Kim Soo-jung

{{Short description|South Korean cartoonist (born 1950)}}

{{other people||Kim Su-jeong (disambiguation)}}

{{family name hatnote|Kim||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Kim Soo-jung

| image = 김수정 작가.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|7|31}}

| birth_place = Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

| occupation = {{Flatlist|

• Cartoonist
• animator

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| module = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes

| hangul = 김수정

| hanja = 金水正

| rr = Gim Su-jeong

| mr = Kim Su-jŏng

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Kim Soo-jung ({{Korean|김수정}}; born July 31, 1950) is a South Korean cartoonist and animator best known as the creator of Dooly the Little Dinosaur."[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/People/view?articleId=120343 Father of Dooly, comic artist Kim Soo-jung]", Korea.net, July 2, 2014. His debut occurred in 1975 after he won the Hankook Ilbo daily comics contest.{{Cite web|title=Kim Soo-jung|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kim_soo-jung.htm|access-date=2020-08-03|website=lambiek.net|language=en}} In April 1983, Dooly the Dinosaur was first published in Bomulseom.{{Cite web|date=2015-12-10|title=Dooly Museum: resident-friendly theme park|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/05/135_192889.html|access-date=2020-08-03|website=The Korea Times}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Sojung|first=Yoon|date=|title=Father of Dooly, comic artist Kim Soo-jung|url=http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/People/view?articleId=120343|access-date=|website=Korea.net}} Dobong-gu opened a Dooly Museum in July 2015.{{Cite web|date=2015-12-10|title=Dooly Museum: resident-friendly theme park|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2020/08/141_192889.html|access-date=2020-08-03|website=The Korea Times|language=en}}