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.
Series
Books

Life. Get One.
2008

Nhật ký ngốc xít 1
2008

The Frandidate
2008

My Pants Are Haunted
2004

It's Me.
2019

High Five! A Graphic Novel (Catwad #5)
2021

Nobody's Perfect. I'm as Close as It Gets
2012

Nhật ký ngốc xít 2
2012

Mood Science (10)
2021

Dear Dumb Diary Collection
Books 1-10
2010

Recipe for Disaster
2020

Attack of the 50-Ft. Cupid
2004

Man, I Hate Cursive
Cartoons for People and Advanced Bears
2016

The Fran That Time Forgot
2005

Okay, So Maybe I Do Have Superpowers
2014

The Invisible Fran
2004

Me, Three!
2020

The Complete Franny K. Stein
Mad Scientist- Lunch Walks Among Us- Attack of the 50 Ft. Cupid- Invisible Fran- the Fran That Time Forgot- The Fran With Four Brains- Frantastic Voyage- The Frandidate
2012

Where Did All the Dinos Go?
1821

Dumbness is a Dish Best Served Cold
2016

Clyde
2019

The Fran with Four Brains
2006

The Worst Things In Life Are Also Free
2010

The Super-Nice are Super-Annoying
2012

It's Happy Bunny
What's Your Sign?
2005

Bad Hair Day
2019

It's Happy Bunny
2005

Night of the Living Things
2017

Love Is Everywhere
2015

Where's My Fnurgle?
2015

Detective Comics (1937-2011) #70
1942

You're Making Me Six
2021

Five Stinky Socks
2015

Dear Dumb Diary Books 1-4
Let's Pretend This Never Happened/My Pants are Haunted/Am I the Princess or the Frog?/Never Do Anything, Ever
2006

Let's Pretend This Never Happened
2004

Am I the Princess or the Frog?
2005

Me! (Just Like You, Only Better)
2011

Robot Kitties
2015

That's What Friends Aren't For
2010

Lunch Walks Among Us
2003

Franny K. Stein's Crate of Danger
2005

The Handbook
2017

Quite a Mountain
A Fable for All Ages
2017

It's Not My Fault I Know Everything
2008

The Problem with Here Is That It's Where I'm From
2007

Never Underestimate Your Dumbness
2008

Piggy Paints
2015

Never Do Anything, Ever
2005

What I Don't Know Might Hurt Me
1750

Can Adults Become Human?
2006

Nhật ký ngốc xít 3
2011

Attack of the Stuff
2020

Nhật ký ngốc xít 4
2015

Comet the Unstoppable Reindeer
2020

Four Me? A Graphic Novel (Catwad #4)
2020

The Good, the Bad, and the Bunny
2006

You Can Bet on That
2014

School. Hasn't This Gone on Long Enough?
2012

Franny K. Stein Mad Scientist
2011

Dog Butts and Love. And Stuff Like That. And Cats.
2014

It's Me, Two
2019

The End
2014

Frantastic Voyage
2005

Live Each Day to the Dumbest
2015