Yannis "Rubus" Roumboulias was born in Athens, Greece. Occasionally a
film writer and actor, he has also worked as a freelancer concept
artist for various products and companies.
His first cinematic attempt was the feature film "The Almighty Tycoon
of the Ninja"(2007) directed by Aris Kaplanidis. A parody/comedy
considered by many a modern Greek cult masterpiece. He has also worked
as an actor for various short films directed by Aris Kaplanidis and
Thanos Kermitsis. His greatest project so far is the award winning
independent fantasy feature film "The Dragonphoenix Chronicles :
Indomitable"(2013) directed by Thanos Kermitsis based on the world he
created for his own comic series. His work on this project include
writing, acting, producing and creating concept art designs.
He also works as a professional illustrator and comic book artist since
2005. He is the creator, writer and artist of the first Greek
critically acclaimed and award winning , sword and sorcery series "The
Dragonphoenix Chronicles". Among others he has worked as the cover
artist for the Greek edition of Image Comic's "Spawn Godslayer" by
Comicwold Editions, guest artist in Comicdome Press mini series
"Syndrome" and as a political cartoonist for 3,5 years for "Vima"
newspaper.