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

by Jim Benton

Bestselling cartoonist Jim Benton of It's Happy Bunny and Dear Dumb Diary fame has also been posting whimsical, dry-humored, and at-times nasty cartoons on Reddit.com, where more than a third of the top-100 cartoons on the "Cartoons" subreddit are his. Now, for the first time, these cartoons have been gathered into a single book. From wry observations about the absurdities of life and acerbic comments to poetic musings, from cats and dogs to humans, and from one style to another, this compendium will astound readers as it exposes them to the breadth of Benton's seemingly inexhaustible talent for humor.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Humor, Comics, Fiction, Cartoon, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 4, 2014

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Melki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jim Benton is sneaky.

He comes on all cute, and Hallmark card-ish, and then whaps you with the punchline:



You think, "How sweet!" You don't expect violence, and bloodshed, and severed heads.



I see a lot of Charles Addams and S. Gross in Benton's work.



And some other stuff that must have come purely from the artist's own imagination.



I enjoyed these, but your results may vary.

Here's one for all you book lovers:

[Maede · Rating 2 out of 5]

این کتاب مجموعه‌ای از کارتون‌های طنز اثر جیم بنتون هست و اگر طرفدار اینجور کارتون‌های کوتاه باشید، ارزش نگاه کردن داره. البته که کیفیت کارها از نظر طنز و نقاشی بسیار متفاوته. بعضی‌هاشون واقعاً خوبن، بعضی‌هاشون زیادی معمولی هستند و بعضی‌هاشون هم مزخرف هستند. اما از بعضی از اون خوب‌ها حسابی خوشم اومد
راستی این چه اسمیه آخه که به هیچی هیچ ربطی نداره؟

کتاب رو می‌تونید از اینجا دانلود کنید
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[Gabrielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

this was so funny and i loved the art in this

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was teaching the ultimate heavy, The Sandman, which has gravitas and is so challenging, and I passed around this book as a kind of antidote, a sort of comic relief for all the hard work we were doing in trying to figure out the Gaiman series, and people were snorting and giggling as it passed around the room. I say that in all fairness, because when I read it, I almost never laughed aloud. I smiled a few times, okay, but I did not think this was all the great, personally.

[Peacegal · Rating 4 out of 5]

[Ellice · Rating 4 out of 5]

You can tell that these cartoons were created on an ongoing basis for the web--the quality is, granted, mixed. Still, the ones that are good are hilarious. Jim Benton has a great skeptic's eye for life, and clearly has the drawing chops to back up his ideas. A good, quick, amusing read.

[Perri · Rating 2 out of 5]

A disjointed collection of humorous comics by Jim Benton, there were some funnies, some not so much. From the cover I thought it would be more about dogs with some cats-nope. The book was very slim- I bet you can easily find plenty of his comics online.

[Tammy · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of cartoons by New York Times Bestseller Jim Benton. Though the title implies lots of pet or animal cartoons there are only a few. Personally I found the humor hit or miss.

[Diana Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny. :)

I remember Jim Benton from years ago when my daughter was into Happy Bunny and the Dear Dumb Diary books.

This one is definitely for adults.

[Christiane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I know Jim Benton from his extremely funny children's books, including the Dear Dumb Diary and the Franny K. Stein series, but this is a collection of his web cartoons for grown-ups, and it is very, very funny, and kind of sick, too. It made me laugh and will probably make you laugh, too! Here's one of my favorites! http://www.jimbenton.com/page14/files...

[Megan Bowers · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was definitely funny, but only if all of the comics were this funny would I have rated it higher.

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as good as his newer book Man, I Hate Cursive: Cartoons for People and Advanced Bears, but there is a nice variety.

[Geoff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absurd, snarky, & often heartwarming comics (originally published on reddit). Benton has the great ability to draw in a wide variety of styles, which keeps the humor fresh.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this on a couple of breaks at work. Some of this stuff is just hysterical!

[Jody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light and easy.Good for a chuckle.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

A quick read with some funny cartoons. What more do you want?

[Stephanie Kadison · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was a super fun quick and easy read. it was observational humor and totally hilarious. I absolutely giggled multiple times. good for an uplifting spirit

[BeckBe · Rating 3 out of 5]

By "and stuff like that" it seems that he means boobs. I could have done without the boob jokes but there are some funny pieces overall.

[Anna Hardesty · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was awesome. Loved it!

[Trevor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious comics with just a bit of an edge.

[Penny Ramirez · Rating 3 out of 5]

That was... well .... it was entertaining.

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mixed bag of short strips ranging from "meh" to truly hilarious.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh my goodness, I laughed out loud several times.

This is fantastic.

[Tankboy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty sharp, funny stuff. Not too deep but not dumb either. A good way to spend 20 minutes of your time.

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simply put, I loved this.

[Christian Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

read the whole thing in one sitting, very funny.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a collection of comics by bestselling cartoonist, Jim Benton. The humor was really hit or miss for me.

[Maggie · Rating 2 out of 5]

My daughter saw me reading this and asked if she can read it when I'm done. No, no you can't.

[MarcoWalraven · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun quick read.
Not much more to it than a laugh.

If you are looking for something to kill a couple minutes or just a nice light read I’d recommend it.

[Jenny Houle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hysterical.