Robert Goodin grew up in California, and started working in the animation industry after graduating from high school. He founded Robot Publishing, a collective of eight artists (including Joy Kolitsky. Anthony Yukojevich, Michael Kenny, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, Cathy Malkasian and Andrew Brandou), and published the anthology 'Oden' in 1998. In 2002, Robert Goodin left his day job and devoted himself to comics, co-editing the anthology 'Top Shelf Asks The Big Questions' and contributing comics to Kitchen Sink Magazine.