Comments on: Eternal mysteries: Kim Thompson's shortie shorts

By: Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:43:05 +0000

Do not question the vast powers of Kim Thompson. He can still get new movies on LaserDisk. He’s like the Chuck Norris of comicbook editors.

By: Ray Cornwall

Ray Cornwall — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:20:02 +0000

I’m reminded of the commercial for Cablevision around here where the woman says to her similarly attired boyfriend, “WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS?”

I can’t wait for this book. I’m a Comics Journal junkie (I’m always tempted to ask Heidi how old she was when she started writing for them, but that’d be rather rude!), and have nearly a full collection of the magazine.

By: The Beat

The Beat — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:38:50 +0000

Red, the funny thing is Kim’s attachment to those shorts went on long after Magic graduated to long pants.

By: Red Lafler

Red Lafler — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:35:20 +0000

A clue to Kim’s shorts– check out any NBA game from the late 70s – early 80s. Do you believe Magic and Larry and Kareem were wearing them scandalous TINY SHORTS?
As a dude of a certain age, I remember heading to the swimmin’ hole in the ubiquitous cut off jeans that were a good 8″ above the knee. Well, in the 70s, the shorts themselves rarely made it into the swimmin’ hole with me, but that’s another tale…
I must conclude KIM WAS NOT ALONE in his fancy for shorty shorts! Clearly, he is a natural born hippy bent on showin’ his gams.

By: Darren J. Gendron

Darren J. Gendron — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 15:05:54 +0000

I once had an editor yell at me that “Short pants make for a short career, Gendron!”

Really, short pants? Who the hell says that?