Pilkey and his wife live on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers was released on August 28, 2012, and Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers was released in January 2013. The first two are graphic novels: The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen From the Future, released on Augand Super Diaper Baby 2: Invasion of the Potty Snatchers, released on June 28, 2011. Pilkey took a break from writing for a few years to care for his terminally ill father (who died on November 13, 2008), but in 2009 agreed with Scholastic to publish four new books. The first Super Diaper Baby graphic novel was published with Scholastic years before Scholastic created the Graphix imprint.
6 on the USA Today bestseller list for all books, both adult and children's, and was also a New York Times bestselling book for Children's Middle Grade. The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby was published in 2002 and was Pilkey's first full complete graphic novel. Pilkey graduated from Kent State University. The atypical spelling of his first name came when the "e" in "Dave" was left off his name tag while working at Pizza Hut. The book's publication in 1987 was included in the award.
In 1987, Pilkey wrote his first book, World War Won, an allegorical fable inspired by the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, in a national competition for student authors and won in his age category. In elementary school in Elyria, 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. Pilkey was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and dyslexia as a child. Pilkey was brought up in a conservativeĬhristian household and went to Christian schools throughout his life. Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 4, 1966, to the Reverend David Pilkey, Sr.
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