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{{disambig3|Nicholas|Nick/Nicholas}}
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[[File:Nick Roche 2012 LSCC.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Trousers lie shattered in the background]]
[[File:Nick Roche 2012 LSCC.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Trousers lie shattered in the background]]
'''Nick Roche''' (born [[September 5]], [[1979]] <ref>[http://nickroche.blogspot.com/2008/09/twenty-nine-club.html "The Twenty-Nine Club"]</ref>) is an Irish comic book artist and writer for [[IDW Publishing]]. He is '''awesome'''.
'''Nick Roche''' (born [[September 5]], [[1979]] <ref>[http://nickroche.blogspot.com/2008/09/twenty-nine-club.html "The Twenty-Nine Club"]</ref>) is an Irish comic book artist and writer for [[IDW Publishing]]. He is '''awesome'''.


Nick Roche is a native of County Wexford, but currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Having always been a massive Transformers fan, Roche's produced artwork for fan fiction, including the [[Transmasters UK|Transmasters UK (TMUK)]] group, and UK convention publications, gaining a healthy fanbase within the UK, but remaining almost entirely unknown outside of the tight-knit UK fandom.  
Nick Roche is a native of County Wexford, but currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Having always been a massive Transformers fan, Roche's produced artwork for fan fiction, including the [[Transmasters UK|Transmasters UK (TMUK)]] group, and UK convention publications, gaining a healthy fanbase within the UK, but remaining almost entirely unknown outside of the tight-knit UK fandom.


He pitched his work to [[Dreamwave Productions]] but had no response, something he's glad about in hindsight; he notes "at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway".<ref name="Moonbase Two">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref> Nick finally got his break into Transformers when IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license. A friend of Nick's by the name of Dave Hendrick sent IDW supremo [[Chris Ryall]] Nick's samples.
He pitched his work to [[Dreamwave Productions]] but had no response, something he's glad about in hindsight; he notes "at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway".<ref name="Moonbase Two">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref> Nick finally got his break into Transformers when IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license. A friend of Nick's by the name of Dave Hendrick sent IDW supremo [[Chris Ryall]] Nick's samples.
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Twenty minutes later there was an email back from Chris.
Twenty minutes later there was an email back from Chris.


Nick started on the "Chrischarger" art before being given ''Spotlight''s, then ''more'' ''Spotlight''s (and a ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' fill-in) before being given the ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' mini-series. He's also penciled numerous covers for the different Transformers series, including a piece for the ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006|Target 2006]]'' reprints featuring the original team of [[Wrecker]]s, the covers for the [[Metrodome]] DVD sets of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', and a special comic and a piece of artwork packed with [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Generation 1'' DVD set. Nick has also worked on the new Transformers UK comic book ([[Transformers Comic issue 2|issue 2]]) and the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic for [[Titan Books|Titan]].
Nick started on the "Chrischarger" art before being given ''Spotlight''s, then ''more'' ''Spotlight''s (and a ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'' fill-in) before being given the ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]'' mini-series. He's also penciled numerous covers for the different Transformers series, including a piece for the ''[[The Transformers: Target: 2006|Target 2006]]'' reprints featuring the original team of [[Wrecker]]s, the covers for the [[Metrodome]] DVD sets of ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', and a special comic and a piece of artwork packed with [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Generation 1'' DVD set. Nick has also worked on the new Transformers UK comic book ([[Transformers Comic issue 2|issue 2]]) and the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' comic for [[Titan Books|Titan]].


If that wasn't enough, Nick drew ''and'' wrote ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', which also has the distinction of being the first issue in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW G1 continuity]] written by someone other than [[Simon Furman]]. He co-wrote and drew the incredibly well-received ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' with [[James Roberts]]. And he also writes panto!<ref name="Moonbase Two" />
If that wasn't enough, Nick drew ''and'' wrote ''[[Spotlight: Kup]]'', which also has the distinction of being the first issue in the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW G1 continuity]] written by someone other than [[Simon Furman]]. He co-wrote and drew the incredibly well-received ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' with [[James Roberts]]. And he also writes panto!<ref name="Moonbase Two" />
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Shattered trousers are usually left in his wake.
Shattered trousers are usually left in his wake.


