⚡ ISSUE #1 · A TRUE STORY

ESCAPING
STUPID.

A bored teenager. A bad idea. A getaway car that wasn't a getaway. The true story of one wrong night that changed everything — and the way out that's still open today.

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1FIRST ISSUE
The Real Adventures of Strapp – Issue 1 cover
BASED ON A TRUE STORY!
THE STORY

A NIGHT THAT WENT WRONG.

Strapp was fifteen and bored. The Washington Street Boys had a “fool proof” plan — a few dozen eggs, an unsuspecting house, a getaway car. What could go wrong?

Pretty much everything.

Hi, I'm Strapp. Right now I'm sitting in the back of a police car panicking. How will my parents react when they find out what I've done?— OPENING PANEL, ISSUE #1

Escaping Stupid follows John Strappazon's true teenage story — the peer pressure, the panic, the cover-up, and the slow, hard work of becoming someone different. It's a comic book that doesn't preach. It just tells the truth, panel by panel.

Strapp bored in his neighborhood
“NOTHING TO DO IN THIS DUMB TOWN…”
The egg plan forms
THE PLAN: EGG THE HOUSE. RUN BACK TO THE RAMBLER.
The crash
CRASH! — NOT THE ALUMINUM DOOR…
Get back in the car
“GET BACK IN THE CAR! GET BACK IN THE CAR!”
The failed getaway
THE GETAWAY THAT WASN'T.
WHY IT MATTERS

THE STUFF NO ONE WARNS YOU ABOUT.

Every student faces these moments. The car door that opens. The friends who shrug. The “everyone's doing it.” This comic walks straight into them.

01

PEER PRESSURE

“I couldn't risk appearing uncool.” The line that lands more kids in the back of a squad car than any other.

02

FOMO

Strapp opted out. Then his FOMO got him. Sound familiar? It's not new — it just has a hashtag now.

03

CONSEQUENCES

A family in tears. A name in a cop's notebook. Some choices don't bounce. They land.

BUILT FOR

STUDENTS. YOUTH GROUPS.
CLASSROOMS.

Designed for middle schoolers, high schoolers, and the youth leaders, parents, and teachers walking beside them.

Use it as a Sunday school discussion starter, a classroom conversation prompt, or a one-sit read for a kid who'd never pick up a ‘self-help’ book in their life.

It looks like a comic. It reads like a comic. It just happens to leave a mark.

“I knew that what I was a part of and who I was becoming wasn't only wrong, it was stupid. I knew that where I was headed was not where I wanted to go.”

— STRAPP
ANCHORED IN PROVERBS

ANCIENT WISDOM. STILL WORKS.

Every chapter weaves in a Proverb that hits the panel like a punch. No lecture. Just truth.

There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.

PROVERBS 14:12 (NIV)

The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.

PROVERBS 14:15 (NIV)

Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

PROVERBS 29:25 (NIV)

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.

PROVERBS 13:20 (NIV)

If you set a trap for others, you will get caught in it yourself.

PROVERBS 26:27 (NLT)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart… and He will show you which path to take.

PROVERBS 3:5–6
THE STORYTELLER

A TRUE STORY, RECOUNTED.

Young John Strappazon — scene from the comic
JOHN STRAPPAZON
Author · Founder, Trajectory Illustrated

This isn't a fable. It's John's life — the bowling alley, the Rambler, the cop with the notebook, the mom who lied to cover for him. He lived it. He learned from it. And now he's putting it in students' hands.

Illustrated by Chris McLaughlin & Katy Redeker, every panel is built to grab a teenager's attention before the message ever lands.

“You never completely escape stupid once and for all. It will always try to pull you back. But God offers a better path.”— FROM THE FINAL PAGE

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