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{{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         = Businessman
| years_active       = 
| education          = 
| agent              = 
| module             = {{Infobox Korean name|child=yes
| hangul          = 김수정
| hanja           = 金水正
| rr              = Gim Su-jeong
| mr              = Kim Su-jŏng
}}
}}

'''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]].<ref>"[http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/People/view?articleId=120343 Father of Dooly, comic artist Kim Soo-jung]", Korea.net, July 2, 2014.</ref>  His debut occurred in 1975 after he won the Hanguk Ilbo daily comics contest.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In April 1983, Dooly the Dinosaur was first published in Bomulseom.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>

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

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[[Category:South Korean animators]]
[[Category:South Korean animated film directors]]
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[[Category:People from Jinju]]
[[Category:1950 births]]
[[Category:Gyeongsang National University alumni]]


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