The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast

KLO-E is back! She returns from her sick bed for some much-needed discussion of the latest 2000 AD, including the return of 'Brink' and the portrayal of revolution in Peter Milligan and Kieran McKeown's 'The Discarded'.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD app Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We welcome Ben Wheatley – acclaimed film director of Free Fire, Kill List, A Field in England, and Meg 2 — on this episode to chat about his new supernatural Dredd-world series Judge Dee, as well his love for 2000 AD and the challenges of going from writing for film screens to hyper-compressed comic pages.Listen to our previous chat with BenGet the first episode of Judge Dee in Prog 2467Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the third part of a brand new interview with the comic book legend, John Wagner discusses how his writing on Judge Dredd has changed over the years, his taste in music, and why he writes at all. Plus there's more nuance on whether 'Death of a Judge' really IS his final story...Please note: there is also occasional microphone static.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael Molcher, The 2000 AD Creator Tapes brings you fascinating in-depth interviews with many of the biggest names in comics. Perfect for weekend listening, when you're burning through your chores, or if you're looking to learn more about the artists who make 2000 AD the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Molch-R & KLO-E get on their bikes as they examine what Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy's surrealist, time-travelling polemic from 1986, Sooner or Later, actually says about the world of 2026 – from unemployment to A.I., from desperation to commodification.Get the digital edition of Sooner or Later from the 2000 AD app or webshop.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the second part of a brand new three-part interview with the comic book legend, John Wagner tells Molch-R that there could have been a movie based on the Eagle comic series Doomlord and reflects on projects that didn't make it beyond the planning stages — including a saucy number that even his wife warned him about! Along the way, they discuss Dredd, his partnerships with Alan Grant and Carlos Ezquerra, and what he'd do differently if he was creating Judge Dredd now.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael Molcher, The 2000 AD Creator Tapes brings you fascinating in-depth interviews with many of the biggest names in comics. Perfect for weekend listening, when you're burning through your chores, or if you're looking to learn more about the artists who make 2000 AD the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With another Valentine's Day upon us, KLO-E decides now is the time to make Molch-R feel REALLY awkward — with a discussion about the joys of s*x in the pages of 2000 AD! From Nikolai Dante's swashbuckling swagger to the S*x Olympics in Judge Dredd, they explore how what started as a comic for kids tackled the most human of natures, from camp to romance.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first part of a brand new three-part interview with the comic book legend, John Wagner discusses his "last" Judge Dredd story, his dislike of the Trump administration, why he'd love a robot butler, and reflects on a comic book career spanning more than half a century.Please note: this is an audio-only interview. There is also occasional microphone static.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael Molcher, The 2000 AD Creator Tapes brings you fascinating in-depth interviews with many of the biggest names in comics. Perfect for weekend listening, when you're burning through your chores, or if you're looking to learn more about the artists who make 2000 AD the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Which 2000 AD characters are better detectives than 'The World's Greatest Detective?' Molch-R and KLO-E kick the hornets' nest in pursuit of the characters that they think could best Batman in a straight-up whodunnit!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if the Galaxy's Greatest Comic never hit newsstands in 1977? What would the consequences be for readers creators, and the comics industry itself? On the latest episode, Molch-R & KLO-E discuss what a world without 2000 AD might look like – what might have replaced it? What would have happened to the creators who got their break in its pages? Too terrifying to think of? Find out on In Orbit Every Wednesday!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dragons? Floating rocks? Alien tribes? Colonialism? Just how much does James Cameron's multi-billion dollar franchise Avatar owe to the 2000 AD story Firekind by John Smith and Paul Marshall from 1993? Molch-R and KLO-E examine the evidence while also waxing lyrical about this packed, nuanced, inventive 2000 AD fantasy sci-fi classic.Get the Firekind collection from the 2000 AD website or download the app.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsSubscribe to 2000 ADDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THEY'RE BACK! Molch-R & KLO-E return from their winter reboot for a new season of In Orbit Every Wednesday! And what a Prog to kick off with – the return of Judge Dredd co-creator John Wagner, with a new story – 'Death of a Judge' – with art by Mike Perkins, which it's rumoured may be Wagner's last story on the character. Molch-R and KLO-E discuss Wagner's legacy, as well as that of Dredd, plus narratives of power and resistance in 2000 AD, specifically in Peter Milligan and Kieran McKeown's 'The Discarded'.Click here to subscribe to 2000 AD in print or digital!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

