# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-benton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:28.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-benton"
name: "Jim Benton"
slug: "jim-benton"
description: "Jim K. Benton is an American illustrator and writer. 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."
tagline: "American illustrator and children's writer, known for It's Happy Bunny"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             6.252063983488131
  historical:           5.962241333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/JimBenton"
    handle:    "JimBenton"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jimbenton.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jim_Benton"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "جيم بينتون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benton"
    title: "Jim Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benton"
    title: "Jim Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benton"
    title: "Jim Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Benton"
    title: "Jim Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%85_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "جم بینٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4992363"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump