The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... The legendary John Higgins, Ian Kennedy, and Jesús Redondo talk to host John Freeman about British comics' rich history and the lasting influence those million-selling c...

He's not just one of the toughest cops on the streets, he's also one of the toughest comic book characters to get right - but what does it take to write Judge Dredd? The official 2000 AD podcast talks to Judge Dredd writers Rob Williams, Tom Eglington, and Michael Carroll - along with artist Chris Weston - about their experience of bringing the lawman of the future to life, and what advice they ha...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... Three of 2000 AD’s newest talents discuss their approaches to writing for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, from compressed storytelling to creating compelling characters, fr...

From the mad realms of Meltdown Man to the lethal world of Death Planet, Alan Hebden is one of 2000 AD's most singular writers. Starting out writing war comics, he worked for Battle Picture Weekly in the mid-1970s where he created the incredibly popular Major Eazy along with possibly the first ever comic book about the conflict in Vietnam, Fighting Mann. For 2000 AD he wrote dozens of Future Shock...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... Two of 2000 AD’s most distinctive, versatile and mind-bending talents, the work of Peter Milligan and Robbie Morrison has pushed the boundaries of storytelling in surpri...

The world of Judge Dredd is coming to TV - and we give you an exclusive behind-the-scenes chat with producer Brian Jenkins, and executive producers Jason Kingsley and Mark Stern about what their plans are for the lawman of the future in his latest venture onto screens - from Mega-City One's crazes and crazies to how the original comics will be at the heart of the show. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is t...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... It’s been four decades since 2000 AD blazed into the Thrillosphere, but what does the future hold for Britain’s biggest comics export? Owners Jason and Chris Kingsley di...

This Saturday is FREE COMIC BOOK DAY and 2000 AD is again blasting all the competition away with a ghafflebette FCBD issue that's sure to blow the socks off new readers and veteran Squaxx Dek Thargo alike! We celebrate the best day of the year with Pat Mills, Dan Abnett, Dani, Phil Winslade, Matt Smith, and editor Keith Richardson, who talk about working on this issue, some of the surprises within...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... From Sláine to Nemesis the Warlock to ABC Warriors, from Invasion to Flesh to Defoe, hear about the career of 2000 AD’s creator and first editor in his own words. From h...

He's a thief, a liar, and a lover - and on this week's 2000 AD Thrill-Cast we celebrate 20 years of the Russian rogue, Nikolai Dante. Co-creators Robbie Morrison and Simon Fraser join us to discuss Dante's 14-year saga, from genesis to its conclusion, the early decisions that had major ramifications down the line, how their feelings towards the character changed over time, the challenges of workin...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... One of, if not the single most important partnerships in comics, John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra are the creators of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog. For our 40th annivers...

Attune your aural sensors, Earthlets - it's time for another edition of the official 2000 AD podcast! We celebrate the return of the 17th Century zombie-hunter Titus Defoe to 2000 AD by talking to creator Pat Mills about the research that goes into the series, as well as what it means for Colin MacNeil to be taking over from Leigh Gallagher on art duties, and some the mad stories Pat's not entirel...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... Host Michael Molcher talks to Simon Bisley, Glenn Fabry, Clint Langley and Simon Davis - all iconic artists on Pat Mills' Sláine. They discuss their work from almost fou...

This week's 2000 AD is ideal for readers old and new to jump on board with the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, with FIVE new stories all beginning at one. On the podcast, Molch-R and OW3N talk to Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard about the new series of deep space police procedural drama, Brink, which begins in this week's issue! Set in the aftermath of mankind’s evacuation from Earth, the human race now popula...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... Four of the biggest names ever to grace the pages of 2000 AD come together for one unmissable panel. From Mick's early work on Judge Dredd and Sláine, to Alan's incredib...

New to 2000 AD or a returning Squaxx Dek Thargo? The 2000 AD team cram into the Thrill-Cast booth to discuss their favourite stories and ideal jumping-on series for those unfamiliar with or returning to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! We're also joined by creators Henry Flint (Judge Dredd, Shakara), Rob Williams (Judge Dredd, Ichabod Azrael) and Tom Foster (Storm Warning) who share their essential pi...

In February 2017, 2000 AD celebrated four decades of cutting edge comics at the 40 Years of Thrill-power Festival in London and we are proud to give you a front row seat for panels with some of the best creators in comics today... On the BUILDING WORLDS panel, hosted by Mike Romeo, two of our most prolific and popular writers, Rob Williams and Ian Edginton, are joined artists D’Israeli and INJ Cul...

Today we celebrate four decades of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic - 2000 AD hits its 40th birthday and we have another zarjaz episode of the galaxy's greatest podcast! We speak to the curator of The Cartoon Museum's Future Shock exhibition of original 2000 AD art, Steve Marchant, about how you compress 40 years of creativity into one show. And we're delighted to welcome art droid John Burns to the Th...

To coincide with the 40th anniversary of 2000 AD, the definitive history of the Galaxy's Greatest Comic - Thrill-power Overload - has been updated and expanded in a brand new hardcover edition. We talk to former editor and original author of TPO, David Bishop, and the man behind the updated edition, journalist Karl Stock, about 2000 AD history from the beginnings to the last decade, from new Thril...

As the editor on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing and the creator of Vertigo Comics, Karen Berger is a legendary figure in American comics. In this episode we talk to the renowned editor about her time as DC Comics' liaison, bringing 2000 AD creators such as Moore, Morrison, and Ennis over to American comics, and the impact 2000 AD has had both on Vertigo and on the wider comics industry. The 2000...

In Mega-City Zero writers Ulises Farinas and Erick Freitas took Judge Dredd from the streets of Mega-City One and into a bizarre inverted world where neither the city nor even the concept of law exist - how did the lawman survive in a world turned upside? We talk to the writing duo about their vision of Judge Dredd and his world for IDW, pushing characters to the extreme and upsetting expectations...

Hello chums! And welcome to the second part of our chat with comics editor Barrie Tomlinson. If you’ve not listened to episode one, head back now and acquaint yourself with his insights into the lost world of British comics of the 1970s and ‘80s, and then zip right back here to listen to more from one of the most influential editors of the period, where we talk about a horror comic that’s not *too...

Barrie Tomlinson isn't one of the names at the forefront of histories of 2000 AD, but his influence on British comics for 30 years cannot be understated and with the archive of Fleetway/IPC now joining the Galaxy's Greatest Comic at Rebellion it's a great time to hear a different perspective on the seminal period of the 1970s and 1980s. With his uncanny knack for securing celebrity endorsements wh...

Yeehaw, we're off to sunny Texas on the official 2000 AD podcast! This week, we talk to writer Gordon Rennie about Angelic, his 'origin story' of the notorious Angel Gang - but is this a straight forward re-telling or an alternative history of the South's most evil family? And as we prepare for the Judge Dredd: Every Empire Falls collection in February, we chat to writer Michael Carroll about cont...

With the publication of The 2000 AD Script Book, we talk to four 2000 AD writers about how they create stories for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic. Rob Williams (Judge Dredd, Low Life) chats about how important choosing the right artist is, how he structures stories, and the differences with working in US and UK comics. Pat Mills (Sláine, Savage) discusses the changes in scriptwriting since the dawn o...