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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – 2000 AD Audiobooks

Welcome to the exciting fifty-second episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes!

We’re just hours away from the launch of the brand nee audiobook adaptations of some of 2000 AD’s greatest stories! Penguin Random House’s full-cast adaptations of Judge Dredd: America, Judge Dredd: The Pit, Sláine: The Horned God, The Ballad of Halo Jones, and Brink land on Audible and selected other venues on 4 March 2021.

On this episode of the Thrill-Cast we welcome two of the producers on the series, Chris Thompson and Kate MacDonald, who chat about the challenges of turning comic books into audiobooks.

We then hear from Pat Mills about the origins and influences of Sláine, on Irish mythology, and how the Celtic barbarian broke the Conan mould, before we chat away to Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard about Brink, and how the audiobook adaptation has dovetailed with some of the decisions they made about the comic strip.

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

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, Sticher, 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 Lockdown Tapes – 2000 AD Regened!

Welcome to the exciting fifty-first episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes!

2000 AD Regened is back – the first all-ages special issue lands this week and the Thrill-Cast welcomes just some of the talented creatives involved to this episode.

Writer Michael Carroll and artists Luke Horsman and Simon Coleby talk about the debuts of ‘Action Pact’ and ‘Mayflies’, the former a non-stop thrill-ride and the latter a brand new series set in the universe of Rogue Trooper!

And then we talk to writer David Ballie and artist Anna Morozova about their new series ‘Viva Forever’, cat burglars, comics for kids, and pursuing a life of crime!

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

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, Sticher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonlinePodcastcomics

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Kevin O’Neill, part two

Welcome to the exciting FIFTIETH episode of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes!

This is the second part of our epic conversation with legendary artist Kevin O’Neill – make sure you check out part one before listening!

Kevin and Molch-R discuss his co-creation of superhero-busting maniac Marshal Law, his work in America, his banning by the Comics Code Authority, and his decades-spanning collaboration with Alan Moore on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Along the way they dive into Kevin’s Roman Catholic upbringing, the seediness of 1960s London, his hatred for dragons, and his electrifying secret superhero origin story!

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

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, Sticher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonlinePodcastcomics

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: John Sanders

Welcome to the forty-ninth episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

From within King’s Reach Tower on the banks of the Thames, John Sanders masterminded the output of Britain’s biggest comics publisher over 25 years, including overseeing the launch of hugely popular titles like Tammy, Battle and the revolutionary 2000 AD. In his new memoir – King’s Reach: John Sanders’ 25 Years at the Top of Comics – he reveals, for the first time, his story and that of the medium that would go on to dominate global culture. Thrill-Cast host Molch-R sat down with John to talk more about his unique perspective on the heyday of the old British comics industry, the personalities he worked with, and the battles he fought.

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Kevin O’Neill, part one

Welcome to the forty-eighth episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

The Thrill-Cast is back for 2021 – and we begin with the first episode of an epic two-part interview with the legend that is Kevin O’Neill!

Banned by the Comics Code Authority in America, Kevin’s work is unmistakeable – an burst of feverish, even deranged imagination filled with monstrous aliens, mutants, robots and grotesque humans. Utterly unique in comics, his work has maintained an iconoclastic intensity that has no match.

In this first episode, the artist behind Nemesis the Warlock, Ro-Busters, ABC Warriors, Metalzoic, Marshal Law, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen takes your host Molch-R through his life and career, from an office boy on Buster in the 1970s to his industry-shaking work with Pat Mills in the 1980s.

Tune in in two weeks’ time for episode two!

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New episode of Future Shocks Radio out now!

The latest episode of Future Shocks Radio has now dropped – and 2000 AD subscribers can listen to it exclusively on the 2000 AD app!

The second episode of the brand new series of audio adaptations of classic Future Shocks from the pages of 2000 AD includes adapatations of Grawks Bearing Gifts by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson (2000 AD Prog 203, 1981) and Dear Mum by John Richardson (2000 AD Prog 97, 1979)

Future Shocks Radio is available exclusively to 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine subscribers.

