It's been a week of exciting news for comics fans as Rebellion Publishing announced both a brand new series of graphic novels collecting Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence's The Trigan Empire, and the first ever Roy of the Rovers comic featuring a lead female character - Roy's younger sister, Rocky!

The Thrill-Cast sits down with Rebellion's deputy publishing manager Rob Power and graphic novels editor Oliver Pickles to discuss these two new projects, one published to coincide with the women's football world cup in France this summer and the other finally collecting one of the jewels of British comics for the first time in a mass market paperback. Along the way they discuss the power of comics, why reaching out to new audiences in new ways is important for the future of the medium, and what the best way to pronounce 'Trigan' is!

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

This week, 2000 AD has a bumper all-ages takeover issue with Prog 2130: for one week, the title is 48 pages and contains an array of complete stories!

It's a titanic face-off in 'Cadet Dredd vs Grudzilla'; Rogue Trooper is imprisoned by the Norts in 'Secrets of the Keep'; Psi-Judge Anderson enters a dangerous video game in 'Spellcraft'; meet the teenage intergalactic bounty hunter and her family in 'Full Tilt Boogie'; schooldays turn anarchic in the 'Future Shock: That Weird Kid'; and Leah Moore and John Reppion bring a new chilling tale of the supernatural!

In this episode of the official 2000 AD podcast we talk to editor Matt Smith about the thinking behind this all-ages special, as well as to Alex De Campi about her new series 'Full Tilt Boogie' and how to write comics that appeal to all ages!

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

From blue hedgehogs battling against Dr. Robotnik to genetically-engineered dog soldiers fighting giant insects in a post apocalyptic future, Richard Elson is one of British comics' unsung names.

Whether it's his fan-lauded work on Sonic the Hedgehog comic or his art on the critically-acclaimed Kingdom with Dan Abnett, Elson has been a mainstay of the industry.

He talks extensively to Thrill-Cast host Molch-R about the challenges and setbacks he's faced along the way, along with his constant need to reinvent his working methods.

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

Buster and Cor!! were two of the biggest humour comics in Britain – and now they’re back and they’ve brought their friends in the Cor!! & Buster Special - out on 17th April!

In this episode of the Thrill-Cast we talk to editor Keith Richardson along with creators Ned Hartley, Lizzie Boyle, and Tanya Roberts about this 48-page special resurrecting many of British comics' most beloved humour characters - from the world’s naughtiest baby, Sweeny Toddler, to Gums, the most incompetent shark in the seven seas - updated for the 21st Century!

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

After getting his break with 2000 AD at the dawn of the Rebellion era, the work of Boo Cook has become a familiar sight over the past 19 years - its expressiveness and exuberance, combined with an eye for dynamic action and comedic sight-gags, helped establish him as one of a new generation of artists defining modern 2000 AD.

From Future Shocks to A.B.C. Warriors. from Asylum to Judge Dredd, and from Harry Kipling to Anderson: Psi Division, Cook's unique style hasn't stopped evolving and he talks at length to Thrill-Cast host Molch-R about painting the backsides of porcelain dogs, his work for 2000 AD, how the 'pendulum' of his style swings back and forth, dealing with online criticism, and the development process behind Blunt - his current series for the Megazine with Tom Eglington.

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

For the past few years, the Abaddon Books imprint of Rebellion Publishing has been exploring the early years of Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, and even Justice Department itself in a series of novels and novellas.

The latest is Judge Anderson: Devourer by new author Laurel Sils and the 2000 AD podcast welcomed Laurel along with fellow Anderson writer Maura McHugh and Abaddon editor David Moore to chat about everyone's favourite psychic future cop, how you tackle 40+ years of back story, bridging the divide between comics and prose, and what's in store for Anderson as she moves towards one of the defining moments of her life.

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

With 'Judge Dredd: Machine Law' in 2000 AD currently knocking the socks off readers and critics alike, the 2000 AD Thrill-Cast welcomes artist Colin MacNeil, whose incredible career at the Galaxy's Greatest Comics easily places him in the roster of all-time top Dredd artists.

Beginning his career in 1987, MacNeil has not just been a 2000 AD regular but his distinctive style has graced some of the most profound stories from the last 40 years, from 'Chopper: Song of the Surfer' to 'America' and 'Mechanismo'. It was his creation of the troublesome robotic judges in 1992 that has now come full circle as 'Machine Law' sees the updated units take on a new and potential disastrous role in Mega-City One.

Your host Molch-R talks with Colin about his work, the evolution of his style from line work to coloured pencils to fully-painted and back again, where he sees himself moving artistically, and the special project he's currently working on.

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

Writers James Peaty and Guy Adams join host Molch-R on our official podcast to chat about their forthcoming series for the world(s) of 2000 AD!

Max Normal will be a familiar face for any die-hard Dredd fan. 'The Pinstripe Freak' is a Shuggy-playing, slang-laying cat-about-town who's acted as Judge Dredd's slinkiest snitch since 1977. He's set to return, courtesy of Adams and artist Dan Cornwell, in a new series this year and Adams reveals his thoughts on getting the voice right for one of Wagner and Grant's maddest characters and how the episodic nature of 2000 AD strips has affected his writing style.

Peaty's Skip Tracer is now in its third series and he chats about how the strip came to be before discussing his new up-coming series for the Judge Dredd Megazine - Diamond Dogs. Drawn by Warren Pleece, this new series will see Peaty dive into the Britain of Judge Dredd's world and he talks about playing in this less well-defined world and his attitude towards creating new on-going series for 2000 AD.

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

Everyone at 2000 AD was greatly saddened at the news that artist Ron Smith has passed away and in this episode of the Thrill-Cast, we pay tribute to one of the best Judge Dredd artists of all time.

A Spitfire pilot during World War Two, during 2000 AD’s 1980s heyday Ron was one of the five iconic Dredd artists alongside Carlos Ezquerra, Mick McMahon, Brian Bolland, and Steve Dillon, and many of the strip’s most unforgettable moments– from The Judge Child Quest to UnAmerican Graffiti, from The Hotdog Run to The Day the Law Died – have the name and style of Ron Smith stamped all over them.

Your host Molch-R is joined by current 2000 AD editor Matt Smith, former 2000 AD art editor Robin Smith, and former 2000 AD editor Steve MacManus to talk about Ron's work, influence, and legacy - from their favourite moments to stories about his incredible work ethic.

To read 2000 AD's tribute to Ron, go to https://2000ad.com/post/4802

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast

Happy New Year, Earthlets! The new space year of 2019 promises to be packed with Thrill-power thanks to a zarjaz line-up of strips old and new, plus graphic novels to knock your little socks off!

In the first podcast episode of 2019, we focus on new titles away from 2000 AD's usual mix - including a fresh job for the Judge Dredd Megazine's reprint edition, as well as what our releases from the vast IPC archive have in store.

Graphic novel editors Oliver Pickles and Maz Smith join Molch-R to chat about D-Day landings, deep space insanity, 1970s fan fiction, and what it's like deep diving into decades of classic British comics.

For more on the Rebellion graphic novel line-up for 2019, check out the full list at 2000ad.com/post/4628

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, or you can listen now at 2000AD.com/podcast