{{quote|Look: you can't comprehend the scale of trouser destruction that will occur. The current financial crisis? Pffah! There will be people wandering around this Christmas with next to no trouser coverage. And as for the potentially countless children who will lose their sight and sense of decency from flying pant-shards...well, it doesn't bear thinking about. No gusset is safe this Christmas.|Nick on the imminent release of ''Maximum Dinobots'' #1<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=106763#106763</ref>}}
{{quote|Look: you can't comprehend the scale of trouser destruction that will occur. The current financial crisis? Pffah! There will be people wandering around this Christmas with next to no trouser coverage. And as for the potentially countless children who will lose their sight and sense of decency from flying pant-shards...well, it doesn't bear thinking about. No gusset is safe this Christmas.|Nick on the imminent release of ''Maximum Dinobots'' #1<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=106763#106763</ref>}}


==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Nick was sitting at a signing table at [[Auto Assembly 2009]] when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] barged his way past [[Gregg Berger]] and [[Liam Shalloo]], complaining about his absence from ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|''All Hail Megatron'' issue #13 cover}}
Nick was sitting at a signing table at [[Auto Assembly 2009]] when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] barged his way past [[Gregg Berger]] and [[Liam Shalloo]], complaining about his absence from ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|''All Hail Megatron'' #13 cover}} One year later, [[Auto Assembly 2010]] attendees could apparently "buy Nick's pants" at [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s charity auction and tombola. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"|''The Transformers'' #9 cover}}


==Writing==
==Writing==
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[[File:Derpnick.jpg|thumb|What can brown do for you?]]
[[File:Derpnick.jpg|thumb|What can brown do for you?]]
*Nick Roche's art style is instantly recognizable in a comic due to his semi-stylized lines. According to him, he just "makes the hands bigger and the pointy bits pointier", and he would like to draw with "[[Geoff Senior|Senior's]] energy, [[Andrew Wildman|Wildman's]] expressiveness and [[Derek Yaniger|Yaniger's]] chins!". He is also noted for being able to change his drawing style. He says he finds he does change it automatically depending on the story, such as upping the cartooniness for "Spotlight: Hot Rod" and toning it down for a story from [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl's]] point of view.<ref name="Moonbase Two" />
*Nick Roche's art style is instantly recognizable in a comic due to his semi-stylized lines. According to him, he just "makes the hands bigger and the pointy bits pointier", and he would like to draw with "[[Geoff Senior|Senior's]] energy, [[Andrew Wildman|Wildman's]] expressiveness and [[Derek Yaniger|Yaniger's]] chins!". He is also noted for being able to change his drawing style. He says he finds he does change it automatically depending on the story, such as upping the cartooniness for "Spotlight: Hot Rod" and toning it down for a story from [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl's]] point of view.<ref name="Moonbase Two" />
*He has admitted to being "gay for [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]".
*He has admitted to being "gay for [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]]".
*He is also the first Transformers celebrity to have interviewed another Transformers [[Stan Bush|celebrity]].<ref>http://c3.libsyn.com/media/20749/EP_26_-_OLDMOON_OILBASE_INTERVIEWS_STAN_BUSH.mp3?nvb=20100909170039&nva=20100910171039&sid=fd4711763d08f49953c5982d42719c75&l_sid=20749&l_eid=&l_mid=2021798&t=0155622406f16c055d36b</ref>
*He is also the first Transformers celebrity to have interviewed another Transformers [[Stan Bush|celebrity]].<ref>http://c3.libsyn.com/media/20749/EP_26_-_OLDMOON_OILBASE_INTERVIEWS_STAN_BUSH.mp3?nvb=20100909170039&nva=20100910171039&sid=fd4711763d08f49953c5982d42719c75&l_sid=20749&l_eid=&l_mid=2021798&t=0155622406f16c055d36b</ref>
*At Auto Assembly 2010 it was discovered that Nick can do an uncanny [[David Kaye]] impression. Yesssssss.
*At Auto Assembly 2010 it was discovered that Nick can do an uncanny [[David Kaye]] impression. Yesssssss.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
<center><gallery>
File:SpotlightHotRod rush.jpg|[[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] enjoys freefalling to a planet in "[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]".
File:SpotlightHotRod rush.jpg|[[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] enjoys freefalling to a planet in "[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]".
File:TFGenerations12.jpg|[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s never looked this cool before or since. Cover art for ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' issue #12.
File:TFGenerations12.jpg|[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s never looked this cool before or since. Cover art for ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' issue #12.
File:SpotlightHardhead HardheadsHeadshot.jpg|[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s got a hard head in "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]".
File:SpotlightHardhead HardheadsHeadshot.jpg|[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s got a hard head in "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]".
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==References==
==References==
<references />
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 00:21, 3 January 2016

The name or term "Nick/Nicholas" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nicholas (disambiguation).
Trousers lie shattered in the background

Nick Roche (born September 5, 1979 [1]) is an Irish comic book artist and writer for IDW Publishing. He is awesome.

Nick Roche is a native of County Wexford, but currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Having always been a massive Transformers fan, Roche's produced artwork for fan fiction, including the Transmasters UK (TMUK) group, and UK convention publications, gaining a healthy fanbase within the UK, but remaining almost entirely unknown outside of the tight-knit UK fandom.

He pitched his work to Dreamwave Productions but had no response, something he's glad about in hindsight; he notes "at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway".[2] Nick finally got his break into Transformers when IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license. A friend of Nick's by the name of Dave Hendrick sent IDW supremo Chris Ryall Nick's samples.

Twenty minutes later there was an email back from Chris.

Nick started on the "Chrischarger" art before being given Spotlights, then more Spotlights (and a Devastation fill-in) before being given the Maximum Dinobots mini-series. He's also penciled numerous covers for the different Transformers series, including a piece for the Target 2006 reprints featuring the original team of Wreckers, the covers for the Metrodome DVD sets of Super-God Masterforce and Victory, and a special comic and a piece of artwork packed with Madman Entertainment's Generation 1 DVD set. Nick has also worked on the new Transformers UK comic book (issue 2) and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic for Titan.

If that wasn't enough, Nick drew and wrote Spotlight: Kup, which also has the distinction of being the first issue in the IDW G1 continuity written by someone other than Simon Furman. He co-wrote and drew the incredibly well-received Last Stand of the Wreckers with James Roberts. And he also writes panto![2]

Shattered trousers are usually left in his wake.

Look: you can't comprehend the scale of trouser destruction that will occur. The current financial crisis? Pffah! There will be people wandering around this Christmas with next to no trouser coverage. And as for the potentially countless children who will lose their sight and sense of decency from flying pant-shards...well, it doesn't bear thinking about. No gusset is safe this Christmas.Nick on the imminent release of Maximum Dinobots #1[3]

Fiction

IDW Generation 1 continuity

Nick was sitting at a signing table at Auto Assembly 2009 when Grimlock barged his way past Gregg Berger and Liam Shalloo, complaining about his absence from All Hail Megatron. All Hail Megatron #13 cover One year later, Auto Assembly 2010 attendees could apparently "buy Nick's pants" at Swindle's charity auction and tombola. The Transformers #9 cover

Writing

Comic book art

A lesser-known variation on the spelling of Nick's name.

IDW Publishing

Madman Entertainment

Titan Books



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Notes

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  • Nick Roche's art style is instantly recognizable in a comic due to his semi-stylized lines. According to him, he just "makes the hands bigger and the pointy bits pointier", and he would like to draw with "Senior's energy, Wildman's expressiveness and Yaniger's chins!". He is also noted for being able to change his drawing style. He says he finds he does change it automatically depending on the story, such as upping the cartooniness for "Spotlight: Hot Rod" and toning it down for a story from Prowl's point of view.[2]
  • He has admitted to being "gay for Hot Rod".
  • He is also the first Transformers celebrity to have interviewed another Transformers celebrity.[4]
  • At Auto Assembly 2010 it was discovered that Nick can do an uncanny David Kaye impression. Yesssssss.


References

  1. ↑ "The Twenty-Nine Club"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two
  3. ↑ http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=106763#106763
  4. ↑ http://c3.libsyn.com/media/20749/EP_26_-_OLDMOON_OILBASE_INTERVIEWS_STAN_BUSH.mp3?nvb=20100909170039&nva=20100910171039&sid=fd4711763d08f49953c5982d42719c75&l_sid=20749&l_eid=&l_mid=2021798&t=0155622406f16c055d36b
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