Produced by two-time BAFTA winner Nathaniel Tapley (Have I Got News For YouThe News Quiz) with an exciting team of writers and creatives, Future Shocks Radio offers bold, witty takes on classic stories with well-known performers like former Blue Peter presenters Konnie Huq and Janet Ellis, comedians Rufus Hound and Al Murray, Eastenders actor Nitin Ganatra, Hollyoaks actor Lizzie Roper, and Spitting Image voice actor Steve Nallon, as well as compelling new voices like 2020 BAFTA-winner Gbemi Ikumelo and a veritable torrent of comic talent.

If you are a print or digital subscriber you can access the exclusive free podcasts by signing in to the 2000 AD app with your Rebellion ID – the same email you use to control your digital or physical subscription.

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Episode 2: Beware of Grawks Bearing Gifts

Written by: Nathaniel Tapley
Based on: Grawks Bearing Gifts by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson (2000 AD Prog 203, 1981) and Dear Mum by John Richardson (2000 AD Prog 97, 1979)

Zork: Al Murray
Zolga: Lizzie Roper
Prime Minister: Steve Nallon
Simon Tidyman: Darren Strange
General & Various: Jake Yapp
Various: Zoe S Battley
The Visitor: Ruth Bratt
Tharg the Mighty: Himself

Sound Design: Rick Blything
Edit & Production: Pete Dennis

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Future Shocks Radio with Nathaniel Tapley & Rufus Hound

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Welcome to the forty-seventh episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

Future Shocks have been a staple of 2000 AD since 1977, when writer Steve Moore pioneered the short comic book story with a sting in the tail that have seen legendary writers such as Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, and Neil Gaiman hone their craft into the pages of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics.

Now, those classic stories are gaining new life in a series of new podcast interpretations from some of the most exciting new and established talent in audio drama. Producer Nathaniel Tapley (Have I Got News For You, The News Quiz) and comedian Rufus Hound talk to the Thrill-Cast about this star-studded series of audio dramas, and the challenges of turning a visual medium into an audio one!

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Kek-W & Dave Kendall

Welcome to the forty-sixth episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

Readers have been transported back to Deadworld with a new series by Kek-W and Dave Kendall, which continues to explore the downfall of the homeworld of the Dark Judges. The Thrill-Cast chats to Kek and Dave about this long-running series, how to find the humanity in the midst of apocalyptic horror, and whether a giant statue made of teeth is a sign that Judge Death has a bit of an ego problem…

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Rob Williams & Laurence Campbell, Michael Carroll & Jake Lynch

Welcome to the forty-fifth episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

It’s December and so the bumper Christmas issue of 2000 AD is on its way! This week we talk to two of the creative teams involved, both focusing on the return of a series – Strontium Dog and Proteus Vex!

Since the tragic loss of Carlos Ezquerra in 2018, Strontium Dog has been on a hiatus but Johnny Alpha and Wulf Sternhammer return courtesy of Rob Williams and Laurence Campbell, who have a one-off tale in the Christmas Prog. The Thrill-Cast talks to Rob and Laurence about Westerns, Starlord, and old 2000 AD annuals, as well as Carlos’ incredible artistic legacy.

And Proteus Vex is back! Michael Carroll and Henry Flint’s high concept sci-fi action series returns to 2000 AD, with Jake Lynch now handling art duties. Inbetween complimenting each other, they chat about Henry’s influence on the strip, how the change in artist has affected the strip’s direction, and what’s in store for their “Jason Bourne in space”!

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: Misty Winter Special

Welcome to the forty-fourth episode of The Lockdown Tapes as The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast continues to broadcast the joys of Thrill-power during the COVID-19 pandemic! Got a theme or interview you’d like to hear? Let us know at thrillcast@2000AD.com

It’s time to wrap up warm and indulge in some seasonal scares with the Misty Winter Special – the latest special from Rebellion which brings you two scary stories designed to give you chills this Christmas! The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast talks to creators Lizzie Boyle, David Roach, Anna Savory, and V.V. Glass about their stories in this new issue, the nature of horror, hidden Easter eggs, and how sometimes the scariest places are those that are humdrum and familiar!

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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, Sticher, and Spotify. You can also listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast or you can watch at youtube.com/2000ADonline