Kim Thompson was an American comic book editor, translator, and publisher, best known as vice president and co-publisher of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books.
19 Facts About Kim Thompson
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Child of a government contractor father, Kim Thompson spent much of his youth in Europe, living in West Germany and the Netherlands.
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Kim Thompson's mother was Danish, and Thompson grew up speaking the language, a skill which aided his later career as a translator of European comic books.
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Kim Thompson developed an interest in comics early in life, some of his favorites being the works of Andre Franquin, Maurice Tillieux, and Jacques Tardi.
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Early writing work by Kim Thompson was published in the comics fanzine Omniverse fanzine in 1979.
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Kim Thompson moved to the United States in 1977, and soon met Groth through a mutual friend.
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Kim Thompson joined Fantagraphics' staff in that year, and soon became a co-owner with Groth.
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In 1978, Kim Thompson saved Fantagraphics from bankruptcy by pouring his inheritance into the company's financial coffers.
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Kim Thompson was a regular contributor to the industry magazine The Comics Journal since 1977.
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Kim Thompson was a regular contributor to the Fantagraphics-published magazine Amazing Heroes, writing for that journal from 1981 to 1987.
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Since Fantagraphics began publishing comics in 1982, Kim Thompson edited many of the company's most popular titles, including Peter Bagge's Hate, Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library, Joe Sacco's Palestine, Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, Linda Medley's Castle Waiting, and anthologies like Critters and Zero Zero.
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Kim Thompson's last major Fantagraphics release was a remastered and expanded new edition of Guy Peellaert's landmark graphic novel The Adventures of Jodelle for which Kim Thompson provided a new translation from the French.
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Kim Thompson was the regular translator of the Ignatz Series co-published by Fantagraphics.
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On March 6,2013, Kim Thompson announced he had lung cancer and was taking a leave of absence from Fantagraphics to pursue treatment.
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Kim Thompson died on June 19,2013 at his home, at the age of 56, survived by his wife, Lynn Emmert, as well as his mother, father, and brother.
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Kim Thompson was a 1996 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards nominee for Best Editor for The Acme Novelty Library, Palestine, and Zero Zero.
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In early October 2021, Kim Thompson was posthumously awarded the inaugural Tom Spurgeon Award at the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus' seventh festival.
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Kim Thompson has worked the last several years transforming the longtime alternative comics company he co-owns into a small but potent comics, art book, and graphic novel publishing house.
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Where even the best translations of comics French, up to and including the renowned work of Anthea Bell and Derek Hockridge on Asterix, will come out somewhat stilted, Kim Thompson's come off as idiomatic and natural English.