- Has been animating since he was 11 years old.
- Favorite director is Tex Avery.
- Taught himself how to draw his own cartoon characters at age 7 by reading newspaper comics and watching cartoons on television.
- Favorite cartoon character is Donald Duck.
- Has 4 dogs.
- Prefers his last name to be pronounced "stro-BULL".
- Modeled his distinctively-silly, deadpan narrator voice after Jeff Bennett.
- 2000: Was taught stop-motion animation by Adam Sonnenfeld.
- 2004: Was taught Flash animation by Laura Gillfedder.
- 2010: Was taught traditional hand-drawn animation and comedic timing by Willy Hartland.
- Favorite movie is "Mousehunt" (1997).
- Inspired Grant Lindahl and Dylan Young to pursue stand-up comedy.
- Watched his cartoons multiple times in a row after they were completed.
- Has difficulty seeing purple.
- Currently living in Jericho, NY, working on his first theatrical animated short, "Jimmy Giraffe's Timeshare Nightmare" and a Master's In Teaching to become an elementary school teacher. (May 2012)
- Biggest influences are Tex Avery, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rod Scribner, Doug Walker, and Jim Davis.
- Remains good friends with Joe Ciminera long after his two-month internship at Hexane Productions.
- Underwent skin cancer/melanoma surgery in 2014.
- Retired from animation in 2018 to focus on making children's books with his wife, Miranda, for their independent book company, Tolland, Inc.
- His dad named him after Dr. Zachary Smith from "Lost in Space" (TV Series 1965-1968). Strobel was offered a minor, non-speaking role as Simon in the 2018 reboot through Central Casting, but had to decline to attend Miranda Strobel's (then Miranda Dillon) birthday weekend in Arizona.
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