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RIP, KIM THOMPSON: Out of D.C.’s comics scene, Fantagraphics co-publisher grew into widely influential figure

Michael Cavna — Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:05:29 GMT

KIM THOMPSON was born in Denmark, but everything changed when he arrived in America for the first time, at age 21. On the fertile soil of Virginia, a massively influential comics career took root.

“Kim's parents settled in Fairfax [Va.] when they moved back from Europe,” friend and co-publisher Gary Groth tells Comic Riffs on Wednesday. “I was living in College Park — having attended the University of Maryland — when I met Kim, and we worked out of my apartment, editing The Comics Journal.”

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