André Roche

André Roche (* 1952 in southern France ) is a freelance illustrator .

Career

Roche attended a hotel management high school in Strasbourg and, after passing the hotel management diploma (BTH), came to Germany to deepen his knowledge of the German language. After working in various catering companies, including the Tantris restaurant in Munich , he stayed in this city and learned the profession of animator ( animation and claymation ) in various animation studios out of curiosity . Since 1975 he has been working as a freelance illustrator for the publishing and advertising industry.

As a draftsman and painter, he designed and drew around 160 comic strips as well as numerous merchandising illustrations of Maya the Bee , as well as others by Nils Holgersson , Tao Tao , Tom and Jerry , Alice in Wonderland , Wickie , Donald Duck , with his team of authors and drawings . Mickey Mouse , Heidi and The Pink Panther .

He is most likely one of the first artists in the world to consistently use the airbrush painting technique to color comic figures and their surroundings as early as the late 1970s . This gave the comic characters a three-dimensionality that had not been in use until then and only became common decades later with the development and spread of electronic graphics programs.

As an active member of the German comic association ICOM (1981), Roche belonged to the small circle of comic artists who, in 1984, worked with a. a. Achim Schnurrer, Riccardo Rinaldi , Ingo Stein, Burkhard Ihme , Hansi Kiefersauer , Horst Berner, Eckart Sackmann , Hartmut Becker and Gerd Zimmer have successfully tried to convince the cultural office of the city of Erlangen that a comic parlor would look good in this city . This salon has taken place every two years since then.

At the same time, he painted cover pictures, cartoons and illustrations for various magazines such as Das Rechtsmagazin , Das Industriemagazin and the Funkschau .

From 1983 he started making figures a. a. for the children's surprise egg from Ferrero . The first were supplementary characters to the series Happy Frogs (1986) and the Tapsy Törtels (1987). He drew the modeling templates and the puzzles for the licensed series Tao Tao , Pumuckl , the Jungle Book , Maya the Bee , Donald Duck , the Smurfs , the Aristocats and Mickey Mouse .

In 1987 he created his own figures for Ferrero, the Happy Hippos , which appeared several times in different constellations in later years: in fitness fever , on the dream ship , The Happy Hippo Company , The Happy Hippo Wedding , The Happy Hippo Hollywood Stars , Das Hipperium (one of George Lucas authorized pastiche of his trilogy Star Wars ), The Happy Hippo talent Show . The success of the Happy Hippos figures led Ferrero to launch new products, the children's Happy Hippo Snack and the Happy Hippo Cacao . This was followed by the Teeny Tapsy Törtels (= Tartallegre ), the Crazy Crocos , the Peppy Pingos , the Drolly Dinos (later called Dapsy Dinos ), the Funny Fanten , the Bingo Birds , the Top Ten Teddies , the Hanny Bunny's and the Pinky Piggys . Several of them have been used repeatedly around the world to promote various Ferrero products, sometimes under different names. Roche also realized the television commercials for these series using animation technology for the German-speaking market.

Illustrations for books

• "Do you smoke?" (Author: Eckart Frimberger), 1974 Socio-Medico-Verlag
• "Hits & Songs" (authors: Mike Eulner & Jacky Dreksler), 1982 Edition Metropol Musik Verlag
• "Guitar Instrumentals" (Author: Mike Eulner), 1983 Edition Metropol Musik Verlag
• "Wikie der Wikinger" 3 articles in the comics compilation "Peliculas Tomo 62" / 1984 Ediciones Recreativas / 1977 Taurus Film
• "Hits, Songs & Oldies" (authors: Mike Eulner and Jacky Dreksler ), 1986 Edition Metropol Musik Verlag
• "Comics for Africa", 3 contributions in a benefit compilation of various author's comics / 1986 Edition Quasimodo
• "Video technology in court", 2006 Wefgo-Verlag
• "On the construction site" ( ISBN 3-614-53237-2 ), 2007 Pestalozzi Verlag
• "At the fire department" ( ISBN 3-614-53236-4 ), 2007 Pestalozzi Verlag
• "Im Zoo", 2007 Schwager & Steinlein Verlag
• "Dinosaurs" ( ISBN 3-614-53238-0 ), 2007 Pestalozzi Verlag
• "Mystères et boules de glace" ( Secrets and ice cream balls ) ( ISBN 978-2-35127-012-7 ), 2008 Cosmogone (French)

