Kim Soo-jung (; born July 31, 1950) is a South Korean

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and animator best known as the creator of Dooly the Little Dinosaur. His debut occurred in 1975 after he won the ''

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'' daily comics contest. In April 1983, Dooly the Dinosaur was first published in Bomulseom. 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

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featured Dooly, his enemy Kildong, and his friends Douner, Ddochi and Heedong. This was the 30th anniversary of the creation of Dooly. Dobong-gu opened a Dooly Museum in July 2015.

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South Korean animators South Korean animated film directors Living people People from Jinju 1950 births Gyeongsang National University alumni {{animator-stub