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Passing of Dave Trampier
11 years ago
Some of those that follow Goblinscomics may already know this, but I just found out Dave Trampier passed away, and it kinda drew me back a -long- ways through my childhood, and wanted to pass it along.
Many may not know who Dave Trampier was, and to be honest, I wasn't really aware of his name until I read of his passing, but his works were ever present in my mental iconography of fantasy and fantasy gaming growing up. He did the cover of the original 1st AD&D Player's Handbook - you know the one, with the giant red demon/goblin statue and the thieves stealing the eyes?
He also created the wonderful comic series Wormy, in Dragon Magazine, that ran for about a decade, one of the first comics I'm aware of that took the monster's POV, but with more than a dash of Pogo thrown in, humor, and brilliant artwork.
Due to an argument with TSR over publishing Wormy in a collected form, he dropped completely out of the fantasy gaming scene around 1988 and wasn't heard from until his recent passing, though articles state he was planning to attend his first convention this year.
Just wanted to share the website I found compiling Wormy, and hope people take a read that missed it, or came late to the RPG hobby, and get inspired.
https://sites.google.com/site/wormycollected/Home
Many may not know who Dave Trampier was, and to be honest, I wasn't really aware of his name until I read of his passing, but his works were ever present in my mental iconography of fantasy and fantasy gaming growing up. He did the cover of the original 1st AD&D Player's Handbook - you know the one, with the giant red demon/goblin statue and the thieves stealing the eyes?
He also created the wonderful comic series Wormy, in Dragon Magazine, that ran for about a decade, one of the first comics I'm aware of that took the monster's POV, but with more than a dash of Pogo thrown in, humor, and brilliant artwork.
Due to an argument with TSR over publishing Wormy in a collected form, he dropped completely out of the fantasy gaming scene around 1988 and wasn't heard from until his recent passing, though articles state he was planning to attend his first convention this year.
Just wanted to share the website I found compiling Wormy, and hope people take a read that missed it, or came late to the RPG hobby, and get inspired.
https://sites.google.com/site/wormycollected/Home
But, yeah, I've been D&Der since 1980, and I still have all those AD&D books.
R.I.P. Dave.