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Could YOU survive in the Cursed Earth?
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Acid rain that will strip skin from bone! Killer viruses that strike without warning! Marauding bands of mutants! Herds of hungry dinosaurs! Could YOU survive the irradiated wasteland outside the walls of Mega-City One?
That's the question on the lips of the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast's Steve Morris and his special guest, Brad Gullickson from the podcast Comic Book Couples Counselling, as they discuss John Wagner, Alan Grant, José Ortiz and Horacio Lalia's THE HELLTREKKERS. They're diving into this visceral monumental survival story – one of the earliest spin-off strips from the world of Judge Dredd.
Get your copy of The Helltrekkers from the 2000 AD webshop at https://shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/XB794 or download on the 2000 AD app https://2000ad.com/get-the-app/
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"Scarred for Life?" – In Orbit Every Wednesday
01:00:24|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
LIVE at Thought Bubble 2025 (Part 2) – In Orbit Every Wednesday
54:41|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
EXCLUSIVE Garth Ennis interview & more at Thought Bubble 2025 – In Orbit Every Wednesday
26:22|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
LIVE at Thought Bubble 2025 (Part 1) – In Orbit Every Wednesday
43:45|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
The Best Comic Book Free Gifts Ever? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
33:28|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
2000 AD's 'His Dark Materials'? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
36:08|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
A WELSH superhero? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
43:46|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
Is Judge Death actually scary? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
37:36|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
How does a comic last 35 years? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
36:25|The Judge Dredd Megazine hits 35 years this week and Molch-R returns to IOEW to chat with KLO-E both about why 2000 AD's sister title has endured and why its latest issue is an all-time banger!Get Megazine #458 from the 2000 AD webshop or download the 2000 AD app now!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