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Benton began his career in a custom design t-shirt shop where he started designing his own characters. At the same time, Jim did illustrations and artwork for magazines and newspapers. People magazine named him "the most visible cartoonist in America" .
Benton also created greeting cards and worked in the magazine and publishing industry. In 1998, his SpyDogs characters became an animated series, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, that aired on Fox Kids. Licensing his own creations brought them widespread attention on products, such as It's Happy Bunny, The Misters, Just Jimmy and more.
Benton currently lives in Michigan, where he operates out of his own studio.
Benton also created greeting cards and worked in the magazine and publishing industry. In 1998, his SpyDogs characters became an animated series, The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, that aired on Fox Kids. Licensing his own creations brought them widespread attention on products, such as It's Happy Bunny, The Misters, Just Jimmy and more.
Benton currently lives in Michigan, where he operates out of his own studio.
Genres: Children's Fiction
Series
Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
1. Lunch Walks Among Us (2003)
2. Attack of the 50-ft. Cupid (2003)
3. The Invisible Fran (2004)
4. The Fran That Time Forgot (2005)
5. Frantastic Voyage (2005)
6. The Fran with Four Brains (2006)
7. The Frandidate (2008)
8. Bad Hair Day (2019)
9. Recipe for Disaster (2020)
10. Mood Science (2021)
1. Lunch Walks Among Us (2003)
2. Attack of the 50-ft. Cupid (2003)
3. The Invisible Fran (2004)
4. The Fran That Time Forgot (2005)
5. Frantastic Voyage (2005)
6. The Fran with Four Brains (2006)
7. The Frandidate (2008)
8. Bad Hair Day (2019)
9. Recipe for Disaster (2020)
10. Mood Science (2021)
Dear Dumb Diary
1. Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004)
2. My Pants Are Haunted! (2004)
aka When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People
3. Am I the Princess Or the Frog? (2005)
4. Never Do Anything, Ever (2008)
5. Can Adults Become Human? (2006)
6. The Problem with Here Is That It's Where I'm from (2007)
7. Never Underestimate Your Dumbness (2008)
8. It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (2009)
9. That's What Friends Aren't for (2010)
10. The Worst Things In Life Are Also Free (2010)
Totally Not Boring School Planner (2010)
11. Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers (2011)
12. Me! (Just Like You, Only Better) (2011)
Dumbness is a Dish Best Served Cold (2016)
1. Let's Pretend This Never Happened (2004)
2. My Pants Are Haunted! (2004)
aka When Bad Clothes Happen to Good People
3. Am I the Princess Or the Frog? (2005)
4. Never Do Anything, Ever (2008)
5. Can Adults Become Human? (2006)
6. The Problem with Here Is That It's Where I'm from (2007)
7. Never Underestimate Your Dumbness (2008)
8. It's Not My Fault I Know Everything (2009)
9. That's What Friends Aren't for (2010)
10. The Worst Things In Life Are Also Free (2010)
Totally Not Boring School Planner (2010)
11. Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers (2011)
12. Me! (Just Like You, Only Better) (2011)
Dumbness is a Dish Best Served Cold (2016)
It's Happy Bunny
1. Love Bites (2011)
2. Life. Get One (2005)
3. What's Your Sign? (2005)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Bunny (2006)
5. I (Heart) Me Valentines (2008)
1. Love Bites (2011)
2. Life. Get One (2005)
3. What's Your Sign? (2005)
4. The Good, the Bad, and the Bunny (2006)
5. I (Heart) Me Valentines (2008)
Dear Dumb Diary Year Two
1. School. Hasn't This Gone on Long Enough? (2012)
2. The Super-Nice Are Super-Annoying (2012)
3. Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets. (2013)
4. What I Don't Know Might Hurt Me (2013)
5. You Can Bet on That (2014)
6. Live Each Day to the Dumbest (2015)
1. School. Hasn't This Gone on Long Enough? (2012)
2. The Super-Nice Are Super-Annoying (2012)
3. Nobody's Perfect. I'm As Close As It Gets. (2013)
4. What I Don't Know Might Hurt Me (2013)
5. You Can Bet on That (2014)
6. Live Each Day to the Dumbest (2015)
Catwad
1. It's Me. (2019)
2. It's Me, Two (2019)
3. Me, Three! (2020)
4. Four Me? (2020)
5. High Five! (2021)
6. You're Making Me Six (2021)
1. It's Me. (2019)
2. It's Me, Two (2019)
3. Me, Three! (2020)
4. Four Me? (2020)
5. High Five! (2021)
6. You're Making Me Six (2021)
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