2000 AD THRILL-CAST
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Listen now to 2000 AD’s award-winning official podcast – the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast! Beamed direct from the Nerve Centre of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, every fortnight publicity droid Molch-R brings you the lowdown on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, interviewing some of the world’s greatest comics creators, welcoming special guests, giving you exclusive announcements and the chance to win zarjaz prizes – plus so much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on iTunes or download on Soundcloud and Podomatic.
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22nd July 2024
“I want to write Misty forever” – Gail Simone on The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
Comics megastar Gail Simone joins us on The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast to chat about her revival of the legendary Misty, the late ’70s horror comic aimed at girls. With the new anthology special out now, Gail and host Steve Morris discuss how and why horror comics work and Gail’s obsession with British pubs, among much […] More…
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8th July 2024
Al Ewing & Boo talk zombies and sports comics! – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the monster mash-up! The 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special is out now and packed with action-packed mash-ups of your favourite 2000 AD series, from Judge Alpha to Rogue/Dog! On this episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast, we talk to writer Al Ewing and artist Boo Cook about jamming together two Thrill-powered classics: Harlem Heroes and Zombo! The gang also delve into […] More…
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24th June 2024
John Higgins: “Dredd is still my #1 character” – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
From drawing dead bodies to colouring two of the biggest graphic novels of all time, the artistic career of John Higgins can only be described as unique. Even after decades in the industry, the 2000 AD great is still hard at work – with the second book of Judge Dredd prequel series ‘Dreadnoughts’ underway, John talks […] More…
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10th June 2024
From driving buses to drawing Dredd: Dan Cornwell speaks – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
One minute he’s driving a bus, the next he’s getting an email from Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner – on this episode we talk to artist Dan Cornwell! From self-published sci-fi sports strip Rok of the Reds (coming to the Judge Dredd Megazine soon!) to Judge Dredd and Spector, Dan has quickly cemented his reputation […] More…
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27th May 2024
Noir, A.I. and scars: the Armitage & DeMarco creators speak – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
We’re talking a*******s and d***s on this episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast – grumpy cops and private eyes, that is! The Thrill-Cast team talk to current Armitage writer Liam Johnson and the DeMarco P.I. creative team of writer Laura Bailey and artist Rob Richardson about the grimmer side of investigation in Judge Dredd’s world, […] More…
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13th May 2024
Michael Carroll on writing space opera & dystopian cops – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
From the means streets to far space, writer Michael Carroll has his feet in different 2000 AD worlds with his current work – with one series returning after a long hiatus and another drawing to a close. The new series of Dreadnoughts begins in Judge Dredd Megazine #468 this month. While the new Justice Department […] More…
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29th April 2024
“I like to play with words”: Dan Abnett on 2000 AD, Warhammer, and more – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
“Prolific” doesn’t really seem to cover the career of writer Dan Abnett – from decades of writing for 2000 AD to his prominent work for Marvel UK, Marvel and DC, and bestselling novels for the Warhammer 40K universe, his career has been marked by both quantity and quality. Dan returns to the The 2000 AD […] More…
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15th April 2024
Was this the CREEPIEST comic ever? – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
This episode is not for the nervous! At least that’s what Ghastly McNasty, the editor of Scream! might claim! With a brand new hardcover collection publishing all the stories from the 1980s horror comic in order out in May, the Thrill-Cast talkes to its editor Ian Rimmer, sub-editor and writer Simon Furman, and SFX editor […] More…
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1st April 2024
“I feel like a son of 2000 AD” – Liam Sharp on the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
From “gifted child” to million-selling comic artist, Liam Sharp’s artistic journey has been one of high hopes and hard work. Beginning his career as an apprentice of legendary The Rise & Fall of The Trigan Empire artist Don Lawrence, Sharp went on to debut at 2000 AD while still in his teens and co-create the precocious homocidal teenager PJ […] More…
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18th March 2024
A Tribute to John M Burns – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
At the very end of 2023, the legendary artist John M Burns sadly passed away. While well known amongst 2000 AD fans for his extensive work on stories including Judge Dredd, The Order, and Nikolai Dante, Burns’ career spanned six decades and endeared him to generations of readers thanks to enthralling and enchanting work on TV tie-ins such as Champion […] More…
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4th March 2024
Simon Harrison on Bradley, Revere & beyond – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