'Tis the season, Earthlets – in the last epsode of IOEW, Molch-R and KLO-E choose what they would ban about Christmas if they were Judge Dredd before galloping through the bumper 100-page issue of 2000 AD in a race against time before Molch-R's servo-motors give up. Come for the chat, stay to watch him physically wind down on camera!Get the bumper end-ofyear issue of 2000 ADGet 2000 AD Christmas jumpersGet the ThorpyFX/2000 AD guitar pedalsGet the Judge Dredd silver collectible coinHosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crossover episode! Molch-R and KLO-E welcome Stephen Brotherstone and Dave Lawrence, the brains behind the 'Scarred for Life' to explore how 2000 AD fits into the dark, scary pop culture of the 1970s and 1980s in Britain that they explore in their books and podcast, whether it's trying to explain Worzel Gummidge to KLO-E, discussing the horrors of 'The Apocalypse Wars', and Molch-R's morbi fear of rugs!Check out 'Scarred For Life' here.Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We round off our time at Thought Bubble 2025 with a bumper episode featuring the official 2000 AD panel from the show, as KLO-E welcomes creators Garth Ennis, Sean Phillips & Jock, with comics critic Kelly Kanayama to talk about 2000 AD, their experiences of getting started in comics, what their work for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic means to them now, and one or two smeaky announcements about forthcoming work.Molch-R & KLO-E then close our three-episode coverage of TB25 with their reflections on the weekend, as they dodge people in high-vis jackets packing up around them...Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Molch-R & KLO-E continue to bring you the sights and sounds of the Thought Bubble comics convention in Harrogate with four short interviews with writers Garth Ennis and Rob Williams, and artists Tom Foster and Steve Yeowell!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's first ever LIVE episode of In Orbit Every Wednesday – coming to you from the Thought Bubble comics convention in Harrogate! Molch-R & KLO-E went live amidst the salubrious environs of the Harrogate Convention Centre to discuss comics and conventions, as well as answering your questions! Marvel at how coherent they are after a night in the pub! Wonder at why Molch-R can't stay in frame! Gasp at the extreme height difference! Puzzle at the apparently asthmatic Darth Vader who walks past...Next week: we hear from writers Garth Ennis and Rob Williams, and artist Steve Yeowell!Warning: this episode contains slightly more bad language than usual!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From a frisbee you'll only use once and an eye-damaging rubber-band-powered plane to free bag of crisps or a piece of bubble gum you have to tear the cover to get at - on the latest episode of In Orbit Every Wednesday, after plans fall through the chaos demons that are Molch-R and KLO-E suddenly alight on the topic of free gifts given away with comic books. Tell us your favourites or suggestions for future free gifts in the comments or email thrillcast@2000AD.comWith huge thanks to John Pollock and Brad Farrell for their British Comics & Story Paper Index!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With the new series of Brass Sun now eight episodes in, in the latest episode of the official 2000 AD podcast Molch-R and KLO-E chat about Ian Edginton & INJ Culbard's 'clockpunk' grand science fantasy, making comparisons to Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 sci-fi masterpiece Solaris, and much more.Get the first collected edition of Brass SunStart the new series with 2000 AD Prog 2450Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shwmae, Earthlets! On this episode of the Galaxy's Greatest Podcast we welcome Rob Williams, writer of the new 'Red Dragon' series currently running in 2000 AD, to talk about Welsh superheroes, the art of Patrick Goddard and Steve Yeowell, how the series reflects the experience of growing up in Wales in the 1980s, and how best to explore a 2000 AD classic in a fresh and interesting way.Start reading 'Red Dragon' with 2000 AD Prog 2451Read Zenith in collectionListen to our episode on ZenithRead Rob Williams' 'The Ten-Seconders'Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The all-new Judge Death Mega-Special is out now! Molch-R and Dark Judge Pestilence (aka KLO-E with a cold) discuss Brian Bolland's incredible cover, how Death, Fear, Fire and Mortis are portrayed by a top roster of creators, and whether — 45 years after their debut in 2000 AD — the Dark Judges are still genuinely scary!Get the Judge Death Mega-Special!Hosted by 2000 AD Brand Manager Michael ‘Molch-R’ Molcher and comics critic and creator of The Gutter Review, Chloe ‘KLO-E’ Maveal, In Orbit Every Wednesday from the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast goes live every Wednesday with the latest news about 2000 AD and Rebellion’s new comics, exciting special guests, and chat about the sheer love of comics! At half an hour per episode, IOEW is perfect listening for your commute, burning through your chores, or when you’re just getting your day started. Subscribe now on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast app!Subscribe on SpotifySubscribe on Apple PodcastsDownload the 2000 AD appGet FREE COMICS to download when you subscribe to the 2000 AD newsletter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.