[5] When bass guitarist Trumbo joined the experimental jazz and improvisational performance group Orthotonics in 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, they began incorporating his art and released three albums before breaking up in 1989.
[6] During his time living in Richmond, Trumbo contributed to the comic tabloid Fan Free Funnies along with artists Bill Nelson and Charles Vess.
[8] Trumbo and Steve Segal's 1984 short film Futuropolis[9] was shown at the Biograph Theatre in Richmond[citation needed] and was later made available on YouTube.
[1] He worked as part of a group hired to create the children's television show Pee-Wee's Playhouse and directed the lead-in.
In 2002 he was visual effects supervisor for the short comedy film Titanic II, and in 2003 he was creative director of the video game Disney's Brother Bear.