2000 AD has had more than its fair share of artists whose work can be described as “unique” – but few match the distinctive individuality of Simon Harrison. From his first work on the demonicly badly-behaved alien infant Bradley to the lead up to the most iconic moment in Strontium Dog and the fever dream […] More…
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19th February 2024
Defund Judge Dredd! And top tips for 2000 AD newbies – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
The official 2000 AD podcast is back! We switched Molch-R on and off again, and it did the trick – the Thrill-Cast again takes you behind-the-scenes on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics! We launch the first episode of 2024 with a special chat for readers new or unfamiliar to 2000 AD – newly minted droid Steve […] More…
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27th September 2023
R.I.P. Judge Hershey – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
LISTENER ADVISORY: STRONG LANGUAGE The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back to mark the passing of a legend – as Judge Barbara Hershey comes to the end of her days bringing law to the lawless! With the final episode of Hershey: ‘The Cold In The Bones’ in 2000 AD Prog 2349 still fresh in the memory […] More…
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1st March 2023
Did Judge Dredd Predict Our Future – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! Did Judge Dredd predict the future? In a startling turn of events, Molch-R goes from interviewer to interviewee as journalist Graeme McMillan grills him about his new book, ‘I Am The Law’, which is out now. […] More…
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10th February 2023
Lockwood & Co.’s Jonathan Stroud on comics, TV & more – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
Lockwood & Co. is the hit new show on Netflix – and eagle-eyed viewers will have spotted plenty of references to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast talks to author Jonathan Stroud about childhood reading, the influence of comics on his writing, and seeing his characters come to life on the screen. You […] More…
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21st December 2022
A Tribute to Alan Grant – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
The official 2000 AD podcast finally returns with a special pre-Christmas episode paying tribute to writer Alan Grant, who passed away in July this year. In a discussion recorded at New York Comic Con, writer Garth Ennis, editor Dan Raspler, and comics critic Chloe Maveal discuss the impact and legacy of Grant’s work, before Ennis […] More…
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1st June 2022
Battle Action with Garth Ennis, Keith Burns & Patrick Goddard – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! The Battle Action Special is out in comci book stores on 8 June and we welcome back writer Garth Ennis to the 2000 AD podcast to talk about how influential Battle Action was on him and […] More…
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28th April 2022
From Crisis to Prose to Comics: 45th anniversary panels – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! With things a little hectic in the 2000 AD Nerve Centre we bring you three of the panels from our 45th birthday online convention last month… The second wave of the ‘British Invasion’ no less an […] More…
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15th April 2022
Garth Ennis on Hawk the Slayer – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! This is a story of heroic deeds…! Writer Garth Ennis talks to Molch-R about his new Hawk the Slayer sequel series, and we bring you the Pat Mills and John Wagner interviews from our zarjaz 45th […] More…
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16th March 2022
Intestinauts with Arthur Wyatt & Pye Parr – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! They’re back and they’re ready to clean up – with the imminent release of a new Intestinauts story in 2000 AD, the Thrill-Cast welcomes back writer Arthur Wyatt and artist Pye Parr to chat about tiny […] More…
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3rd March 2022
Al Ewing interview (2018) – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! With the ‘Blaze of Glory’ collection bringing together his lauded Judge Dredd stories out now, we revisit our long chat with hit comics writer Al Ewing from 2018. Bringing a unique new voice to 2000 AD, […] More…
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16th February 2022
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: A Tribute to Ian Kennedy
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast brings you more from the worlds of 2000 AD! With the sad news that comics legend Ian Kennedy has passed away at the age of 89, Molch-R talks with three people who knew Ian both professionally and personally – Martha Julian from the Thought Bubble […] More…
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2nd February 2022
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast – Dredd @ 45 @ The Cartoon Museum
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back for a new year! ‘Dredd @ 45’ is now open at the Cartoon Museum in London and Molch-R is joined by museum director Joe Sullivan and Learning Coordinator Steve Marchant to discuss the capsule exhibition marking forty-five years of the lawman of […] More…
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22nd December 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast – Our Favourite Things From 2021 with Matt Smith & Olivia Hicks
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back for a final broadcast of for 2021! Molch-R is joined by Tharg’s underling, Matt Smith, and graphic novels editor Olivia Hicks to talk about their highlights of the year, from 2000 AD and the Treasury of British Comics to comics and books! […] More…
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8th December 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: Lee Carter
