| Near Myths | |
|---|---|
 Cover ofNear Myths #3. | |
| Publication information | |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Publication date | Sept. 1978–Apr. 1980 |
| No. of issues | 5 |
| Main character(s) | Luther Arkwright Gideon Stargrave |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Grant Morrison,Bryan Talbot |
| Artist(s) | Grant Morrison,Graham Manley,Bryan Talbot |
| Editor(s) | Rob King (issues #1–4) Bryan Talbot (issue #5) |
Near Myths was acomic magazine published inEdinburgh 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 ofGrant Morrison,Graham Manley andTony O'Donnell, and saw the start ofBryan Talbot's seminal graphic novelThe Adventures of Luther Arkwright. Teenager Grant Morrison's contribution,Gideon Stargrave, later found his way into Morrison'sVertigo seriesThe Invisibles.
O'Donnell credits Manley as inspiring the creation ofNear Myths.[1] Founding editor Rob King also ran a science fiction bookshop in Edinburgh. Deeply in debt, he ending up leaving town, abandoning both the shop andNear Myths. His landlord later broke in and eventually pulped leftover copies of the magazine.[2] Bryan Talbot took over as editor for the magazine's final issue.
