Jim Benton has written at least 48 books. Their most popular book is Let's Pretend This Never Happened with 15 saves with an average rating of 3.67⭐.
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.
#1 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2004 • 15 Readers • 120 pages • 3.7
#1 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2003 • 7 Readers • 112 pages • 3.8
#3 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2005 • 6 Readers • 169 pages • 3
#7 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2008 • 6 Readers • 166 pages • 3
#8 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2008 • 6 Readers • 147 pages • 3
#6 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2007 • 6 Readers • 134 pages • 3.3
#10 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2010 • 4 Readers • 148 pages • 3.5
#9 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2010 • 4 Readers • 146 pages • 3
#14 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2012 • 3 Readers • 125 pages
#11 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2011 • 3 Readers • 163 pages • 3
#15 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2012 • 2 Readers • 120 pages
#16 of 18 in Dear Dumb Diary
2013 • 2 Readers • 122 pages
2016 • 2 Readers • 96 pages • 4
#2 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2004 • 2 Readers • 120 pages • 5
#4 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2005 • 2 Readers • 116 pages • 4.5
2014 • 2 Readers • 4.5
2023 • 1 Reader
2015 • 1 Reader • 16 pages • 4
#3 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2004 • 1 Reader • 112 pages • 5
#6 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2006 • 1 Reader • 104 pages • 5
#5 of 7 in Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist
2005 • 1 Reader • 120 pages • 5
2019 • 1 Reader • 104 pages • 5
2020 • 1 Reader • 116 pages • 2
2023 • 1 Reader
2020 • 1 Reader • 40 pages
2016 • 228 pages
2014
2019 • 112 pages
2007 • 70 pages
2017 • 112 pages
#2 of 4 in It's Happy Bunny
2005 • 72 pages