Illustrations for magazines

• "Industriemagazin" / Verlag moderne Industrie AG / Cover illustrations for issues 4/83, 3/84 and 2/85
• "Computer-Schau" / Franzis-Verlag: Illustration in issue 5/85
• "Legal magazine for the economy" / Richard Boorberg Verlag: numerous cartoons for issues 3/86 to 7/88
• "Funkschau - magazine for electronic communication": several cover illustrations for various issues from 1982 to 1985
• "Run" / CW publication, Munich: Illustration in an edition from 1987
• "Chip-Das Mikrocomputer-Magazin" / Vogel Verlag & Druck / Double-sided cartoon in issue 6/90
• "Physis Computer" / Physis Verlagsgesellschaft mbH / Double-sided cartoon in issue 4/90
• "Figura - the independent collector's magazine" / Verlag W. Wächter, Bremen: Cover headline
• "AV-Live" (or until June 2006: called "AV-Invest") / Wefgo-Verlag: one cartoon in each issue of this trade journal since January 2006.

Illustrations for phonograms

• "Maja + Willi: 'I am lazy Willi' + 'Flying'" Single-Cover / Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor / 1976 Apollo-Film
• "Die Biene Maja": LP cover for episodes N ° 3, 4 and 5/1980 Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor / 1976 Apollo-Film
• "Captain Future": LP cover for episode 2/1981 Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor / 1981 Toei Doga
• "Nils Holgersson": LP cover for episodes 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 / Deutsche Grammophon / Polydor, 1982 Merchandising Munich
• "Panki" illustrations for 9 radio play covers (1987> 1989) by CBS / Tinus Musik Verlag
• "Happy Hippo Hits": CD cover, booklet and label / 1997 BMG Ariola Media / Ferrero

Illustrations for games

• "Die kleine Elefanten", a puzzle series, was published in 1992 by Ravensburger
• "Fröhliche Dschungeltage", puzzle series, published in 1994 by Ravensburger
• "Hand in Hand": game by Alex Randolph, published by FX Schmid, Munich

Character creation and illustrations for advertising and the publishing industry

André Roche created numerous characters for the advertising and publishing industry, including:

• 1967–1987: many secondary characters for the " Maya the Bee " comic series.
• 1978: the character "Archibald", hero of a comic series by pop star Christian Anders , appeared in "Freizeit-Magazin".
• 1985: The little Indian "Lachito", published in 1986 in the charity scrapbook "Comics for Africa" ​​from Quasimodo-Verlag, Dormagen.
• 1983: The musketeer "Atrix" for Beiersdorf.
• 1985: The rabbits from the "Rabbit" series for the manufacturer of plastic school articles "Donau Plastik" (Biella Group).
• 1985: An entire animal kingdom for a Texas Instruments student curriculum.
• 1986: The figures "Tex, Bodewa & Friend" for the German "Central Association of Interior Decoration Crafts".
• 1986: the children "Parfenacchio, Nystatinchen & Kurt" for "Cyanamid"
• 1987: The "Happy Hippos" for the product "Kinder Surprise" from the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero. This was followed by the "Teeny Tapsy Törtels", the "Crazy Crocos", the "Peppy Pingos", the "Dapsy / Drolly Dinos", the "Funny Fanten", the "Bingo Birds" and "Top Ten Teddies", all in different Countries were sometimes marketed under different names.
• 1988: Ostriches for Procter & Gamble's Ariel advertising campaign.
• 1989: The figure "Werdy" as a popular figure for a campaign by the German police union
• 2000: Several peanut faces for the Ültje company.
• 2004: A series of clowns for the German sausage manufacturer Noelke.
• 2005 and 2007: Two series of jungle animals for "Noelke".

