Kim Thomson is Kim Thompson (born September 25, 1956 (age 53) is 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 has for almost thirty years used his position to further the cause of alternative comics in the American market. In addition, Thompson has made it his business to bring the work of European cartoonists to American readers.