, goldenhued comic retelling of the classic greek romance of hades and persephone. Best book covers from books i read in 2017 in his ancient hymns, homer tells us of the unyielding lord of the dead who kidnapped the innocent daughter of demeter. In persephone, the greek god hades gets shot with a love arrow and falls in love.
Kelu turns to the monsters of her remote mountain home when her family is held hostage by outsiders. Allison shaw is raising funds for persephone onevolume comic adaptation on. In his ancient hymns, homer tells us of the unyielding lord of the dead who kidnapped the innocent daughter of demeter. Follow alison shaw and explore their bibliography from s alison shaw author page. An outoftown spring break trip during her senior year of high school turned nightmarish when allison came down with. The matrix series has a character named persephone, who is married to the marovingian, a lord of the underworld. Persephone onevolume comic adaptation by allison shaw. It was my first patreonexclusive comic and thanks to the wonderful people who supported.
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