Jim K. Benton (born October 31, 1960) is an American illustrator and writer.
Jim Benton was raised in Birmingham, Michigan, graduating from Seaholm High School in 1978.
[1] Benton began his career in a Shirt shop where he started designing his own characters on T-shirts.
"[3] 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.