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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: Bryan Talbot

Welcome to the twenty-fifth 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 his beginnings in the underground comics scene of the 1970s to his original graphic novels of the last 15 years, Bryan Talbot’s career has been a singular one. His groundbreaking series The Adventures of Luther Arkwright has not only been cited as helping create the ‘steampunk’ subgenre but was collected as one of the earliest examples of the ‘graphic novel’. His time at 2000 AD saw him apply the series’ steampunk trappings to Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill’s Nemesis the Warlock, as well as Judge Dredd, and he then went on to success in American comics on series such as Sandman. The Thrill-Cast chats at length to Bryan about his life and work, his influences, and how he has become internationally recognised as one of the key creators in British comics, with award-winning books such as The Tale of One Bad Rat, Alice in Sunderland, and Grandville.

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – INJ Culbard

Welcome to the twenty-fourth 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

With his unique style and storytelling, INJ Culbard has become one of the most striking artists to work for 2000 AD in years. With influences from animation to Manga, his work on series such as Brass Sun and Brink has brought a new European-influenced style to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast talks to Ian about his career, his influences, working with Ian Edginton and Dan Abnett, and how sometimes fever dreams can result in unexpected creative turns!

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: Kek-W, The Cursed Earth with Dave Schilling, and Jock

Welcome to the twenty-third 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

This episode we have a trio of top guests talking about 2000 AD present and past! We kick off with writer Kek-W, the co-creator of time-bending meta series The Order, who discusses the origin of the series, how it has developed, and how character has always been at its centre.

Then we meet journalist, writer, podcaster and 2000 AD fan Dave Schilling, who dives into the madness and mayhem of classic Judge Dredd epic The Cursed Earth.

And finally we welcome back artist Jock to talk about his cover for the new 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special, how it links back to the beginning of his career for the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, and his excellent original art collection!

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: Sean Phillips

Welcome to the twenty-second 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 comics created with childhood friends in his bedroom to his acclaimed noir crime comics with Ed Brubaker, comics have been a fundamental part of Sean Phillips’ life. A teenager when he began working for British girls’ comics, he moved onto ‘mature’ title Crisis and then onto 2000 AD before becoming one of the key artists in the early years of the Vertigo imprint and then working on the smash hit, Marvel Zombies. Since then, he has forged a winning partnership with Brubaker on creator-owned titles such as Criminal and Fatale. In this episode of the Thrill-Cast, Sean chats about his singular journey from the pages of Jinty and Tammy, to the hard-boiled streets of the American nightmare.

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes: Dermot Power

Welcome to the twenty-first 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 Judge Dredd stories such as Muzak Killer and The Juve Mutated Kung Fu Kleggs to a long stint on Sláine, as well as work on Marvel UK’s Digitek and Wizard of the Coast’s Magic: The Gathering card game, Power’s fully-painted work was inspired by 2000 AD artists such as Brian Bolland, Simon Bisley and Glenn Fabry. But a chance recommendation in 1997 saw him move from comics to working on a career in character and production design for TV and film, including films such as on Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, the Harry Potter franchise, Batman Begins, Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate factory, V for Vendetta, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Fantastic Beasts. The Thrill-Cast chats to Power about his career, how to pronounce Tír na nÓg, how lessons he learnt in comics have impacted his work in movies, and how painting onto black paper seemed like a good idea at the time.

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The 2000 AD Lockdown Tapes – Rob Williams & Alex De Campi

Welcome to the twentieth 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

With the latest jumping on issue out this week, in this spoilers-heavy episode we talk to writer Rob Williams about his new Judge Dredd epic, End of Days, with Colin MacNeil and Henry Flint.

We’re then joined by writer Alex de Campi to chat about Full Tilt Boogie – her and Eduardo Ocaña’s hit series from the all-ages 2000 AD Regened issue last year – which begins in Prog 2185. On the way, we discuss everything from European comics to Kickstarter!

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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! 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

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Charlie Higson, Charlie Adlard

Welcome to the nineteenth 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 Smash! Special launches this week, reviving some of the all-time classic British comic book characters! On this episode, we continue our chats with creators about their new stories with this legendary characters, beginning with author Suyi Davies Okungbowa about bringing Mytek the Mighty back to life, from dealing with colonialist attitudes in ’60s comics to what life would be like with a giant solar-powered gorilla roaming around.

We then welcome the legendary team of comedian and writer Charlie Higson, and The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard to chat about The Steel Claw – the former criminal turned secret agent Louis Crandell, whose metal hand allows him to turn invisible – from their take on British superheroes to the disappointment of the Millennium Dome!

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Brit Superhero Special

Welcome to the eighteenth 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

With the Smash! Special bursting onto shelves and digital soon, the Thrill-Cast takes a look at three very British superheroes! Journalist and writer Helen O’Hara talks about her take on the origin story of the new Thunderbolt the Avenger and discusses the cultural impact of superheroes, before writer Rob Williams and artist John McCrea return to the Thrill-Cast to talk about reintroducing the ‘King of Crooks’, The Spider, and the different ways you can breath new life into classic characters. We’re then joined by journalist Abraham Riesman to take a deep-dive into Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s superbrat Zenith, examining its satire of superheroes and the comic book industry, taking the mickey out of Richard Branson and Morrison’s place as post-modernist prophet.

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons & Mick McMahon

Welcome to the seventeeth 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

Three legends – one podcast! The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast plays host to artists Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, and Mick McMahon for just under two hours of chat and laughs! Whether it’s reminiscing about their different routes into their careers or Dave’s impression of a mechanical eraser, these acclaimed creators are an absolute delight to listen to.

It’s hard to overstate how this trio has shaped the comics industry, from Bolland’s stunning brushwork and Mick’s unique style on Judge Dredd to Gibbons’ multi-layered storytelling in Watchmen, their work has influenced generations of comic book artists and writers.

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Enjoyed this episode? Listen to our long-form interviews with:

Brian Bolland

Mick McMahon – Part 1, Part 2

Dave Gibbons on Dan Dare

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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Chris Weston & Simon Furman, Halo Jones deep-dive

Welcome to the sixteenth 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 Smash! Special is out at the end of May, bringing some of the all-time classic British comic book characters back for stunning new adventures! Simon Furman and Chris Weston join the Thrill-Cast to talk about their revival of The House of Dolmann. Created by Tom Tully and Eric Bradbury, the series featured inventor Eric Dolmann and his small army of robot puppets who fought crime!

We’re then joined by Jarrod and MJ from comics site Doomrocket to take a deep-dive into The Ballad of Halo Jones, Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s stunning series which began as an antidote to 2000 AD‘s usual male-dominated action characters and became a fascinating, emotional journey of an ‘ordinary’ women’s attempts to escape her humdrum life.

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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! 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