The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes – Brit Superhero Special
22nd May 2020
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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