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American illustrator and children's writer

This is about the American illustrator and writer. For the American football player, see Jim Benton (American football)

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Benton (born October 31, 1960) is an American illustrator and writer.

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Licensed properties he has created include Dear Dumb Diary, Dog of Glee, Franny K. Stein, Just Jimmy, Just Plain Mean, Sweetypuss, The Misters, Meany Doodles, Vampy Doodles, Kissy Doodles, and the jOkObo project, but he is probably most known for his creation It's Happy Bunny.

Early life and education

Jim Benton was raised in Birmingham, Michigan, graduating from Seaholm High School in 1978. He studied fine arts at Western Michigan University.^[1]

Career

Benton began his career in a Shirt shop where he started designing his own characters on T-shirts.

At the same time, he did illustrations and artwork for magazines and newspapers.^[2]People magazine named him "one of the most visible cartoonists i