The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

The latest story featuring John Smith and Sean Phillips' gay vampire exorcist, Devlin Waugh, has set the internet ablaze thanks to the presence of Titivillus, the typo demon trapped in a sex toy. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast talks to writer Aleš Kot about how there's more to this new series than meets the eye. On the way they chat about humour as a weapon, Devlin's uniqueness, and queer characters in comics.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On iTunes, Spotify, Soundcloud, and YouTube - this is the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast!Hosted by publicity droid Molch-R, the official 2000 AD podcast welcomes Ian Edginton and Leigh Gallagher to talk about the first collection of their fantasy/sci-fi mash-up series Kingmaker, which is out in April.And with a brand new issue of 2000 AD Regened hitting stands on 26 February, we talk to writer Cavan Scott and artist Ilias Kyriazis about their Rogue Trooper and Judge Dredd stories, and how 'all-ages' doesn't mean 'just for kids'.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast returns for its first episode of 2020 with a deep dive into the newest title from the House of Tharg – the Best of 2000 AD!The new 12-issue US-format, 100-page, perfect-bound series features a selection of the stories from the legendary comic, including a complete 48-page Judge Dredd story! Launching on 29 April, Best of 2000 AD is also supported by an ‘issue zero’ primer on Free Comic Book Day – the ideal entry point for new readers!On this episode of the Thrill-Cast, PR droid Molch-R is joined by Best of 2000 AD cover artists Jamie McKelvie (Young Avengers, The Wicked + The Divine) and Becky Cloonan (Punisher, Batman), as well as Rebellion’s publishing coordinator Owen Johnson, to talk about this brand new title, the thought process behind the choice of covers and strips, and what the future holds for this new title.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At this year’s Thought Bubble, 2000 AD returned with the only talent search of its kind in the UK – with the prizes being paid work with the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!It’s Dragons’ Den meets the Nerve Centre as Tharg the Mighty’s droids sit in judgement on hopeful writers and artists looking to join their ranks - and you can now listen to both of the panels on the latest edition of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast!The script competition, at which would-be writers have two minutes to pitch their idea for a Future Shock, took place on the Saturday afternoon in front of a panel made up of current 2000 AD editor and writer Matt Smith, writer Leah Moore, and writer and former 2000 AD editor Andy Diggle. Almost 30 entrants nervously awaited the chance to stand before a live audience and deliver their pitch, with a dozen making it through in time.For the art competition, entrants had to draw pages from The Ticket, a Terror Tale by Paul Tobin and originally drawn by Dan Cornwell. After getting through a HUGE line of would-be contestants, 2000 AD editor Matt Smith chose nine entries to go forward to the judging panel on the Sunday morning. In front of a live audience the panel - made up of writer Leah Moore (Storm Warning), and artists Mike Dowling (Anderson, Psi Division) and Frazer Irving (Judge Death) - went through each entry and gave advice to the artists on how to improve their work. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some of the biggest titles in comic books return, many of them for the first time in decades, as Rebellion lights up newsstands, comic stores, and digital devices from March through to December.Reviving old favourites while introducing new audiences to the very best of British comics, these new specials include original fresh work from top names such as Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher), Ram V (Catwoman), Alex de Campi (Dredd), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Dan Lish (Egostrip), VV Glass (Doctor Who), Danijel Žeželj (Luna Park) and many, many more!The list includes groundbreaking war stories of Battle to the violent carnage of Action, from home-grown superhero action in Smash! to old school derring-do with The Return of Sexton Blake and classic espionage in Thriller Picture Library - as well as the return of last year’s hit specials, Cor!! Buster, Misty & Scream!, and Tammy & Jinty – and the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast sits down with editors Keith Richardson and Oliver Pickles to discuss this stellar line-up for next year!The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judge Dredd now dispenses justice on mobile in Judge Dredd: Crime Files, a zarjaz free-to-play strategy adventure RPG on iOS & Android devices.The Thrill-Cast chats to Mark Hardisty - CEO of No Yetis Allowed, the company behind the new game - about this new card-based battler game, the 2000 AD talent they worked with, the challenges of developing a game based on 40 years of comics, and their plans for the future!The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Captain America punching Hitler to the horrors of the Somme in Charley's War, war stories have been an enduring genre of comic books since their earliest days.At New York Comic Con, Rebellion came together with new US publisher Dead Reckoning, part of the Naval Institute, for a panel in which experienced creators discuss bringing tales of conflict to the page. Writer Garth Ennis (Preacher), Alex De Campi (Dredd) and Wayne Vansant (Katusha) were joined by Gary Thompson from Dead Reckoning, and the panel was hosted by Mike Molcher from Rebellion.The panel discussed their own experience of reading war comics before moving on to a variety of topics such as how they portray conflict, the part personal testimonies of war can play, treading the line between reality and entertainment, and much more!The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own...Created by Ian Edington and Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker, Scarlet Traces is the popular 2000 AD series exploring the world after the events of HG Wells' seminal War of the Worlds - and now, writers have come together to explore that world in prose in SCARLET TRACES: AN ANTHOLOGY BASED ON WAR OF THE WORLDS, out now from Rebellion Publishing!On this edition of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast, co-creator and anthology editor Ian Edginton, writer Maura McHugh, and Rebellion commissioning editor David Moore join 2000 AD publicity droid Molch-R to discuss the world of Scarlet Traces, the legacy of HG Wells' original novel, imperialism and speculative fiction, and moving from comics into prose.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everything is at stake and no-one is safe Judge Dredd: The Small House! - and as the critically-acclaimed story gets collected this week, The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast talks to creative team Rob Williams and Henry Flint about working together, playing the long game, and the politics of Judge Dredd.Judge Dredd and his team of hand-picked allies finally takes on the nefarious Judge Smiley, Mega-City One s behind-the-scenes manipulator but who will be left standing at the end? And with tensions with Chief Judge Hershey at breaking point, has Dredd finally met his match?The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After their smash hit debut last year, The Vigilant return, resurrecting the greatest home-grown superheroes Britain has to offer!This 64-page special lands on shelves this week and writer Simon Furman talks to the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast about bringing back some of the greatest home-grown superheroes Britain has to offer in a shared universe! Alongside artists Simon Coleby, Jake Lynch and Will Sliney.The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast is the award-winning podcast that takes you behind-the-scenes at the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! As well as interviewing top creators and famous fans, we bring you announcements, competitions, and much more! You can subscribe to the Thrill-Cast on your favourite podcast app, iTunes and Spotify, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.