Kim Thompson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kim Thompson
Occupation	Comic Book Author
Date Of Birth	Sep 25, 1956(1956-09-25)
Age	68
Date Of Death	Jun 19, 2013 (56 age)
Birthplace	Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Horoscope	Libra

Kim Thompson Biography

Kim Thompson is one of the most popular and richest Comic Book Author who was born on September 25, 1956 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Notable for his longtime leadership of the Fantagraphics Books comics publishing house, Thompson also frequently contributed to Fantagraphics’ magazines Amazing Heroes and The Comics Journal.

He and Mark Wilkinson are both prominent comic book artists.

Kim Thompson (September 25, 1956 – June 19, 2013) was an American comic book editor, translator, and publisher, best known as vice president and co- publisher of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books. Along with co-publisher Gary Groth, Thompson used his position to further the cause of alternative comics in the American market. In addition, Thompson made it his business to bring the work of European cartoonists to American readers.

Thompson’s last major Fantagraphics release was a remastered and expanded new edition of Guy Peellaert’s landmark graphic novel The Adventures of Jodelle (1966) for which Thompson also provided a new translation from the French.

He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and he lived in the Netherlands and West Germany before relocating to the United States in the late 1970s. When he died in his fifties of lung cancer, he left behind a wife named Lynn Emmert.

Kim Thompson Net Worth

Kim Thompson is one of the richest Comic Book Author from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kim Thompson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His interest in comic books began in his early years, during which he frequently wrote letters that appeared in the reader submission columns of Captain America, Iron Man, and other American comic books.

In 1996, his work on the comic books Palestine, Zero Zero, and The Acme Novelty Library earned him a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nomination. In 2001, he was the recipient of an Inkpot Award.

Kim Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956. Child of a government contractor father, Thompson spent much of his youth in Europe, living in West Germany and the Netherlands. His mother is Danish, and Thompson grew up speaking the language, a skill which aided his later career as a translator of European comic books. (He was also fluent in French.)

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Who is Kim Thompson Dating?

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Since Fantagraphics began publishing comics in 1982, 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.

Facts & Trivia

Kim Ranked on the list of most popular Comic Book Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Kim Thompson celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.

On March 6, 2013, Thompson announced he had lung cancer and was taking a leave of absence from Fantagraphics to pursue treatment. He 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.

How old is Kim Thompson?

62 years (October 30, 1959)

Where is Kimberly Thompson now?

She has played with The 8G Band on the NBC talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers and has performed with the Kimberly Thompson Quartet at New York’s Jazz and Colors festival. Thompson is currently completing a musical produced by The Dodgers and Tommy Mottola on Broadway for “The Donna Summers Project”.

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