Bob Schreck

Robert "Bob" Schreck (; born February 2, 1955) is an American comic book writer and editor. Schreck is best known for his influential role as editor and marketing director at Dark Horse Comics in the 1990s, co-founding Oni Press, and for his subsequent stint as editor for DC Comics.

Personal life Bob Schreck grew up in Levittown, New York. An avid performer, he sang for progressive rock bands and Rocky Horror shows. He currently resides in Milwaukie, Oregon with his husband Randy.

Career Schreck, second from left, at the Legendary Comics panel at the 2012 New York Comic Con. Sharing the stage with him from left to right: emcee Chris Hardwick, Matt Wagner, Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham.

Beginnings In the mid-1970s, Bob Schreck began working for Creation Entertainment organizing and running conventions around the country, where he got to know most of the era's comic book professionals, and met aspirants and up-and-comers such as Matt Wagner, who has called Schreck "a major force in the comics industry". In the early 1980s he worked in the marketing department at Marvel Comics.

Comico In 1985, Schreck and his future wife (now divorced) Diana Schutz were hired as, respectively, Administrative Director (in charge of marketing and publishing) and Editor in Chief of Comico Comics. Under their stewardship Comico rose to the third best-selling comics publisher, after Marvel and DC. Schreck was closely involved in the publication of titles such as Mage and Grendel, Elementals, Robotech, and Jonny Quest, was responsible for several acclaimed graphic novels including Mike Baron's Ginger Fox and Doug Wildey's Rio, and secured work from such luminaries as William Messner-Loebs, Steve Rude and Dave Stevens, among many others. Despite its success, by the end of the '80s Comico was spiraling into bankruptcy and Schreck and Schutz left for greener pastures.

Dark Horse Comics After a brief stint at Graphitti Designs, and Paul Pope, who credits Schreck as an important factor in his career. In addition to his work as marketing director and talent recruiter, Schreck was the editor of many titles including Frank Miller's Sin City, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Madman, Art Adams's Monkeyman and O'Brien, and the anthology title Dark Horse Presents which became one of the most important places for new talent to enter the field alongside well-known names doing often experimental or edgier work. Schreck was later instrumental in compelling Frank Miller to work with director Robert Rodriguez on a film version of Sin City. During this time Dark Horse became the third best-selling comics publisher in the country. co-founded Oni Press with Joe Nozemack. Oni's original goal was publishing comics and graphic novels the founders would want to read. Oni titles Schreck edited include Kevin Smith's Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob comics, Whiteout, Bad Boy by Frank Miller and Simon Bisley, and the award-winning Oni Double Feature.

DC/Vertigo After having been courted by DC Comics for over a decade, Schreck was also the editor of the Green Lantern books, Green Arrow including the acclaimed Quiver series by frequent Schreck collaborator Kevin Smith, All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, and All-Star Batman by Frank Miller and Jim Lee. For DC's Vertigo imprint he produced the award-winning Daytripper, Sweet Tooth, and the horror anthology Toe Tags, which featured a story by film director George A. Romero

Post-DC publishing career and CBLDF After leaving DC in January 2009, Schreck joined IDW Publishing as a senior editor, where he also wrote the comic book series Jurassic Park: Redemption.

In 2010, he was named editor-in-chief of Legendary Comics, a division he co-founded with editor Greg Tumbarello, where they launched as a top ten publisher with their inaugural title Holy Terror by Frank Miller. Other works they published include the Eisner Award-nominated Annihilator by Grant Morrison and Frazer Irving, The Tower Chronicles by Matt Wagner and Simon Bisley, A Town Called Dragon by Judd Winick and Geoff Shaw, Shadow Walk by Mark Waid and Shane Davis, and Cops for Criminals by Steven Grant and Pete Woods, as well as NY Times #1 Best Selling graphic novel Pacific Rim: Tales from Year Zero, NY Times Best Seller Godzilla: Awakening, and tie-ins to Warcraft, and King Kong.

After retiring from Legendary, Schreck became Deputy Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) in 2019.

Frequent collaborator Paul Pope said of working with Schreck, "He knows how to get me working on it. Sometimes it's flattery, sometimes it's encouragement, sometimes it's — well, he just opens Holy Hell before you." Nominated for "Best Anthology" Eisner Award, for Dark Horse Presents 2002: Nominated for "Favorite Editor" Eisner Award, for Batman and Green Arrow