Chronicles of the Revolutionary Nerd 10

Stroman was interested in comic books from a very young age; until he could afford to buy them himself he would read comics handed down to him from his brother or loaned from his friends. He began his career with the goal of becoming a comic book artist, but wound up working as a dreaftsman and eventually working as a portrait artist. Stroman's earliest work in the American book industry began in 1985 , when illustrated back-up stories in First Comics' American Flagg #21-23 and Worlds Finest Comics #316-317 for DC Comics. He then illustrated Alien Legion vol.2 #10-20 for Marvel comics. His association with Marvel Comics Alien Legion would lead to contributing work to Alpha Flight Annual, Cloak and Dagger, and Ghost Rider.

Stroman joined writer Peter David as a fill in artist for the series X-Factor, but was soon offered X-Factor as a regular assignment and given approval to redesign the characters' costumes and overall appearance as he saw fit. Following the end of the X-Factor run, he drew a number of other books, sch as Wolverine,Punisher and Darkstars.

In 1993, Stroman and writer Todd Johnson co-created the Image Comics series Tribe, which is the largest selling African American created comic of all time. The sales for issue #1 exceeded the one million mark. After the title Tribe was canceled due to the Image comics shakeup, Stroman and Johnson formed Axis Comics to continue publication of Tribe, but the company closed after publishing nine issues. Stroman has continues to this day contributing to the Marvel universe.