David A. Trampier
Dave A. Trampier is an early Dungeons & Dragons artist and writer.
He is best know as the creator of the "Wormy" comic strip that ran in The Dragon Magazine. From its beginning in issue #9 until its abrupt end in issue #132, Trampier’s Wormy comic was a popular feature of Dragon Magazine. Following the adventures of the title character, a cigar-chomping pool-sharking wargame-playing dragon (and his friends), the comic's storylines were cleverly plotted and the art carefully penciled and colored. Each issue of Dragon would have anywhere from 1-4 pages of "Wormy". The comic suddenly stopped appearing after issue #132, right in the middle of a storyline.
A few issues later there was a brief note from the editors stating that "Wormy" would never be appearing again. No explanation was given. Theories abounded: Was Trampier hard to get along with? Was Dragon? Artist and writer Trampier pretty much vanished and has never been reliably heard from since. In a casual conversation with fellow Dragon artist Phil Foglio at the 2000 Origins Game Convention, Mr. Foglio stated that at some point the "Wormy" strips just stopped coming into Dragon magazine and all checks mailed to Trampier were returned as undeliverable. Inquiries by TSR at his residence showed that he had moved with no forwarding address.
Trampier also provided much of the black and white interior art in many of the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules and manuals, such as the original Monster Manual and Deities & Demigods.