# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:04:36.950Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-thompson"
name: "Kim Thompson"
slug: "kim-thompson"
description: "Kim Thompson 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."
tagline: "American publisher (1956-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kim_Thompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1956-09-25"
deathDate: "2013-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.08
  momentum:             2.318241903502974
  historical:           6.549533333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thompson"
    title: "Kim Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A)"
    title: "كيم تومسون (صحفي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كيم تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thompson"
    title: "Kim Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thompson"
    title: "Kim Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B5%DB%B6)"
    title: "کیم تامسون (زاده ۱۹۵۶)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thompson"
    title: "Kim Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6409506"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump