Kim Thompson was born in Denmark in 1956.Spurgeon, Tom. "Kim Thompson, 1956-2013," The Comics Reporter (June 28, 2013).Cook, John. "Kim Thompson, 1956-2013: Fantagraphics co-publisher helped shape the comic book industry," GeekWire (June 19, 2013).Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1929–1999. Child of a government contractor father,Matos, Michelangelo. "Saved by the Beagle," Seattle Arts (September 15, 2004). Thompson spent much of his youth in Europe,Spurgeon, Tom. "CR Holiday Interview #1: Kim Thompson," The Comics Reporter (December 22, 2008). living in West Germany and the Netherlands.Broadhead, Heidi. "Comics in Translation: A Conversation with Kim Thompson of Fantagraphics Books," Omnivoracious (July 03, 2009). His mother was 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.)
