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'''Near Myths''' was a [[comic magazine]] published in [[Edinburgh]] during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues. The initial editor was Rob King and it was produced by Galaxy Media. It is important because it featured the first works of [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Bryan Talbot]] (who took over as editor for the final fifth issue) as well as [[Graham Manley]] and Tony O'Donnell.▼
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▲'''''Near Myths''''' was a [[comic magazine]] published in [[Edinburgh]] during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues. The initial editor was Rob King and it was produced by Galaxy Media.
== Publication history ==
*''[[The Adventures of Luther Arkwright]]'', by [[Bryan Talbot]] started its run in Near Myths.▼
O'Donnell credits Manley as inspiring the creation of ''Near Myths''.<ref>Ewing, Garen. Interview with Tony O'Donnell (July 1998). Originally intended for the British comics fanzine ''Vicious'', run by Pete Ashton and Jez Higgins. [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/home/writing/tony.php Archived at GarenEwing.co.uk].</ref> Founding editor Rob King also ran a science fiction bookshop in Edinburgh. Deeply in debt, he ending up leaving town, abandoning both the shop and ''Near Myths.'' His landlord later broke in and eventually pulped leftover copies of the magazine.<ref name=BleedingCool>Johnston, Rich. [https://www.bleedingcool.com/2009/11/08/comica-dark-we-were-and-golden-eyed-panel-report/ "ComICA – ‘Dark We Were And Golden Eyed’ Panel Report,"] ''Bleeding Cool'' (November 8, 2009).</ref> Bryan Talbot took over as editor for the magazine's final issue.
==Contents==
▲*''[[The Adventures of Luther Arkwright]]'', by [[Bryan Talbot]] started its run in ''Near Myths''.
** "Napalm Kiss" (in ''Near Myths'' #1, September 1978)
** "Shadows" (in ''Near Myths'' #2, October 1978)
** "The Treaty of St Petersburg" (in ''Near Myths'' #3, December 1978)
** "Point.Counter.Point" (in ''Near Myths'' #4, September 1979)
** "The Adventures of Luther Arkwright; Chapters 1B, 2b & 4B (in ''Near Myths'' #5, April 1980)
*[[Grant Morrison]] (providing both art and script):
** "Time is a Four-Lettered Word" (in ''Near Myths'' #2, October 1978)
** "[[Gideon Stargrave]]" (in ''Near Myths'' #3-4,
** "The Checkmate Man" (in ''Near Myths'' #5, Apr. 1980)
== See also ==
* ''[[Pssst!]]''
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== References ===
* {{gcdb series|id=64377|title=Near Myths!}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311044433/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fish1000/index/lostcontent/gm-afterimage6-jan88.txt Interview with Morrison about his early work including ''Near Myths'']
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