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Pilkey at a book event in 2018
Born	David Murray Pilkey Jr. (1966-03-04) March 4, 1966 (age 58) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Dan Pilkey George Beard Harold Hutchins Sue Denim
Occupation	Author illustrator cartoonist
Genre	Children's literature, comedy.
Years active	1987–present
Notable works	Dragon series Captain Underpants series Dog Man series Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series Dumb Bunnies series
Spouse	Sayuri Pilkey (m. 2005)
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David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. ( born March 4, 1966) is an American cartoonist, author, and illustrator of children's literature. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the children's book series Captain Underpants and its spin-off children's graphic novel series Dog Man, the latter published under the respective writer and illustrator pen names of George Beard and Harold Hutchins, which are also the names of the two protagonists of the Captain Underpants series.

Life and career

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• Dav Pilkey won a Caldecott Honor in 1997 for his picture book, The Paperboy.

• In 2002, Dav’s first graphic novel, The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby, was published and became an instant national bestseller.

• Since the first Dog Man book launched to multiple starred reviews in Fall 2016, the series has more than 40 million copies in print to date with 42 foreign language editions.

• Dog Man: Mothering Heights was the #1 bestselling book overall in the U.S. in 2021—children’s and adult books combined.

• Dog Man: Grime and Punishment, published September 1, 2020, debuted at #1 overall (children’s and adult books combined) on its first week of on-sale in the U.S. and Canada, and swept the top spots on USA Today, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, IndieBound, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail bestseller lists, and also hit #1 in many countries around the globe.

• DreamWorks Animation is currently developing a feature film adaptation of Dog Man.

• Dog Man has been adapted into an Off Broadway musical, “Dog Man: The Musical” by Theater

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Dav Pilkey feels one of his biggest achievements has been proving his principal wrong. He attended a very strict high school, and one day the administrator decided to pull the infamous class clown out of class. "[He] said to me, 'I know you think you're special because you can draw, but let me tell you something: Artists are a dime a dozen. You will never make a living as an artist!' Those words haunted me for many years. How delightful it was to prove him wrong."

Despite some unwanted critiques, Dav Pilkey remembers having a mostly good childhood. He was born in Cleveland and says "My parents tell me that I used to laugh in my sleep all the time, even as an infant." While other kids played outside, Pilkey drew animals, monsters, and "superhero guys" on paper his father brought home from Republic Steel. His parents encouraged his hobby, and saved whatever comics they could keep him from taking to school. (His early "Water Man" comics are now posted on his web site). They were his first readers, and Pilkey remembers them always laughing in the right places.

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