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Happy Bunny is the name of a character in a series of stickers, buttons, greeting cards, posters, and other merchandise sold at novelty shops across North America. Designed by artist and writer Jim Benton, "who ''People Magazine'' called ''the most visible cartoonist in America'',〔(Press release for a licensing deal accessed October 7 2007 )〕 Happy Bunny is a small, smiling bunny, often varying in color, with an insulting slogan printed at its feet.〔Daniel J. Vargas (There is a smile behind the fangs of It's Happy Bunny ) ''The San Diego Union-Tribune'', 5 August 2004. Accessed 8 October 2007〕 == Products == Happy Bunny products are sold in many forms such as key chains, computer mouse pads, energy drinks, school supplies, clothing lines and many more. "Mr. Benton's intellectual properties ... have made him stand out in an industry dominated by big entertainment companies."〔''The Wall Street Journal'', June 19, 2007, cited on http://www.jimbenton.com/, accessed October 7, 2007〕 "Last year, the It's Happy Bunny brand nabbed the International Licensing Excellence Award for Best Art Brand Licensing of the Year, from the Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA)."〔(Brand Channel interview accessed October 7 2007 )〕 "An anti-drug campaign featuring It's Happy Bunny was honored at the 2007 Austin ADDY Awards for advertising excellence in the category of public service."〔(Jim Benton website accessed October 7 2007 )〕 The appeal of the merchandise lies in the fact that most, if not all, of the slogans are apathetic and sometimes offensive and derogatory, and one commentator noted that "'It's Happy Bunny' has joined the "tasteless" category of merchandise ...".〔(Menstuff.org retrieved October 7 2007 )〕 Examples of slogans are "You suck and that's sad", "Cute but psycho: things even out", "Hi, Loser", "It worries me how dumb you are,"Dear Santa, leave presents. Take Brother! "I am the dominant bunny in the world" and many others. It's Happy Bunny also has a line of "medicine" to cure quite awkward (fictional) diseases such as the "I'm delusional" pills; they are actually mints or small candies, the word poison badly blocked out with crayon (with happy bunny holding a crayon) and written in crayon there is, "mints for a frend"(sic). In addition, Jim Benton has written It's Happy Bunny books including ''Life. Get One''; ''Love Bites''; ''What's Your Sign?''; and ''The Good, The Bad, and the Bunny''. These books are targeted towards teen audiences and are not intended to be children's books. An It's Happy Bunny Sudoku book has also been written by Jim Benton and Rafael Sirkis. In 2006 the Partnership for a Drug-Free Texas commissioned Benton to create anti-recreational drug public service announcement messages featuring Happy Bunny.〔Leonor Garza, Cynthia. "(Schools recruit rude rabbit to deter youths from drugs / Popular bunny's negative attitude may reach a wider audience, they say )." ''Houston Chronicle''. Friday October 20, 2006. B1 MetFront. Retrieved on September 6, 2014.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「It's Happy Bunny」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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