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Dav Pilkey

デイブ・ピルキー　/　でいぶ・ぴるきー

American writer

March 4, 1966 (age 60)　・　Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Ohio
writer
novelist
children's writer

My Take

I have real affection for what Dav Pilkey represents. Captain Underpants and Dog Man look like silly potty-humor on the surface, but turning reluctant readers into kids who actually finish books is a serious achievement disguised as nonsense. Pilkey reportedly drew on his own restless, classroom-trouble childhood, and you can feel that empathy in work that never talks down to children. I respect creators who make literacy feel like play rather than homework. In an age of screens competing for young attention, a cartoonist who keeps kids voluntarily turning paper pages is doing something genuinely valuable.

Overview

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 n…

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1. Profile

Name (English): Dav Pilkey
Name (Japanese): デイブ・ピルキー
Reading: でいぶ・ぴるきー
Born: March 4, 1966 (age 60)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Horse
Origin: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: writer / novelist / children's writer / illustrator / cartoonist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Kent State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

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5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Captain Underpants	—
Notable work	Dog Man	—

6. Links

Official sitehttps://pilkey.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

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