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Maggie Thompson
Thompson at Wizard World Chicago, 2017
Born
Margaret Curtis
November 29, 1942
(age 83)
Nationality
American
Area
Writer, Editor
Pseudonym
Arthur Judson (when
collaborating with late
husband Don Thompson)
Notable works
Awards
Humanitarian Award
Spouse
(m. 1962;
died 1994)
Relatives
(mother)
(son)
(cousin)
Maggie Thompson
(born
Margaret Curtis
; November 29, 1942)
is an American
longtime editor of the now-defunct comic book industry news magazine
,
, and collector of comics.
Early life
[
]
Margaret (
, "Maggie") Curtis was born November 29, 1942. Her mother,
science fiction writer
, would be nominated for the
in 1969 for her story "
"; she carried on a
long correspondence with colleagues such as
and
. According to family tradition, Betsy claimed descent from
and at least two presidents of
.
[
]
Thompson and her late husband and fellow science fiction fan Don Thompson
(October 30, 1935 – May 23, 1994) were among the instigators of what developed
in the 1960s into
.
Their
Harbinger
(a mimeographed one-sheet published in the autumn of 1960)
announced the upcoming publication of
Comic Art
, one of the early amateur
magazines devoted to all aspects of sequential art (a term not then in use).
The initial issue of
Comic Art
was released the following spring.
Seven
issues were published at irregular intervals between 1961 and 1968. As
publication of
Comic Art
wound down, they shifted their attention to a new
venture as the Thompsons started a fanzine titled
Newfangles
in March 1967.
Unlike other comics news fanzines of the time it was devoted to the doings of
comics fandom instead of news about comic books and comic book
professionals.
Career
[
]
Maggie and Don Thompson at the
1992 San Diego Comic Con
Thompson began working for
as the editor of
and
Comics Buyer's Guide
in 1983. With her husband Don, she wrote a
miscellany of articles and comic-book
stories;
The Official Price Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy
(1989, House of Collectibles); five years of
Comics
Buyer's Guide Annual
(1992–1996, Krause Publications);
Marvel Comics Checklist & Price Guide 1961-Present
(1993,
Krause Publications); and
Comic-Book Superstars
(1993, Krause Publications). With others, she produced the
Checklist & Price Guide
(now in its 15th edition, Krause Publications); and the
(now in its 5th edition, Krause Publications).
[
]
Working solo, Thompson created and edited
Fantasy Empire
magazine for New Media in 1981 and wrote
Dark Shadows: Book Two - Lost in Thought
#1-4 in 1993 for
.
Krause later sold the movie newspaper, but Thompson continued to edit
Comics Buyer's Guide
, long after her husband's
death in 1994
and the transformation of the publication into a monthly magazine. In 2013 she began a column for
's Toucan blog called "Maggie's World".
[
]
Personal life
[
]
Maggie married fellow fan and writer/editor Don Thompson in 1962. They had two children before his death May 23, 1994.
Her son is journalist
, co-creator of the
video series
and co-host of
's
Pop Culture Happy Hour.
Maggie also has a daughter, Valerie, and three grandchildren.
Accolades
[
]
Under Maggie's editorial direction,
Comics Buyer's Guide
twice won the comics industry's
for periodicals,
among other awards.
She was a recipient of the
Humanitarian Award and was also the first recipient of
the
's Women of Distinction Award.
Maggie and Don Thompson received many joint awards,
including:
Favorite Fan Writer, 1973 & 1974
, 1976
, Best Comics Publication, 1985
[
]
Diamond Lifetime Fandom Award, 1991
[
]
, Best Comics-Related Periodical, 1992
[
]
,
, 2019
Eisner Award, Hall of Fame, 2020
Thompson Award
[
]
The
awarded the
from 1992 to 1998. Originally known as the "Compuserve Comics
and Animation Forum Award," the name was changed to the "Compuserve Comics and Animation Forum's Don Thompson Award"
(or, simply, the "Thompson") after Don Thompson's death in 1994.
References
[
]
^
, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999.
#1636 (December 2007); Page 135
^
Butler, Don (July 1994). "CGB Co-Editor Don Thompson Dead at 58".
. p. 16.
^
. The Official Website of Maggie Thompson.
[
]
.
.
from the original on April 15, 2016
. Retrieved
May 20,
2023
.
. Comic Book Awards Almanac.
from the original on January 26, 2013.
,
Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999
. Accessed Feb. 4, 2016.
. Comic-Con International. 2024
. Retrieved
23 June
2024
.
Puc, Samantha (October 4, 2019).
.
.
from the
original on December 9, 2019
. Retrieved
August 1,
2022
.
Schedeen, Jesse (July 25, 2020).
.
.
from the original on
July 26, 2020
. Retrieved
August 1,
2022
.
External links
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]
Wikimedia Commons has media
related to
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(column for Comic Con's Toucan blog)
2005-12-11 at the
(July 30, 2023). Retrieved December 2, 2025.
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