Strasburger was born into a working class family in Scranton PA, to a house painter and home maker. His earliest influence were the murals that were in the Catholic Church he attended as a child, admiring the anatomy of the characters and the narratives communicated.
His art education is one year at Kutztown University and 3 classes at the School of Visual Arts in NYC in his middle age.
He's lived in NYC, Boulder CO, and currently in Tucson AZ, where he works full time at his art.