''Near Myths'' was a

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published in

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during the late 1970s that only ran for five issues. The initial editor was Rob King and it was produced by Galaxy Media. ''Near Myths'' featured the first professionally published work of

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Graham Manley Graham Manley is a British comic artist. Biography Graham Manley has worked for a wide range of British comics, and is credited by Tony O'Donnell as inspiring the creation of ''Near Myths''.Ewing, Garen. Interview with Tony O'Donnell (July 1998 ...

and Tony O'Donnell, and saw the start of

Bryan Talbot Bryan Talbot (born 24 February 1952) is a British comics artist and writer, best known as the creator of ''The Adventures of Luther Arkwright'' and its sequel '' Heart of Empire'', as well as the ''Grandville'' series of books. He collaborated ...

's seminal graphic novel ''

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''. Teenager Grant Morrison's contribution,

Gideon Stargrave Gideon Stargrave is a comics character created by Grant Morrison in 1978 for the anthology comic ''Near Myths'', and later incorporated into their series ''The Invisibles''. The character is based on J. G. Ballard's "The Day of Forever" and Michael ...

, later found his way into Morrison's

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series ''

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''.

Publication history

O'Donnell credits Manley as inspiring the creation of ''Near Myths''.Ewing, Garen. Interview with Tony O'Donnell (July 1998). Originally intended for the British comics fanzine ''Vicious'', run by Pete Ashton and Jez Higgins
Archived at GarenEwing.co.uk
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.Johnston, Rich
"ComICA – ‘Dark We Were And Golden Eyed’ Panel Report,"
''Bleeding Cool'' (November 8, 2009). Bryan Talbot took over as editor for the magazine's final issue.

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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) *

(providing both art and script): ** "Time is a Four-Lettered Word" (in ''Near Myths'' #2, October 1978) ** "

" (in ''Near Myths'' #3-4, 1978–1979) ** "The Checkmate Man" (in ''Near Myths'' #5, Apr. 1980)

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Interview with Morrison about his early work including ''Near Myths''

Interview with Tony O'Donnell about his work on Ivy the Terrible and his early career
{{UK-comics-stub 1978 comics debuts 1980 comics endings Comics anthologies British comics titles Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom

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