The 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 interviews some of the world's greatest comics creators, welcomes special guests, gives you exclusive announcements and the chance to win zarjaz prizes - plus so much more!

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Episodes

Episode 221: A Tribute to John M Burns
Mar 18 2024
Episode 221: A Tribute to John M Burns
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 The Wonder Horse, Doctor Who, Mission Impossible, Buck Rogers, Magnum P.I., as well as Dan Dare and Kelpie the Boy Wizard, plus phenominally successful newspaper strips such as The Seekers, Danielle, George & Lynne, Jane, and Modesty Blaise.Whether pen and ink or fully-painted, John's work brought so much joy, evoked so much admiration and respect from fans and his peers alike. A true artist's artist, he was someone whose work is instantly recognisable and someone who maintained the highest quality throughout that extraordinarily long career full of page after page of perfect comic art. In this episode, we pay tribute to this extraordinary talent by talking to just some of the people who knew him – Tim Quinn is a comics writer and editor who worked with John for many years, Sean Phillips is a multi-awardwinning artist, Robbie Morrison is the co-creator and writer of Nikolai Dante, and Paul Duncan is an editor and writer working on a book about John's extraordinary legacy. Together, they paint a vivid picture of the man, his work, and his legacy. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, whether that is Apple, Google, Stitcher, Spotify etc. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000adonline  * Get FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletter* Subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37I* Subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zGot a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com
Episode 219: Defund Judge Dredd! And top tips for 2000 AD newbies – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast
Feb 19 2024
Episode 219: 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 Morris talks to comics critics Rachel Bellwoar and Zack Quaintance about the best ways to get into ready the legendary weekly.Then we welcome Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt and Henry Flint, the creative powerhouse behind 'A Better World', the current Judge Dredd story running in 2000 AD which sees an experiment diverting resources from the Judges and into education and welfare threatens the very existence of Justice Department. How will the Judges react? We dive into the processes and ideas behind this groundbreaking story, and ask whether this is it for Judge Dredd!The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000adonline* Get FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletter* Subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37I* Subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zGot a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com
Episode 213: From Crisis to Prose to Comics - 45th anniversary panels
Apr 28 2022
Episode 213: From Crisis to Prose to Comics - 45th anniversary panels
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 impact on American comics than the first. Host Torunn Grønbekk talks to Garth Ennis, Sean Phillips and John McCrea, all of whom graduated from the 'mature comics' boom of the late '80s and early '90s and went on to have a huge impact on the industry.Comedian and broadcaster Robin Ince talks to best-selling crime writer Ian Rankin, award-winning sci-fi author Lauren Beukes, and popular children's writer Louie Stowell about comics, prose, and the influence of 2000 AD.And in 2000 AD: Beyond Borders,  host Kelly Kanayama talks to 2000 AD writers Arthur Wyatt and Michael Carroll (Judge Dredd) and artist Chris Burnham (Judge Dredd, Batman) about their perspectives on this quintessentially British comic book export.All of the panels from our 45th anniversary online show are available to watch at 2000AD.com/45yearsMake sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers. Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.comThe 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
Episode 210: The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast - Al Ewing interview (2018)
Mar 3 2022
Episode 210: The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast - Al Ewing interview (2018)
FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: https://2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wOvX1zIt’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, his vivid imagination and dark humour-tinged stories quickly established him as one of 2000 AD's most popular writers and a regular on Judge Dredd, where he worked with Si Spurrier and Rob Williams on the hugely successful Judge Dredd crossover epic, Trifecta. With his on-going success with Marvel Comics, Ewing sits down with Molch-R to discuss his beginnings as a writer, his preferred version of 'The Marvel Method', his thoughts on continuity, and whether he's coming back to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic.Make sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers. Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.comGet the Blaze of Glory collection here: https://bit.ly/3vyhlGzFind Al on Twitter: www.twitter.com/Al_EwingFind Molch-R on Twitter: www.twitter.com/molcherThe 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
Episode 209: The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast - A Tribute to Ian Kennedy
Feb 16 2022
Episode 209: 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 convention where Ian was a regular guest of honour, Phillip B Vaughan from the University of Abertay, and Mark Seddon, who worked to bring Ian's work to the masses. They discuss the life, work, and legacy of an artist whose career spanned seven decades.On a brighter note, Molch-R also announces the star-studded online convention to celebrate 45 years of 2000 AD. The Galaxy's Greatest: 2000 AD at 45 is being held online on 26 and 27 March. For more info, go to 2000AD.comMake sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers. Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.comFind Phillip on Twitter: www.twitter.com/phillipbvaughanFind Martha on Twitter: www.twitter.com/marfageFind Mark on Twitter: www.twitter.com/IanKennedyArt1Find Molch-R on Twitter: www.twitter.com/molcherThe 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
Episode 205: The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast - The rise of the Judges & classic Brian Bolland art
Nov 24 2021
Episode 205: The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast - The rise of the Judges & classic Brian Bolland art
FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: https://2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wOvX1zIt’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 of Judge Dredd - about being a mall-rat, writing dystopian cop stories in modern day America, and the nature of fame.And with the 'Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition' pre-orders now closed, Molch-R talks to editor Oliver Pickles and comics historian David Roach about the task of assembling more than 140 pages of original art from Bolland's career, from explaining scanner settings to finding art hidden down the back of sofas.Make sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers. Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.comFind Stitch on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stitchmediamixFind Oliver Pickles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OliverPickles2Find David Roach on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david.roach.180Find Molch-R on Twitter: twitter.com/molcherThe 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline
Episode 204: 2000 AD Encyclopedia with Scott Montgomery
Nov 10 2021
Episode 204: 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 aaron A. Aardvark to Zombo! Molch-R talks to journalist and writer Scott Montgomery about the unenviable task of condensing and compressing so many thrills down into a single book.Plus: it's Thought Bubble this weekend and we hear from the judges on the 2000 AD Talent Search panels - Liana Kangas, Doug Braithwaite, Olivia Hicks, Maura McHugh, Ram V, and Oliver Pickles - about their thoughts on the process ahead, which will see two contestants given the opportunity of paid work with 2000 AD, and what they're looking for in the winning entries!Make sure you’re signed up to the 2000 AD Thrill-Mail for all the latest news and offers. Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.comFind Scott on Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottmo68256087Find our art panel judges on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dougbraithwaitehttps://twitter.com/lianakangashttps://twitter.com/droliviahicksFind our script panel judges on Twitter: https://twitter.com/splinisterhttps://twitter.com/therightramhttps://twitter.com/OliverPickles2Find Molch-R on Twitter: https://twitter.com/molcherThe 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic with creator interviews, panels, and more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes, Stitcher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline