James Roberts
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James Roberts (born November 1976) is a British writer and Transformers fan. He was one of the early members of fan club Transmasters UK (TMUK), and wrote a number of text stories and strips. The most famous of these is the absolutely massive Eugenesis, an unofficial novel he first published back in 2001.
His first pro-work was helping fellow TMUKer Nick Roche with All Hail Megatron #15, acting as a "sounding board" for Nick's script. While he didn't write any of the script, Nick made sure to include him in the credits.[1]
After that, Roberts was brought in to co-write Last Stand of the Wreckers, in order to lessen the stress and workload for Roche. While the first issue was all pre-planned by Roche, from issue two onwards it became a collaborative effort.[2] He went on to write the text story Bullets for the Wreckers trade and then became a co-writer on the ongoing for the Chaos story. Following that, he co-wrote "The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime" and became the sole writer on the new ongoing, The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye.
Writing
- Last Stand of the Wreckers (co-written with Nick Roche)
- The Transformers #22, #23, #24, #26, #28, #30, (co-plotter on #24, #26, #28, and #30 with Mike Costa)
- The Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime (co-written with John Barber)
- The Transformers Classics UK (essay writer)
- The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye
- The Transformers Spotlight: Orion Pax
- The Transformers Spotlight: Trailcutter
- The Transformers Spotlight: Hoist
Fiction
IDW Generation 1 continuity
James Roberts was the author of a book Jimmy owned, whose name began with an E. Maximum Dinobots #3
Notes
- Roche snuck Eugenesis into a bookshelf in Maximum Dinobots #3.
- The original Eugenesis cover looked like a Penguin Classics book (even sporting the tagline "Polyhex 21st Century Classics"). Roberts has said this was him poking fun at his own "lofty" aspirations. [1]
- Shockwave's death in The Legacy of Unicron! has haunted Roberts since childhood...[3]
- Mike Costa has joked that because of James's popularity among the nerdier fans, he thought that even if people didn't like Chaos, "they'd have to pretend they did because James' name was on it!"[4]
References
- ↑ Moonbase 2 interview, 29:15 to 31:00
- ↑ Moonbase 2 interview, 39:40 to 31:00
- ↑ Moonbase 2 interview, 50:26 to 51:08
- ↑ The Underbase podcast interview with Mike Costa ("Special Guest")
