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Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series.
Pilkey speaks in 2019. 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.
When Dav Pilkey was a kid, he was diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia. Dav was so disruptive in class that his teachers made him sit out in the hall every day. Luckily, Dav loved to draw and make up stories. He spent his time in the hallway creating his own original comic books.
Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series.
Dav Pilkey has written and illustrated numerous popular, award-winning books for children, including the Captain Underpants and Dumb Bunnies series.
Dav Pilkey (born March 4, 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) is an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for his humorous books and graphic novels for children. He is the creator of several popular children’s characters, including Captain Underpants, Dog Man, and Ricky Ricotta.
Dav Pilkey was born on 4 March 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), Ask the Mask (2022) and The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (2018). He has been married to Sayuri Pilkey since 2005.
• Dav Pilkey wrote and illustrated the acclaimed Dragon series for early readers. • In 2019, Dav Pilkey was named one of Fast Company magazine’s “Most Productive People,” as well as Publishers Weekly’s “Person of the Year,” and The Beat’s “Comics Industry Person of the Year.”
You can really feel the LOVE up there on the screen! -Dav Pilkey UPCOMING BOOKS: *DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES comes out on August 29, 2017 *DOG MAN AND CAT KID comes out on December 26, 2017
Follow Dog Man, Li’l Petey, 80-HD, Petey, and a cast of characters as they go on adventures and “do good” in this graphic novel series full of humor and heart by worldwide bestselling author and artist Dav Pilkey.
