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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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45:06|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
What if 2000 AD never existed? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
36:31|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
Did Avatar steal from 2000 AD? – In Orbit Every Wednesday
45:33|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
New Year, New Dredd by Wagner! – In Orbit Every Wednesday
41:53|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
Christmas is Cancelled! – In Orbit Every Wednesday
53:24|'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
"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
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EXCLUSIVE Garth Ennis interview & more at Thought Bubble 2025 – In Orbit Every Wednesday
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LIVE at Thought Bubble 2025 (Part 1) – In Orbit Every Wednesday
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