Rob Schrab (pronounced Shrob) (November 12, 1969) is a comic book creator, actor, writer, and film producer. Schrab grew up in Mayville, Wisconsin. He is a comedian, comic book creator, and is active in both television and film production. He recently finished producing the final chapter to his comic book Scud: The Disposable Assassin which is now available, as well as directing the second season of The Sarah Silverman Program.
Schrab was a member of ComedySportz Milwaukee where he also co-founded (alongside Dan Harmon) the sketch troupe The Dead Alewives. They produced an album in 1996 entitled Take Down The Grand Master. Which Featured the Sketch Dungeons and Dragons (Featured on Dr. Demento. A CG short was made from the audio: Summmoner Geeks). Schrab was the voice of the "Where's the Mountain Dew?" Demon.
In the mid to late 1990s Schrab wrote and produced the independent comic book Scud: The Disposable Assassin, which ran for 20 issues before events in Schrab's personal life caused him to leave the property and focus on a career in film and television.
Recently Schrab announced he would be finishing the Scud series with Scud #21 in a book that would include all the Scud issues. He is currently working on this issue but due to other projects, such as Season 2 of The Sarah Silverman Program it is taking longer then expected. Scud's final chapter was released in Spring of 2008. Scud #21 "Return of the Over-Used Muse" hit the stands in early Feb. followed by #22 "Challenge of the Over-Used Muse" then #23 "Retaliation of the Over-Used Muse" and finally #24 "Death of the Over-Used Muse".
Covers were done by guest artist; Ashley Wood, Jim Mahfood, David Hartman and Doug Tennapel. A collection of the entire series (including Drywall: Unzipped and Black Octopus: Sexy Genius) was released in June also from Image comics.
Updates and sneak peeks are featured @ www.robschrab.com
Following Scud, Schrab had several minor successes in Hollywood leading up to the release of his first feature film, Monster House.
Schrab produced the television pilot Heat Vision and Jack starring Owen Wilson and Jack Black. He has also co-created the alternative television network/website Channel 101, where he created The Ringwald and Molly Show and Twigger's Holiday as part of their programming.
As a personal project, Schrab produced the short film Robot Bastard- a Space Opera made completely from cardboard.
He played the bit part of Gerald in Blame Society Productions' Fun Rangers. He can be seen during the 'phon' scene, where he asks the protagonist, Cody Beaumont, for his DVDs to be returned.
Schrab played the Bald Genius or "PI guy" in Chris Gore's "My Big Fat Independent Movie.
He and long time writing partner, Dan Harmon, wrote the feature film Monster House based on a pitch they had originally made in 1998. The project was shelved for almost ten years until it was made feasible in 2006 by a CG process known as Mo-Cap. It was Harmon and Schrab's first feature deal and launched their career in the movie business. He also directed the music video "Crooked Teeth" for Death Cab for Cutie.
Following this success, Schrab was the host of "Hell'oclock News", a series of teaser videos for the Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny movie website.
As of early 2007 he is a writer, producer and director on The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central. And played the cross-dressing host of Cookie Party, Miniature "Mini" Coffee. Silverman wanted Schrab to play the character in the show after she saw him in "Thriller Chiller Theatre" (a short on Channel101.com)
Rob Schrab made a Trogdor wallpaper for the Homestar Runner website to celebrate the dragon's 5th birthday. The wallpaper was put on the site on January 14, 2008, being found when you click on the main page message "guest wallpaper". You can download the wallpaper here and here.
