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Lockwood & Co.’s Jonathan Stroud on comics, TV & more – The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

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 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

Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

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Get the classic 2000 AD prints & T-shirts featured in Lockwood & Co!

Get T-shirts and prints of classic 2000 AD covers as featured in the brand new hit Netflix series Lockwood & Co.!

This line of classic covers cover from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic all appear in the new show, adapted by acclaimed writer-director Joe Cornish from the book series by Jonathan Stroud.

Young and psychically gifted Lucy Carlyle joins a new psychic detection agency – Lockwood & Co. – run by Anthony Lockwood and George Cubbins, as they fight ghosts, discover all manner of nasties hiding in the shadows of London, and unravel a mystery that will change the course of history!

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You can’t miss psychic investigator George Karim’s love of 2000 AD Thrill-power – actor Ali Hadji-Heshmati enjoys a classic issue (Prog 224 from August 1981) and then sports a T-shirt bearing the original logo from Prog 1, as well as one featuring famous British comic book anti-hero The Steel Claw!

Cornish was “addicted to 2000 AD” when he was growing up, telling one reporter “my Saturday morning routine was a quarter of pear drops, 2000 AD and Swap Shop”. And so Lockwood & Co. features classic issues of 2000 AD in a world where the past and present collide!