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Line 11: \|genre = \|publisher = \|date = Sept. 1978–Apr. 1980 \|issues = 5 \|main_char_team = [[Luther Arkwright]]<br />[[Gideon Stargrave]] \|writers = [[Grant Morrison]], [[Bryan Talbot]] \|artists = [[Grant Morrison]], [[Graham Manley]], [[Bryan Talbot]] \|pencillers = \|inkers = \|letterers = \|colorists = \|editors = Rob King (issues #1–4)<br />[[Bryan Talbot]] (issue #5) \|creative_team_month = \|creative_team_year = Line 30: \|nonUS = y }} '''''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''Near ~~is important because it~~Myths'' featured the first professionally published work of [[Grant Morrison]], [[Graham Manley]] and [[Tony O'Donnell (comics)\|Tony O'Donnell]], and saw the start of [[Bryan Talbot]]'s seminal graphic novel ''[[The Adventures of Luther Arkwright]]''. ~~Talbot~~Teenager ~~took~~Grant ~~over~~Morrison's ascontribution, ~~editor~~[[Gideon ~~for~~Stargrave]], ~~the~~later ~~final~~found ~~issue~~his way into Morrison's [[Vertigo Comics\|Vertigo]] series ''[[The Invisibles]]''. == Publication history == ~~==Publications==~~ 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) Line 43 ⟶ 45: "Time is a Four-Lettered Word" (in ''Near Myths'' #2, October 1978) "[[Gideon Stargrave]]" (in ''Near Myths'' #3-4, 1978–1979) ** "The Checkmate Man" (in ''Near Myths'' #5, Apr. 1980) == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.grant-morrison.com/near_myths.htm Grant Morrison Bibliography] * [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''] * [http://www.garenewing.co.uk/home/writing/tony.php Interview with Tony O'Donnell about his work on Ivy the Terrible and his early career] {{Grant Morrison}} {{UK-comics-stub}} [[Category: 1978 comics debuts]] [[Category: 1980 comics endings]] [[Category: Comics anthologies]] [[Category: British comics titles]] [[Category: Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom]]

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