Episodes
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 and 'Scream!' reader Darren Scott about the history of the short-lived title and its enduring influence.And if Hogwarts is the posh magical school, where do the...
Published 04/15/24
Published 04/15/24
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 Maybe, before his work saw him propelled to stardom in the comics boom of the 1990s. The Thrill-Cast sits down for a long talk with Sharp following...
Published 04/01/24
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...
Published 03/18/24
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 of Revere, Harrison's art was utterly unmistakeable and rewarding. In this episode, Molch-R talks to him about his life and career, from his childhood in south London to visiting battlefields...
Published 03/04/24
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...
Published 02/19/24
Get FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletterLISTENER 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 and the beginning of Judge Dredd's quest to find her killers in 'Poison' in 2000 AD Prog 2351, Molch-R creaks back into...
Published 09/27/23
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. And, with the news that Best of 2000 AD has been a hit on both sides of the Atlantic, we head back to New York Comic Con from last October to hear from McMillan, Chloe Maveal, Tiffany Babb, Judge Dredd writer Arthur Wyatt, and Rebellion droid Owen Johnson about the series and what it...
Published 03/01/23
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 can get the classic 2000 AD prints & T-shirts featured in Lockwood & Co from the Rebellion shop.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you...
Published 02/10/23
The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast returns for 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 reads a personal letter from Grant that reveals the secret origins of Alec Trench!We then hear a special, never-before-aired interview recorded at the beginning of 2021, in which...
Published 12/21/22
FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zIt’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 his...
Published 06/01/22
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...
Published 04/28/22
FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zIt’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...
Published 04/15/22
FREE COMICS when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter: 2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zIt’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...
Published 03/16/22
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...
Published 03/03/22
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,...
Published 02/16/22
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 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...
Published 02/02/22
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 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...
Published 12/22/21
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 aural sensors!As the new series of 'Angelic' ends in the Judge Dredd Megazine, Molch-R chats to artist Lee Carter, covering everything from working in...
Published 12/08/21
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...
Published 11/24/21
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...
Published 11/10/21
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 take on the world of Judge Dredd. With its art deco stylings and noir atmosphere, this series from the Judge Dredd Megazine has alread proven a hit - and...
Published 10/27/21
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 2000 AD, Molch-R and comics editor John Freeman chat to writer Kelvin Gosnell about the series. Along the way they discuss what 2000 AD owes to...
Published 10/13/21
Subscribe to the 2000 AD weekly newsletter: www.2000ad.com/newsletterSubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Spotify: spoti.fi/2Six37ISubscribe to the Thrill-Cast on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3wOvX1zWelcome 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...
Published 08/25/21