Working with licensed characters

• "The Pink Panther": Series of full-page comics / 1975 Kronen-Zeitung, Graz / Mirtsch-Geoffrey DF
• " Maya the Bee" ( ISBN 3-87624-086-7 ) 1976 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo / Apollo Film
• "Maya the bee learns to fly" 1976 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo / Apollo Film
• "Maya the Bee and Honey" 1976 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo / Apollo Film
• "Maya the bee discovers the ants" 1976 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo / Apollo Film
• "Maya the Bee": Series of 4 mini-books ("The Metamorphosis", "Where Honey Comes From", "The Thunderstorm", "Dangerous Adventures") Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo
• "The new Maya the Bee Book" ( ISBN 3-87624-123-5 ) 1978 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1978 Zuijo Eizo / Apollo Film
• "Maya the bee": 2nd series of 4 mini-books ("The cheeky ant", "The frost day", "Maya is caught", "Maya saves the beehive") Pestalozzi Verlag / 1976 Zuijo Eizo
• " Maya the Bee and the Mouse" ( ISBN 3-87624-226-6 ) 1979 Pestalozzi Verlag / 1979 Apollo Film
• " Maya the Bee and the Mouse / The Firefly" ( ISBN 3-87624-238-X ) 1979 Pestalozzi Verlag 1979 Apollo Film, Vienna
• " Maya the Bee and the Mouse / Willis Flower" ( ISBN 3-87624-237-1 ) 1979 Pestalozzi Verlag 1979 Apollo Film, Vienna
• " Maya the Bee and the Mouse / The Swing" ( ISBN 3-87624-240-1 ) 1979 Pestalozzi Verlag 1979 Apollo Film, Vienna
• " Maya the bee and the mouse / The feat" ( ISBN 3-87624-239-8 ) 1979 Pestalozzi Verlag 1979 Apollo Film, Vienna
• "Fix & Foxi edition 8/1979: Pauli-Comic" Is Beppo to be trained? ", Erich Pabel Verlag, Munich
• "Nils Holgersson" (front and back) ( ISBN 3-812-28103-1 ) Unipart Verlag, Stuttgart 1981 Merchandising Munich
• "Mickey is coming to visit today!" ( ISBN 3-87624-677-6 ) Pestalozzi Verlag / 1983 The Walt Disney Company
• "Knax Club" annual calendars for 1983 and 1984 / Deutscher Sparkassenverlag, Stuttgart
• "Tao Tao" (1983-1985) Drawings and cover illustrations of numerous stories for this comic series by Bastei Verlag 1984 Apollo Film, Vienna
• "Donald Duck's Adventure on the Farm" ( ISBN 3-87624-703-9 ) Pestalozzi Verlag / 1984 Walt Disney Productions
• "Donald Duck on the Farm" (Title No. 04397 6) Bertelsmann Club / 1984 Walt Disney Productions
• "Alice in Wonderland" (1984): Illustrating a series of puzzles for the publisher "Ravensburger" / Apollo Film, Vienna
• "Alice in Wonderland" (1984/1985): Design and coloring of several covers for this comic series by Bastei Verlag, of which the stories were mainly supplied by Interpubli / Barcelona.
• "Maya the Bee" (1985): Realization of a series of motifs for textile articles from Schiesser / Apollo Film, Vienna
• "Alice in Wonderland" (1986) Realization of a series of puzzles for the publishing house "Ravensburger" / Apollo Film, Vienna
• "Muppet Babies" (1987): Realization of a series of placemats for the "Dorette" brand / 1985 Henson Associates.
• "Tom & Jerry" 1987 ( ISBN 3-8122-0178-X ) Unipart-Verlag, Remseck near Stuttgart / 1940 Loews Inc ~ REN 1967 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• Various "Tom & Jerry" dice games (e.g. "Such a Cheese") 1988 for Remus (1940 Loews Inc ~ REN 1967 MGM)

(At the end of the 80s and beginning of the 90s, Roche was an authorized licensed draftsman for "Tom & Jerry" and "Pink Panther" for German-speaking countries.)