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back with another injection of Thrill-power for your aural sensors! As the new series of Angelic begins in the Judge Dredd Megazine, Molch-R chats to artist Lee Carter, covering everything from working in video games to drawing military hardware, from secret story reveals […] More…
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24th November 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: The rise of the Judges & classic Brian Bolland art
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back with another injection of Thrill-power for your ears! The Thrill-Cast chats to Stitch – who writes under the name Zina Hutton and is the author of (In)famous, the latest in the Judges series of novellas that explore the foundations of the world […] More…
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10th November 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: The 2000 AD Encyclopedia with Scott Montgomery
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back with another injection of Thrill-power for your ears! The 2000 AD Encyclopedia is out in February, in time for 2000 AD‘s 45th anniversary. A might tome representing chapter and verse on four and a half decade of the galaxy’s greatest comics from […] More…
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27th October 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: Dave Taylor on ‘Megatropolis’
It’s the galaxy’s greatest podcast – and The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back with another injection of Thrill-power for your ears. It’s Mega-City One as you’ve never seen it before! This week, Molch-R talks to artist Dave Taylor, one half of the creative team – with writer Kenneth Niemand – behind Megatropolis, the Elseworlds-style alternative […] More…
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13th October 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast: Stainless Steel Rat with Kelvin Gosnell
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is back! After some … technical difficulties Molch-R returns with a new episode of the Galaxy’s Greatest Podcast celebrating the slippery-est son-ovva-gun in the whole cosmos – Jim diGriz, aka THE STAINLESS STEEL RAT! To complement the summer’s release of the deluxe edition of the classic 1980s adaptation from the pages of […] More…
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25th August 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – The 2000 AD Guide to Colouring & Lettering
Welcome to the sunlit uplands of the seventy-fourth episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! On this episode of the Galaxy’s Greatest Podcast we talk to four of 2000 AD‘s unsung heroes. Gary Caldwell and Chris Blythe are two of 2000 AD‘s longest-serving colourists. Gary’s biggest body of work for 2000 AD was on […] More…
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18th August 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Chopper at 40
Welcome to the skysurfing seventy-third episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! The teenage wallscrawler who became a tearaway skysurfer hits his fortieth anniversary this year and three creators behind his most recent appearances come together to discuss the changing face of Chopper. Writer David M Barnett and artist Nick Roche are the team […] More…
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4th August 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Gordon Rennie & Robin Smith (2016 & 2017 interviews)
Welcome to the salubrious seventy-second episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! Another dive into the archive this week, with the choices of interview coinciding nicely with new stories from Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. First up is our interview with writer Gordon Rennie in 2016 about ‘Angelic’. The series has just returned to the Judge […] More…
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28th July 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Judging Dredd
Welcome to the super-duper seventy-first episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! Judging Dredd is a collection of essays from publisher Sequart that examines Judge Dredd and his world, focusing on everything from ideas about security and justice to surveillance and even the Dark Judges. On this episode of the podcast we talk to […] More…
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21st July 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Ben Wheatley (2016 interview)
This is the astonishingly surreal seventieth episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! We return to our 2016 interview with the Ben Wheatley, the acclaimed director behind Sightseers, Kill List, A Field in England, and High Rise, to discuss his love of 2000 AD and the influence the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has had on […] More…
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14th July 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Michael Carroll & Maura McHugh
This is the sensational sixty-ninth episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes (nice). The new 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special is out now and the writers behind it, Michael Carroll and Maura McHugh, return to the Thrill-Cast to talk about how you construct a crossover comics event, working with and editing their fellow creatives, and […] More…
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7th July 2021
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Arthur Ranson (2018 interview)
It’s the fascinating sixty-eighth episode of The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes! An artist who should need no introduction, Arthur Ranson was a stalwart of British comics from the 1970s with work on licensed properties for Look-in before moving to 2000 AD in the 1980s and quickly establishing himself as one of the seminal artists […] More…