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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My artwork for @hellishpod.com's logo is nominated for an Independent Podcast Award?! Here are the sketches and final options I submitted to the guys!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

GLORIOUS art from EJ Su and Rebecca Nalty!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Me and Powerplex, just chilling earlier

A middle-aged comic book artist stands in front of a slumbering Cybertronian Titan

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

From when James Roberts and I basically invented the Energon Universe but at IDW. Our M.A.S.K characters Dennis Taylor and Alex Higgins.

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

ARTOBOT 2 - my collection of mostly Transformers-flavoured convention artwork and commissions - is now available for digital download. €14 for 84 pages! I'd love it if you treated yourself to one! ko-fi.com/s/a890f25cd1

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm the artist on Dredd for this and next month's MEGAZINE from @2000ad.bsky.social . It's a wild story from @gdwessel.bsky.social about two feuding pseudo-Gunpla store owners, who I cast as the bestest two boys of the Irish art scene, @nellucnhoj.bsky.social and @ianfay.bsky.social!

A Mega City One Hobby shop owner based on John Cullen

A Mega City One Hobby Shop owner based on Ian Fay

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As I FINALLY (I swear on all my rotten kids' lives) haul arse to the post office with the outstanding physical orders, here's your digital chance to own ARTOBOT 2, my 84 page collection of commissions all assembled as a PDF. €14 to you, young human. Please enjoy! ko-fi.com/s/a890f25cd1

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"'Behind The Bastards', but for comics"

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

TWO Megatrons?! The past meets the slightly-more-recent-past in this commission showing G1 Toy Megs greets his More Than Meets The Eye counterpart!

G1 toy Megatron meets IDW ""Autobot"" Megatron

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Sir (also; non-sirs) Have a look at the layouts for my four pages on the Battersea Transformers Store POWERPLEX one-shot! A real blast getting to do this slice of pure G1y-ness! Grab your copy (with MY cover!) in-store or HERE: transformersbattersea.com/products/pow...

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Stalagmites; Stalactites Big Red; Death's Head You gotta have a system Another commission, this time of Marvel Transformers' best boys, yes?

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Me, making my Christmas list in 1988:

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

"Megatron, you're pointing the WRONG way!" WE'RE BACK! Kinda... Delighted to be part of the OFFICIAL jam comic (scripted by Simon Furman, and arted by me and a rogue's gallery of others) featuring the Battersea Transformers Store's POWERPLEX! Grab it! transformersbattersea.com/products/pow...

Megatron firing his fusion cannon over the heads of Prowl, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime, with the British Houses of Parliament/Big Ben in the background (YES I KNOW THAT'S THE BELL'S NAME)

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Was very lucky to be asked to draw some banger commissions last weekend. Here's one of Ryland Grace and Rocky from #ProjectHailMary having a little (huge) Brainstorm.

The Transformer Brainstorm with Grace and Rocky from Project Hail Mary.

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Meanwhile, Bobby Fingers makes a delightful video about narcissist domestic abusers that culminates in this lovingly-made statue and somehow you don't feel like he's looking to BLOW YOUR MIND, YEAH?

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Imagine a superhero called 'Terry'. Congratulations. You've just imagined 'Batman Beyond'. My second favourite commission from last weekend!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Limited copies of Vol 1 available too, plus these straggler headshots from conventions. All to be found at nickrocheart.bigcartel.com!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Here's a chance for folk to nab my latest artbook collection ARTOBOT 2 if they weren't able to grab one on the weekend! nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/product/nick-rocheartobot-2-art-book-signed-with-sketch-tracked-shipping Tracked shipping is the only option I'm afraid, so apologies for the cost. :)

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Favourite commission I had drawn for the weekend. Why, it's only Judge Death!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Pulled out my G1 Shockwave who'd been in storage for about 14 years. Is the splitting head a common issue in oul' fellas? It's just started to separate from minor fiddlage since yesterday. The old Corrodia Gravis on his tor is a shocker too. Any tips?

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Plus, some £40 head shots still available! Come see me at TFN!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

IT LIVES, IT BREATHES. (It does not, it is paper) The sumptuous ARTOBOT 2 is moving fast at @tfnationltd.bsky.social , and I'm trying to match its speed. Please come and help me not carry stock back to Ireland! Really proud of this one!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And it's been a pleasure and privilege to complete all the big commission requests this year, I really put my everything onto this batch. Hope you like em when you get em. Meantime, pre-drawn heads are available for £40 each, some examples below! Remember, cash only or PayPal payments please!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Prints? I got em! New ones? ... no. Lotsa the classics though, coloured by @dcjosh.bsky.social, @dyemooch.bsky.social and @wordmonger.bsky.social! All A3 sized for STILL only £10 each! (Or any 5 for £40!)

