STILL Game’s Jack and Victor are back - but this time in a brand new format. Fans were gutted when the beloved BBC sitcom came to an end in 2019. 5 Ford Keirnan and Greg Hemphill say they still talk about the characters 5 The pair are delighted to launch the show in a new format 5 The book is out later this month Creators Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill, who star in the show as OAP besties Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade, penned an emotional series finale which aired five years ago and saw the characters fade out.
But now the pair have been working with a new team - and are releasing a comic book. The Craiglang legends will go from stage to page with the first edition - He Who Hingeth About Getteth Nothing - out next month. Greg said: “We still love Jack and Victor, and Ford and I are still always talking about them.
READ MORE IN TV COP OUT Moment two Still Game stars get stopped by cops in Glasgow park BAD YIN Still Game star snubs invite to Sir Billy Connolly's pad as he was 'embarrassed' “It occurred to us that we had never seen them in cartoon form, never really explored that as an art form. And that’s where Gordon and the Scunnered Ink team came.” Greg and comedy partner Ford Kiernan worked with Former DC Thomson Heritage editor Gordon Tait to recruit a team of cartoonists to re-imagine the BBC TV show’s misadventures on paper.
Ford said: “Greg and I are huge fans of things like Oor Wullie. “Greg has a Marvel connection and has always collected comics. Most read in News TV STORM BLAST Storm Huntley calls out troll as vile messages say she 'looks like a bloke' ALE FOR EFFORT 'Hiking between heaven and hell’, inside brutal trek to remotest Scots pub CHEEKY! Danni Menzies flashes bum in thong bikini on holiday at 'hidden gem' in Greece FLOWER POWER Carol Kirkwood branded ‘gorgeous lassie’ as she stuns in floral summer dress “Gordon has taken our idea to see Jack and Victor and all the Still Game gang in comic book form, and turned it into something wonderful.
“We have a long history in Scotland of waiting for Christmas to get an annual, then spending an hour on Christmas Day in a corner reading it. It’s an old fashioned idea in that respect, back to roots, and I love that about it. “We’re really happy with it.
And I love how my wee cartoon guy looks.” I threw my friend a Still Game hen do, she was gobsmacked but show icon loved it Gordon has worked on iconic titles like Dennis & Gnasher and The Broons. He said some of the busy artists signed up as soon as they found out the job was for Still Game.
Gordon added: “Not every TV show will lend itself to the comic book treatment, but Still Game has been perfect. “It’s the most ambitious project that I have ever worked on and the most creatively rewarding one too. We’ve already started work on the second book.
” Ford and Greg wrote every episode of the BAFTA-winning show which ran for nine series and three sold-out multi-date live productions at Glasgow’s Hydro arena, playing to a total of 500,000 people. Co-starring the likes of Mark Cox as Tam Mullen, Sanjeev Kohli as Navid Harrid and Jane McCarry as Isa Drennan, fans were gutted when the final series was aired. Now they will get a chance to relive some of the moments in comic form.
Greg said: “There are things in the comics which the cartoonists have put in which didn’t exist either in our head or in the TV show. So there are loads of Easter eggs in there for readers. Read more on the Scottish Sun TOP THAT Shoppers in frenzy over £10 Sainsbury's top ‘ticking the box for so many trends’ LIFE'S A BEACH Inside Aberdeen's £80m new stadium plan as Dons told 'it's still on table' “The results are super-exciting, the new version of the characters look adorable.
And we don’t have to spend an hour and a half in the make-up chair.” 5 The comic has been created by the team behind Oor Wullie 5 The stars say they don't have to spend hours in make-up for this version.
