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David Murray “Dav” Pilkey Jr. (; born March 4, 1966) is an American comic book writer, author, and illustrator of children’s fiction. 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 franchise.
Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 4, 1966, to the Reverend David Pilkey Sr. and Barbara, who was the church organist. He has one older sister. Pilkey was brought up in a conservative Christian household and went to Christian schools throughout his life. Pilkey was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dyslexia as a child. While attending elementary school in North Ridgeville, Ohio, Pilkey was frequently reprimanded for his behavior in class and thus usually sat at a desk in the school hallway, where he created the Captain Underpants character.
In 1987, Pilkey wrote his first book, World War Won, an allegorical fable inspired by the nuclear arms…
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