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Franny K. Stein

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What they're saying...

"Mr. Benton's intellectual properties. . .have made him stand out in an industry dominated by big entertainment companies." —The Wall Street Journal

Jim Benton is the creator of thousands of original characters appearing in books, magazines, television, online -- and has been hailed as “the most visible cartoonist in America” by People Magazine

"Who could resist [Jim Benton]?" -- Publishers Weekly

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Now see ALL of the
Sketch-of-the-Day
drawings ALL
at once!

(click here)

Check out this Dear Dumb Diary video from Scholastic:

The National Cartoonist Society awards Jim Benton a 2011 Reuben Award in the category of greeting cards! Jim nonchalantly flips it over to read the price on the back.

Thanks for the nice endcap Barnes and Noble!
(I'll bet that Noble was the one behind this)

New product available!

Click here to check out new
stickers from Hot Stuff
Merchandise.

New Catwad and jOkObO skins available!

Click here to order your favorite designs from DecalGirl.

A recording of the Scholastic webcast is available now!

Click here to get It's Happy Bunny product for your Meez avatar!

The new Dear Dumb Diary
8 Book Box Set is available exclusively at Costco!

Download the new It's Snappy Bunny photo sharing app today!

The new Franny K. Stein
7 Book Box Set is available at Amazon!

Signed Poster Prints are available now!

16 new poster prints are available at jkbenton.com

Lots of new projects in the works!

A new book program with Scholastic,
new product testing in Target and Wal-mart,
a new property launching with a
new agent AND a new television movie airing
this fall.

Can't view the video? Click here for the YouTube link.

Nice write up in Publishers Weekly!

A collection of Jim's
cartoons (for advanced
teens and grown-ups) is
here and has been recommended as 1 of 5 books to give for Christmas by Gadgette.com!

You can order it now
at Amazon.com, ibooks.com and Barnesandnoble.com.

Check out these reviews:

Bleeding Cool
Chicago Tribune
Publishers Weekly
Comic Book Resources

Dog Butts and Love.
And Stuff like That. And Cats.

The End (Almost) is here!

My new picture book featuring Donut the bear
(for 3-5 year-olds) has
won a NAPPA gold award!

The End (Almost) has also been added to the list of books your child should hear before kindergarten!

You can order it now
on Amazon.com or get
an autographed copy
at bentonbooks.com.

Check out a review video from a fan here!

Live Each Day to the Dumbest!

The new book is here!

Order your copy of Dear Dumb Diary Year Two, #6 today!

You can order it now
at Amazon.com, Target.com and Booksamillion.com.

FREE CUSTOM DOODLE!
Tell us what you'd like Jim to draw in your books from bentonbooks.com
(Leave us a note in the comment section during checkout.)

Franny K. Stein makes the popular list
around #20 or so! Thanks, ebooks.com

Dear Dumb Diary is on Netflix!

You can watch it on Netflix now!

Where's My Fnurgle? and three other board books are available now.

You can find them at:

Amazon, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble, iBooks,
Walmart.com or find a
Local Bookseller.

New Books for 2-4 Year Olds!

Follow Jim's comics and cartoons on GoComics!

"With smells, robots and messy paint,
what's not to love?" ~ Kirkus Review

"As Scott and I read these books through together for the first time we were both in a fit of giggles. At the end of almost every page Scott asked to read the whole book again when we were finished with it." –becausebabiesgrowup.com

Check them out here.

New So Totally True Products from Zazzle!

NOMINATED FOR AN EISNER AWARD!

Love is Everywhere!

The newest board book is here!

You can find it at:

Amazon, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble,
Walmart.com or find a
Local Bookseller.

THANKS, National Cartoonists Society, for the
Reuben Divisional Award!

Stop by the Society of Illustrators from May 3rd - June 11th to see one of my cartoons as part of the Cartoon and Comic Art Annual.

So Totally True is at Journeys Kidz!

Order your
toddler tee today!

Thanks, MTV news!

Check out a great write up about It's Happy Bunny at MTV.

Check out Jim's
newest interview,
with Card.com here.

The newest board book is here!

You can find it at:

Amazon, Books-A-Million, Barnes & Noble,
Walmart.com, Bentonbooks.com or find a
Local Bookseller.

Where did all the Dinos go?

Man, I hate cursive.

The sequel to the Eisner nominated cartoon collection, Dog Butts and Love is
available now!

You can find it here.

(for advanced teens and grown-ups)

Read some reviews here:

Why so blu?
Gadgette.com
Erica Sadun

Dumbness is a Dish Best Served Cold

The new deluxe book is here (and in full color)!

Order your copy of Dear Dumb Diary, Dumbness is a Dish Best Served cold, today!

You can order it now
at Amazon.com, Walmart.com,
Bentonbooks.com and Booksamillion.com.

It's Happy Bunny at Hot Topic

New It's Happy Bunny merchandise is available at Hot Topic.

BRAND NEW!

CONTACT ME
Email: jkbenton@aol.com

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ORIGINAL ART

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Dear Dumb Diary on Scholastic.com

NEWS, NEWS, NEWS

You can buy the DVD at Walmart and order the soundtrack (or movie) on iTunes, today!

The 14th book in the best selling Dear Dumb Diary series is in stores now!

See it online at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com and Jkbenton.com

The American Librarian's Association chose an It's Happy Bunny Book as one of their TOP PICKS for teen readers! THREE TIMES!