{"id":40704,"date":"2024-08-17T10:07:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/back-to-craiglang-as-still-game-returns-in-comic-book-form\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T10:07:32","slug":"back-to-craiglang-as-still-game-returns-in-comic-book-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/back-to-craiglang-as-still-game-returns-in-comic-book-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to Craiglang as Still Game returns in comic book form"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\"WattieWattie Cheung<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan first created Still Game’s characters in the 90s<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Much-loved Scottish comedy Still Game is coming back – as Jack and Victor return in comic book form.<\/p>\n

Creators Greg Hemphill and Ford Kiernan have worked with a team of writers and artists to adapt the stories for a new format.<\/p>\n

The popular BBC comedy about a group of pensioners ran for nine TV series<\/a> and sold out three live show runs at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. <\/p>\n

The first book is released next month. Hemphill, who played Victor McDade, said the comics were like looking at the show again “with fresh eyes”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Still Game creators worked with Gordon Tait on the new comic book<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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He said: “We still love Jack and Victor, and Ford and I are still always talking about them. The comic version of Still Game has its own flights of fancy. <\/p>\n

“There are things in the comics which the cartoonists have put in which didn\u2019t exist either in our head or in the TV show. <\/p>\n

“So there are loads of Easter eggs in there for readers.”<\/p>\n

Scottish publishers Scunnered Ink were brought on board to create the cartoon version, with editor Gordon Tait having previously worked on classic characters such as Dennis & Gnasher, Oor Wullie and The Broons.<\/p>\n

He said: “A few of the artists we approached were really busy and in high demand, but the minute they found out it was for a Still Game comic book, they signed up right away.<\/p>\n

“Not every TV show will lend itself to the comic book treatment, but Still Game has been perfect.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jack and Victor in comic form in a scene from the upcoming book<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Kiernan, who starred as Jack Jarvis in the show, said he felt the idea tapped into a long-standing Scottish tradition. <\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe have a long history in Scotland of waiting for Christmas to get an annual<\/a>, then spending an hour on Christmas Day in a corner reading it. <\/p>\n

“It\u2019s an old fashioned idea in that respect, back to roots, and I love that about it.<\/p>\n

“Gordon has taken our idea to see the Still Game gang in comic book form, and turned it into something wonderful.”<\/p>\n

The first volume – He Who Hingith Aboot Getteth Hee Haw – is released on 16 September. Work is already underway on a second volume of stories.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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