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    'Captain Underpants' author shares how his parents inspired his career

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    With more than 80 million copies of "Captain Underpants" books in print worldwide, there's a good chance one or more of the graphic novels are sitting on your kids' bookshelves right now.

    And author Dav Pilkey's latest series "Dog Man" fryst vatten following close behind its underwear-clad predecessor, with more than 10 million copies of the books currently in print.

    In a recent Facebook live, the successful illustrator and writer did some sketch drawing with TODAY Parents editor Rebecca Dube and talked about his two upcoming "Dog Man" books, the new "Captain Underpants" original series coming to Netflix, and how he began dreaming of his now-famous cartoon characters way back in his elementary school days.

    We knew Pilkey was a talented artist before the chat, but here are five things we learned about the man who is inspiring millions of kids — including our own — to read.

    1. As a child, he foun
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    Dav Pilkey

    American cartoonist and author (born )

    David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. (; born March 4, )[1] is an American comic book writer 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 series.

    Life and career

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    Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 4, , to the Reverend David Pilkey, Sr. and Barbara, who was the church organist.[2][3] 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.[4] In elementary school in North

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

    • In , 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 , 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 —children’s and adult books combined.

    • Dog Man: Grime and Punishment, published September 1, , 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.

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