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The book that doesn't die, SCARENTHOOD, is available at the show too. Now is a good time to pick up my comedy/suburban folk horror about parents vs the paranormal, the pay-off IS in progress. Only £10! Signed Copies of my Skybound work - TF and Blood + Thunder covers - are available too, £5 each!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It's like ARTOBOT Vol 1, gorgeous repros of my commissions, but this time with more TF One, Armada, G1, as well as lots of NEW Wreckers and MTMTE pieces! Both books available at TFN, £20 each! (Vol 1 available to China/Southeast Asia here, signed and sketched! item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=... )

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

On the road to @TFNation, like Christmas, but with toy robots. (So, Christmas.) I've got a new artbook to debut! ARTOBOT 2! I, uh, have left home without any sample images of the interior, BUT it's 84 pages of fighty, frighty and funny Transformers artwork. Printed by @comicprintinguk.bsky.social!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Who'da thought THIS was what was in that unopened box behind my chair all these weeks? (Was wondering where they were...) Look, ma, I done a @skybound.bsky.social! My cover for the TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE anniversary reprint, with luscious @dcjosh.bsky.social colours! I'll have copies at TFNATION!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

See you at TFNation next week. Adjust your spending and baggage allowance accordingly. (£20, 84 pages, lots of robots with face trauma)

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Two fearless truth-tellers, earlier

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Have a hoss Little slice of work from MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE GENESIS, out later this year!

Stridor from Masters of The Universe, rearing up

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Heartbroken. This has made me so, so sad.

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I can't get over the job Ades Media have done with this package. Oversized format, hardback, containing Stormbringer, the first five Spotlights and some insanely rare production material - pencils, inks, character designs. All in Swedish, but who reads these things anyway?

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I have fluffed up my presence at Comic Con Stockholm, come get some exclusive Swedish-language TF books and art!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh, I get it, Comic Con Stockholm Status check for Roche

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Oh my DAYS, I'm not even joking you guys, here's all the SICK drawings I'm bringing to Comic Con Stockholm (with the usual prints, Scarenthoods, Artobots etc) Roughly 500 SEK each! (That's not as much as it looks, honest!) And any stragglers sold online after the show! Swede you there!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I mean, for fuck's sake Geoff inks over Nick pencils Nick inks over Geoff pencils

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Geoff Senior pencils Nick Roche pencils Let's see what happens when we swap each other's homework...

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

So that flight WAS delayed, so I bust out some Target:2006-themed pieces, for the kids, ya know? And only £40 each! I'm sat down at my first TFUK Con, waiting for things to kick off. So come find me and make my airport lounge efforts worthwhile!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

OH BUDDIES I'm on my way to my first TFUK Con in Britain's own Birmingham. I hear it's a top time! Travelling fairly light with no NEW new stuff, but have prints, ARTOBOT and Scarenthood books! Pliz come to say hi!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Here's a wee look at some of the cover options I offered my editor for the @skybound.bsky.social TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE reprint cover I did for them!

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Following the word that I'm on MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE GENESIS for @darkhorse.com, I dug out this collab with @wordmonger.bsky.social from a while back. All the toybox all together!

Artwork of He-Man, Peter Venkman, Leonardo, Lion-O and Optimus Prime, in vivid colours

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Here's a look at the inks for my upcoming TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE cover for @skybound.bsky.social!

Black and white drawing of Hot Rod, Kup, Grimlock and Wheelie battling Sharkticons

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

As well as He-Man at Dark Horse, and I'm also crossing the aisle to @skybound.bsky.social - my first Transformers cover for them, and it's for a TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE tie-in! Me and @dcjosh.bsky.social have located the New York Groove and placed ourselves firmly back within it. X

Cover to the reprint edition of TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE #2, featuring Hot Rod, Kup, Grimlock and Wheelie going HAM on a load of Sharkticons, with colours by Josh Burcham.

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Nick Roche @nickroche.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Here's the nekkid line-art side-by-side with the trade dress and Josh's mouth-watering colours!

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