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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 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.

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And Paul Duncan has kindly provided higher resolution images of the art featured in this episode:

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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 his career, the ins and outs of writing war comics, and why without Battle there’d be no 2000 AD!

We’re then joined by two of the artists from this hardcover special – Keith Burns and Patrick Goddard – to discuss following in the footsteps of artistic giants like John Cooper and Mike Western, how they approach drawing action, and why reference isn’t cheating!

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Find Keith on Twitter: @burns_keith

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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

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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 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.

And, exclusive to the 2000 AD Youtube Channel, there’s a sneak peek of the incredible Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition, which will soon be reaching Earthlets who pre-ordered it last year!

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All of the panels from our 45th anniversary online show are available to watch at 2000AD.com/45years

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Garth Ennis on Hawk the Slayer – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

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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 anniversary online convention.

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Intestinauts with Arthur Wyatt & Pye Parr – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

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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 robots, drawing way-too-involved backgrounds, and how the story of poop is the story of human civilisation.

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Find Arthur on Twitter: @arthurwyatt

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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

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Al Ewing interview (2018) – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

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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.

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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

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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 the future. On the way they discuss the process behind the choice of the eight pieces of artwork as well as what makes Dredd such an enduring character and the challenges the museum has faced during lockdown.

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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

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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! Join them as they bid farewell to another Thrill-powered year!

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Find Olivia on Twitter: www.twitter.com/droliviahicks
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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

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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 to reimagining classic Judge Dredd villains.

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Find Lee on Twitter: @MrLeeCarter
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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

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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 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.

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Find Stitch on Twitter: twitter.com/stitchmediamix
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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