Grist created Jack Staff based on a story he had written to make use of Marvel's Union Jack character, only to be rejected. He reworked the story to make it more of an original, self-contained comic which Grist then published through his own imprint, Dancing Elephant Press. After twelve issues in black and white, Grist restarted the title with Image Comics, now with colour provided by Phil Elliott. "Jack Staff" comes out roughly three times a year. This ran for 20 issues, then was ended. It was restarted as the "Weird World of Jack Staff" that has had 6 issues. Nothing new has been done since 2011.