Duncan Rouleau

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Duncan Rouleau
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NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
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The Nightmarist
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Duncan Rouleau is an American comic book writer and artist, and is a part of the Man of Action Studios collective of creators (along with Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Steven T. Seagle), who created the series Ben 10 , that aired on Cartoon Network.

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Career

Rouleau has illustrated a variety of popular American comic books for Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, and other publishers. He illustrated and co-wrote the 8-issue miniseries of The Metal Men in 2007 by DC Comics. [1] Steven T. Seagle and Rouleau also created the Marvel Comics super-hero team Big Hero 6.

In 2001, Rouleau co-founded Man of Action Entertainment, a creative think tank and production house, along with fellow partners and comic book creators Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, and Steven T. Seagle. MAN OF ACTION scripted four short films for an independent producer before being tapped to write the script for Activision's highly successful X-Men: Legends video game. Their third professional credit was the original animation series Ben 10 which they created and sold to Cartoon Network. The original series ran for 52 episodes and has so far spawned sequel series Ben 10: Alien Force, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, two live action made-for TV-movies, and a live stage show. Their second original creation for Cartoon Network, Generator Rex, has aired over forty episodes to date, launched a merchandise line, and crossed over with Ben 10 in 2011. Rouleau serves as the co-executive producer on Ultimate Spider-Man on Disney XD, which premiered in April 2012. In 2013, Rouleau also serves as co-executive producer on Disney XD's Avengers Assemble). The 2014 Disney animated film Big Hero 6 is based on the Marvel Comics team co-created by Rouleau.

In 2006, Rouleau released his first original graphic novel, The Nightmarist , published by Active Images. [2]

In 2016, Rouleau served as the creator of the Ben 10 reboot.

He is one of the writers on the 2022 Netflix 3D animated series Sonic Prime . [3]

Bibliography

TitleCreditYearPublishing Company
Venom: The Hunted #1-3Artist1996 Marvel Comics
X-Men Unlimited vol. 1 #13 (artist, cover artist, Marvel Comics, 1996)Artist, Cover Artist1996Marvel Comics
The Uncanny X-Men Annual vol. 1 #21Artist, Cover Artist1997Marvel Comics
X-Factor vol. 1 #140Artist, Inker1997Marvel Comics
X-Factor vol. 1 #143-144Artist, Cover Artist1998Marvel Comics
M. Rex #1-2Artist, Cover Artist (w/ Joe Kelly)1999 Image Comics
Action Comics #796Artist2002 DC Comics
Action Comics #800Artist, Inker2003DC Comics
Teen Titans vol. 3 #20Cover Artist2005DC Comics
The Nightmarist Writer, Artist2006 Active Images
Adventures of Superman #649Artist2006DC Comics
Blue Beetle #5, 9Artist2006DC Comics
52 #30Artist, Inker2006DC Comics
The New X-Men #29Artist, Inker2006Marvel Comics
The Metal Men #1-8Artist, (Writer/Inker on #4)2007DC Comics
"Hell Hath No Fury" DC Universe Halloween SpecialArtist, Writer2008DC Comics
"Territorealis" DC Goes ApeArtist2008DC Comics
"Black Alice" L'Elmo di FateArtist2008 Planeta DeAgostini
Batman/Superman Sonderbad #6Artist, Writer, Inker2009DC Deutschland
DC Universe: Origins "The Origin of the Metal Man"Artist, Inker2009DC Comics
"The Creeper in What Creeps out the Creeper" DC Universe Halloween SpecialArtist, Inker, Colorist, Writer2009DC Comics
The Great UnknownArtist, Inker, Colorist, Cover Artist, Writer2009Image Comics
Monsters & Dames (Art Book Series)Artist2009Brandstudio Press
Superman: Ending BattleArtist2009DC Comics
X-Men: Future History - The Messiah War SourcebookArtist2009Marvel Comics
DC Comics Presents: Superman #4 "O, Captain, My Captain"Artist2010DC Comics
Image Comics 2010 San Diego Comic-Con Yearbook "The Great Unknown"Artist, Inker, Colorist,2010Image Comics
Wolverine & The X-MenArtist, Inker2011Marvel Comics
Elephantmen: Man and Elephantman #1Cover Artist2011Image Comics
The Milkman Murders "The Milkman Murders"Cover Artist2012Image Comics
Wolverine #2 "Bienvenue chez les X-Men! Et à Mort"Artist, Inker2012Marvel France
Wolverine und die #2 X-Men "Willkommen bei den X-Men! Jetzt Sterbt! Teil 3"Artist, Inker2012Marvel Deutschland
Elephantmen: Mammoth Book Vol. 3Artist2014Image Comics
Empereur JokerArtist2014Urban Comics
Président Lex LuthorArtist2014Urban Comics
Wolverine Epic Collection Vol. 8 "The Dying Game"Artist2014 Epic Comics/Marvel Comics
The Multiversity: Ultra Comics #1 "Ultra Comics Lives!"Cover Artist2015DC Comics
Multiversity "Die Multiversum-Illustratoren"Artist, Inker2015DC Deutschland
The Multiversity: Guidebook #1 "Maps and Legends"Artist, Inker, Colorist2015DC Comics
The Multiversity: The Delux Edition "Multiversity Guidebook Earth 44"Artist, Inker, Colorist2015DC Comics
The Mike Wieringo Tellos Tribute HC Vol. 2Artist, Inker2017Plays Well with Otters
Superman: President LuthorArtist2018DC Comics
Venom: Along Came a Spider...Artist2018Marvel Comics

Notes

  1. "DC AUGUST '07 SOLICITATION PREVIEWS" Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine . Newsarama.
  2. "Duncan Rouleau on The Nightmarist". Newsarama. November 2, 2005. Archived from the original on November 5, 2005.
  3. Sickr (2021-02-03). "Sonic Prime is set in Sonic Team's game universe and possible SEGA crossovers not ruled out". My Nintendo News. Retrieved 2022-10-27.

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