DAT artist Trampier

T. Foster · Post by **T. Foster** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:08 pm

TheRedPriest wrote:If DAT wanted more money for Wormy, then it makes absolutely no sense that he would fail, or refuse, to give TSR a valid mailing address for the money he was already supposed to be receiving.

Depends on the timing. Sure it makes no sense to not have a valid mailing address while negotiating for more money, but once he'd found out he wasn't going to get that money and the strip was being discontinued it seems believable that he might have said "screw it" and written off whatever money was still owed him out of spite and disillusionment -- "they don't think I'm worth [X], well they can keep their damn [X/2]."

James Maliszewski · Post by **James Maliszewski** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:05 pm

JRT wrote:At best, it could be a case similar to Roger Moore, where a person just wants to leave his or her old life behind and want nothing to do with his past--sometimes it just saddens them or they stay away from it for personal happiness reasons.

FWIW, I always found Moore's departure from the hobby similarly baffling and disappointing. I've always had a soft spot for him and some of his articles (such as "The Astral Plane" in issue 67) remain classics in my opinion. Too bad he's gone.