Very Nearly Almost

Limited to 120 hand numbered copies, the first Issue was published on 15 September 2006 and was only available in selected stores, like the Tate Modern bookshop. The content was confined to photographs of street art, graffiti and tags.

The second issue was published on 1 December 2006 and included photos of artworks by Faile, Banksy, Obey, Invader, D*Face, Miss Van, Insa, Blek Le Rat and many other famous street artists as well as a bundle of Very Nearly Almost vinyl stickers.

On 2 July 2007 the third issue was published. It was the first time that the magazine was available on the internet.

Issue four featured photographs of the latest street art from London on 52 full colored pages. It was published on 5 December 2007.

Published on 16 April 2008, the fifth Very Nearly Almost issue was completely redesigned and featured urban artists from all over the globe like Sickboy, Banksy, Swoon, Faile, Pure Evil, Dave the Chimp, Obey Giant, D*face, Invader, and others.

On 23 July 2008 the sixth issue was published, this time including a coverage of the Cans Festival in London.

Issue seven, which was published on 15 October 2008 and featured C215, was the first issue to be celebrated with a launch party, which was supported by different sponsors.

Featuring Kid Acne, Herakut, Faile, JR, Dave the Chimp, Nylon, Stagger and published on 19 February 2009.

The ninth issue was published on 25 June 2009 and featured Meggs, Sickboy and Ron English.

Issue ten was published on 3 December 2009 included a coverage of the Fame Festival and featured D*face, Delta, and other street artists. This was the first issue which was available in two editions - the regular and a special edition with a screen-printed cover by D*Face

Issue eleven boasted a special edition with a screen-printed cover by Insa. It was published on 15 April 2010.

Issue twelve was launched on 12 August 2010 and included a cover artist interview on Roa. The launch party was supported by Mr. Jago who painted live and Pure Evil’s band played music. The limited special edition's cover was screen-printed by ROA.

Issue thirteen was launched on 15 October 2010 as a part of the Moniker Art Fair. The limited special edition's cover is screen-printed by Ben Eine and the magazine featured interviews with Elbow-Toe, Espo, Miso, Tilt and What.

Issue fourteen was released on 10 January 2011 at the Brick Lane Gallery, this time featuring Sickboy as a cover artist, with 80 screen printed copies available at the launch. Mysterious Al, Pedro Matos, Evan Hecox and Doze Green were also featured.

Issue fifteen saw VNA print run increase to 5,000 to accommodate the demand from their Shepard Fairey cover. The number of pages in the magazine also increased. This issue launched at Black Rat Press on 26 May and the limited editions screen printed magazines sold out in under fifteen minutes. The issue also contained interviews with Logan Hicks, Burning Candy, Nychos and Elph.

Issue sixteen was released on 8 September at Pictures on Walls and saw an even greater demand for the limited copies which were designed by Invader in line with his in-depth interview in the magazine. Also interviewed were Kid Zoom, Will Barras and Trustocorp.

Issue twenty features TLP (The London Police) on the cover

Issue eighteen has Conor Harrington as cover artist.

Issue nineteen features Anthony Lister on the cover.

Issue twenty features RETNA on the cover. This was the first issue with alternative covers for retail sales and direct online sales (exclusive to verynearlyalmost.com)

Issue twenty one features Miss Van on the cover

Issue twenty two features Vhils on the cover

Issue twenty three features Faile on the cover

Issue twenty four features Paul Insect on the cover

Issue 35 has D*Face on the front cover – shot by Shamil Tanna – for the second time. Other features: Activism, Artist Profile, Big Balls, Collaborations, Featured artists, Graffiti, Interview, Shows & Events, Street Art, VNA Magazine art, Australia, Cam Scale, Cinta Vidal, D*face, haroshi, Japan, Jarus, Lonac, London, MARK DREW, phill blake, Shamil Tanna, Shepard Fairey, Søren Solkær, Tatiana Suarez, UK, vna 35, Wayne White, Wayne-O-Rama