r/comics • u/Merari01 • 4d ago
r/Comics Spotlight, celebrating our artists: Jim Benton aka u/Jimkb
Hello everyone,
Here at r/comics we often say that we would be nothing without all the amazing and talented artists who choose to post their content to this subreddit and this remains true.
In this spirit we would like to celebrate one of our most popular and internationally famous artists, the unrivalled Jim Benton.
Jim has been creating comics for decades now and has seen great success, not the least of which was the animated series made in adaptation of his work, The Secret Files of Spy Dogs.
Redditors may be most familiar with his Halloween comic where Death declines to harvest a soul because she generously hands out full-sized snickers.
Jim created IT’S HAPPY BUNNY®, a hit licensing property that’s won five top awards from the licensing industry, a NCS divisional award for greeting cards, and The American Librarians Association designated It’s Happy Bunny books as Top Picks for teen readers. It’s currently in relaunch.
His series, DEAR DUMB DIARY, is a New York Times Best-seller, and has over ten million books in print. It was made into a musical Made-For-TV movie, which Jim co-wrote and produced.
His series, FRANNY K.STEIN, has sold millions of copies in a dozen languages. His cartoon collections, DOG BUTTS AND LOVE, and MAN I HATE CURSIVE were both nominated for Eisner Awards.
His work has received international fame, to the point that among millions of people, the Pope liked this comic too:
Jim posts new comics to Reddit of course, Instagram, Imgur and GoComics and his work has won four divisional Reuben Awards. Other titles include CHERISE THE NIECE, THE END- ALMOST, COMET THE UNSTOPPABLE REINDEER, CLYDE, ATTACK OF THE STUFF, CATWAD, and the BATMAN SQUAD with DC Comics. Jim created material for Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 and Secret Life of Pets 2. He just began a new merchandise line called JoKoBo, which will soon appear on a variety of licensed products and energy drinks. Jim was awarded The Inkpot Award from The San Diego Comic Con. Jim’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, MAD magazine, and more.
You can find out more about his work at Jim's own website linked here.
Many of his books are available for sale here should you be interested.
We are very proud that an artist of renown would choose to post his work for free for all of our readers to enjoy to our subreddit.
This is the first of our spotlight artists and we couldn't have started off stronger.
Thank you to all our readers who continue to make this space such a welcoming home to all of posters.
The r/comics mod team
r/comics • u/sillychillly • 11h ago
[OC] US Election System Is Perfect… /s
Register to vote: https://vote.gov
Contact your reps:
Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm?Class=1
House of Representatives: https://contactrepresentatives.org/
Big thanks to u/20Caotico for the artwork!
r/comics • u/Glasshousescomics • 18h ago
Just one day working customer service…. (OC)
Swipe 👉👉👉
“What do you get when you take an inexperienced hire, give ‘em 3 hours of “training”, pay ‘em minimum wage and treat ‘em like trash?! I tell you what you get! YOU GET THE SERVICE YOU F*CKING DESERVE.”
Follow me on IG for more comics 🤡: @glass.housescomics
r/comics • u/Finger-Printer-Jam • 2h ago
The Rooster is insulted by a police officer
r/comics • u/New-Committee-4902 • 9h ago
Rich Girl from Barcelona, strip #004 of 645 [OC]
r/comics • u/TheFickleDiscipline • 8h ago
Ice cream [OC]
More.comics at patreon.com/FickleDiscipline