TheOdd1sOut

Robert James Rallison (born May 14, 1996), known online as TheOdd1sOut, is an American YouTuber, animator, comedian, and author. He produces storytime animations on his YouTube channel.
Personal life.
Rallison was born in Chandler, Arizona on May 14, 1996. He is one of five children of writer Janette Rallison. He attended Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona. According to Rallison, he did not have any formal training in drawing, but had wanted to be a cartoonist as a child.
In 2018, Rallison moved to Glendale, California, a hub for YouTubers.
Career.
Webcomics.
Rallison's first published illustrated works were webcomics, under the title "TheOdd1sOut". He uploaded the first comic strip onto Tumblr in June 2012, when he was 16. After 100 comics, he had amassed 100 followers, and it took him about a year to settle into his art style. Rallison also later uploaded the strip to iFunny. By September 2016 he had written around 400 strips. Rallison described the characters in his comics as "marshmallow people" because of their white, roundish look. His comics tended to focus on lighthearted themes, such as taking famous puns literally, or poking fun at social cliches.
YouTube.
On August 30, 2014, just over two years after starting his webcomic, Rallison started his YouTube channel as "theodd1sout comic". In his animated videos, which feature the same "marshmallow people" as the webcomic, he talks about his life story, his thoughts, and opinions. His first video was titled "A Book I Made as a Kid", looking at a short story he made while in elementary school. In April 2016, his channel gained over 278,000 subscribers, giving him a total of over 400,000 subscribers. At some point, Rallison dropped out of college to make videos full-time.
On December 2, 2017, Rallison created a second channel, TheOdd2sOut, in which he uploads extra content not involving animation, such as playing games with other people. TheOdd2sOut reached 1 million subscribers in April 2018, and the main channel reached 10 million subscribers in January 2019.
Collaborations.
Rallison has collaborated with others to produce two songs and their accompanying music videos: "Life is Fun" in July 2018 with David Brown from Boyinaband; and "Good Person" in December 2020 with Joel Berghult from RoomieOfficial.
His animated character appeared in the credits scene of "YouTube Rewind: The Shape of 2017" and in "" where he has a speaking role.
In March 2019, Rallison was in MrBeast's $200,000 YouTuber Battle Royale video. He was on a team with Jaiden Animations and Anthony Padilla and they won the first round. Rallison gave the earnings he made from the YouTuber Battle Royale to #TeamTrees, a non-profit started by MrBeast that aimed to plant 20 million trees by the end of 2019.
Other work.
Rallison wrote a book titled "The Odd 1s Out: How to Be Cool and Other Things I Definitely Learned from Growing Up", which was released in July 2018. It was ranked No. 12 in the "trade paperback" category on "Publishers Weekly"s August 13, 2018 bestseller list.
Rallison also worked on the board game "Can't Catch Harry", and on November 22, Rallison announced and released his mobile game named 'TheOdd1sout: Let's bounce!'
Reception.
As of January 7, 2021, Rallison's main YouTube channel had over 16 million subscribers, and his secondary channel had over 2.7 million subscribers.
Foodbeast writer Peter Pham called Rallison's three videos about working at Subway (which Rallison comedically refers to as "Sooubway") "amazing" and "hilarious".
In 2017, Dave Trumbore of "Collider" named Rallison one of five YouTubers who were "poised for mainstream success". In 2018, Kristin Brantley of Culturess reviewed his channel and webcomics favorably, writing, "You’ll be glued to the screen watching all of these hilarious clips and reading all his great comics."