Kim Soo-jung (Korean김수정; born July 31, 1950) is a South Korean cartoonist and animator best known as the creator of Dooly the Little Dinosaur.[1] His debut occurred in 1975 after he won the Hanguk Ilbo daily comics contest.[2] In April 1983, Dooly the Dinosaur was first published in Bomulseom.[3]

Kim Soo-jung
Born (1950-07-31) July 31, 1950 (age 74)
OccupationBusinessman
Korean name
Hangul
김수정
Hanja
金水正
Revised RomanizationGim Su-jeong
McCune–ReischauerKim Su-jŏng

In 1995, Kim Soo-jung established a company named Dooly World and went into the character design industry. On April 22, 2013, Google Korea's doodle featured Dooly, his enemy Kildong, and his friends Douner, Ddochi and Heedong. This was the 30th anniversary of the creation of Dooly.[4] Dobong-gu opened a Dooly Museum in July 2015.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Father of Dooly, comic artist Kim Soo-jung", Korea.net, July 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Kim Soo-jung". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  3. ^ "Dooly Museum: resident-friendly theme park". The Korea Times. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03.
  4. ^ Sojung, Yoon. "Father of Dooly, comic artist Kim Soo-jung". Korea.net.
  5. ^ "Dooly Museum: resident-friendly theme park". The Korea Times. 2015-12-10. Retrieved 2020-08-03.