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| Mythos Media releases, 2008 |
Modern Mythology started out as my
personal blog in 2005.
In 2006, P. Emerson Williams, Michael Szul, Tovarich Pizor and I joined forces to create Mythos Media, a platform for the production of modern myths that might slip through the cracks or be dismissed by mass-media publishers and outlets. This was my third full-out attempt at helping to germinate an indie media collective. (Previous ones have led to shared A/V production facilities that are sadly no longer in existence, this one was more focused on virtual platforms due to the lower overhead.) Many years of hard work followed, where we produced and released books, comics, illustrated books, audio books with dedicated original soundtracks, albums, and collaborated a great deal with many other creative groups and production companies.
We made the concerted decision to maintain Mythos Media as a brand representing quality, off the path content. Anyone involved can forge their relationships with whatever publishing or distribution approach best suits their project, as Mythos Media is no longer a publisher itself. You will likely continue to see products popping up here and there, eBooks and paperbacks, DVDs and albums, that have our logo on it. You can take that as you will, but:
In February 2011, Modern Mythology.net was opened up as a group endeavor, a site dedicated to maintaining a platform for the discussion of mythology and the independently produced media that follows from this discussion. Anyone involved can forge their relationships with whatever publishing or distribution approach best suits their project. If you join, we don't own your shit: you own your shit. Make it good.
Since February, the site very quickly grew to a steady 20,000 - 30,000 visitors a month, all coming to investigate original content on mythology crossing and incorporating many supposedly disparate disciplines: art, writing, linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, systems theory, psychology, film. While this many visitors doesn’t represent a huge marketing success, as many world-class blogs such as Huffington Post easily see more than that many visitors in a day. However, when you consider the subject matter and our approach, it seems to indicate an interest in what is a rather enigmatic subject.
This project began a creative collective, and it remains one, for all of those who are interested in joining and driven enough to play on the level.
Note: All content on this site is used via Creative Commons. Credits are given when they are known for images- if you see an image that you recognize the author of and it is not credited, please let us know so we can attribute properly.
