Alan Robert (born 1971) is an American musician and comic book creator. He is the bassist and main songwriter for the alternative metal band Life of Agony, whom he has played for since 1989. Robert is also known for his work on the graphic novels Wire Hangers, Crawl to Me, and Killogy, as well as the horror-themed adult coloring book series The Beauty of Horror.

Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from New York's School of Visual Arts, where he studied cartooning under teacher Walter Simonson.

Robert is credited as being one of the original members of the Brooklyn, NY-based band, Life of Agony, in 1989, and is the band's primary songwriter. Robert started Life of Agony with guitarist Joey Z. and Keith Caputo, Sal Abruscato was recruited soon afterwards. After signing with Roadrunner Records, they debuted with the 1993 album, River Runs Red. This was followed up by 1995s Ugly and Soul Searching Sun in 1997. Caputo left the band later that same year due to mental health problems, the band toured Whitfield Crane as a replacement but eventually broke up due to not wanting to continue without Caputo. On January 3 and 4, 2003, the original lineup reunited for two sold-out shows at New York's Irving Plaza. Then releasing Broken Valley in 2005.

Robert has also done artwork/art direction for all Life of Agony albums along with doing additional work for Biohazard, Keith Caputos solo albums. He also created merchandise designs for both Pantera and Black Sabbath.

In 2006, Robert announced the creation of a punk rock band Spoiler NYC, which he formed with long-time friend, "Junkyard" Silletti and Tommy Clayton. The band released the full-length record Greasefire in Hell's Kitchen in 2008 and toured Europe with Life of Agony. Best known for their high-energy live shows which regularly feature dedications to their merchandise coordinator, Guy Bannister, Spoiler NYC released two songs in 2009.

In 2011 Life of Agony disbanded once again in the midst of Caputo coming out as transgender however his Robert told Revolver Magazine "I actually don't think [Keith]'s transition is the ultimate reason the band isn't active right now. We'd been doing a lot less touring over the last bunch of years, way before [he] announced [his] personal news. In 2014, Life of Agony re-formed once again with Caputo singing, they performed their first show since Caputo's gender confirmation at the Alcatraz Hard Rock & Metal Festival in Kortrijk, Belgium on August 8.

In 2016, Robert and the other original members of Life of Agony announced they would be releasing their first new album in over eleven years, "A Place Where There's No More Pain" on Napalm Records. The album (the fifth release by Life of Agony) was released worldwide on April 28, 2017. The album debuted at No. 24 on Billboard's Hard Rock Albums chart, and received critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Kerrang, Revolver, and several other high-profile music reviewers. Alan, along with the rest of the band, announced several concerts in the United States and Europe to support the album.

Robert's and the band announced the release, in October 2019, of its sixth studio album The Sound of Scars on Napalm Records, which acts as "Chapter Two" to their classic debut River Runs Red. The concept album, hailed by Loudwire as one of the year's "Most Anticipated Hard Rock & Metal Albums", was produced & mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Sylvia Massy and co-produced by Joey Z. Howie Weinberg handled mastering duties.