• "Pink Panther in the Desert" and "Pink Panther in the Wild West" 1988, 2 160-piece puzzles for FX Schmid / Munich / UA
• "Pink Panther at Sport" 1988, 4 54-piece puzzles for FX Schmid / Munich / UA
• "Panki" illustrations (1987-1989) for 9 radio play covers (CBS), various puzzles (FX Schmid) and comics / 1987 Tinus Musik Verlag
• "Do it right" 1989 Verlag Deutsche Polizeiliteratur / D-4010 Hilden
• "Panki" illustrations (1989) for 6 puzzles from FX Schmid / Munich / 1987 Tinus Musik Verlag

Filmography

• 1971: Animator at Cineplast / Munich for the animated series "Le Fennec" for Telcia Film / Paris.
• 1972: Animator at Cineplast / Munich of animation sequences for the series "Addams' Family" by Hanna Barbera Productions.
• 1972/1973: Animator of four Claymation short films of the series "Die Wildden Männer" for the ZDF preschool series "Kli-Kla-Klawitter", namely the episodes: "Chinese food", " leapfrog ", "music in time" and " Playing hide and seek ."
• 1978: Animator in tabletop stop-motion technology for a TV commercial for Philips stereo speakers.
• 1978: Animator of sequences for the medical training film "Das Glaucoma" for Mediaton.
• 1979: Animation of the advertising block insert "Giorgio" for the South Tyrolean television station "TVS".
• 1979: Animation of sequences for the medical training film series "Cardiac arrhythmias" for Metacon.
• 1979: Creation of a storyboard for the Boehringer product "Feprazon".
• 1981: Creation of an animation trailer for Türk Video.
• 1981: Creation of the TV commercial "Play OK / Seeräuber" in tabletop stop-motion technology for Carrera Century Toys.
• 1983: Creation of the trick sequences for 6 episodes of the BMW educational film series "Electrics / Electronics" of the MIT video production.
• 1983: Illustrations for the animatic of the commercial for the Mercedes-Benz model 190 for Kruse-Film.
• 1985 to 1998; Realization of numerous TV commercials using animation technology for various Ferrero products.
• 1989: Animation, production and creation of the TV commercial "Werdy" for Tele 5.
• 1991: Realization of the cinema animation commercial "Tüte" for Mientus.
• 1997: Realization of the TV commercial for the CD "Happy Hippo Hits" by BMG / Ariola.

Exhibitions and presentations

Roche exhibited his work at various German comic parlors (Munich, Erlangen, Frankfurt).

To mark the 30th birthday of the product "Kinder Surprise Egg" in 2004, several exhibitions in Frankfurt, Rome, Winterthur and Alba showed a large part of the developments he had made for this product.

Sources and literature

• "Art Directors' Index to Illustration, Graphics & Design N ° 4" 1983 RotoVision SA / Geneva
• "Who's Who in Munich" 1983 ( ISBN 3-921220-48-3 LN) / The international red series Verlag / Zurich
• "Medien Bulletin 9/89", Verlag Kellerer & Partner / Munich
• "Art Directors' Index to Illustrators N ° 9" 1989 RotoVision SA / Mies
• "Art Directors' Index to Illustrators N ° 10" 1990 RotoVision SA / Mies
• "Art Directors' Index to Illustrators N ° 12" 1992 RotoVision SA / Mies
• "Art Directors' Index to Illustrators N ° 13" 1993 RotoVision SA / Mies
• "The Creative Index Austria / Germany / Switzerland" 1993 Verlag RotoVision SA / CH-1295 Mies
• "Eurolink 4" 1993 RotoVision SA / Mies publisher
• "Creative City Scene Munich" 1992 RotoVision SA / Mies publisher
• "The Art of Comics" 1985 Edition Aleph / D-8551 Heroldsbach
• "The yellow of the egg" by Holger Jenrich 2007 Lübbe / Bergisch Gladbach publishing group ( ISBN 978-3-431-03714-2 )
• "Kinder & Design", issue # 01-2008 of the magazine "ein viertel" of the Alliance of German Designers AGD ( ISSN  1864-7421 )
• "Surprise: Egg - from creation myth to art object / Jexhof / Fürstenfeldbruck ( ISBN 978-3-932368-17-2 )

Web links

• Homepage of André Roche.
• Description of André Roche's work in the airbrush newspaper 3/86