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A comic that the late comic creator/editor/translator/publisher Kim Thompson really wanted to publish, but was tied up in rights disputes, is going to be re-released in France. While he was working on translations on the Sybil-Anne books, Kim Thompson wrote copious editor's notes on something entirely different, Chaminou by the comic creator Macherot, a book he really wanted[...]

Jose also got an inkpot award from the Comic Con organization. [audio:http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/2013-07-19-SD-KimThompsonTribute.mp3] Kim Thompson Tribute (46:55, 42.9mb) Kim Thompson was a long time co-owner/editor of Fantagraphics who recently passed away due to cancer On the panel was Eric Reynolds, Gary Groth, Diana Schutz, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez[...]

Kim Thompson, pioneering comics journalist and publisher passed away this morning Fantagraphics have issued the following release; Fantagraphics co-publisher Kim Thompson died at 6:30 this morning, June 19 "He was my partner and close friend for 36 years," said Gary Groth. Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956 He grew up in Europe, a lifelong comics fan,[...]