Dav Pilkey

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Dav Pilkey
Pilkey at a book event in 2018
Born	David Murray Pilkey Jr. (1966-03-04) March 4, 1966 (age 58) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Pen name	Dan Pilkey George Beard Harold Hutchins Sue Denim
Occupation	Author illustrator cartoonist
Genre	Children's literature, comedy.
Years active	1987–present
Notable works	Dragon series Captain Underpants series Dog Man series Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series Dumb Bunnies series
Spouse	Sayuri Pilkey ​ (m. 2005)​
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pilkey.com Dav Pilkey's voice Pilkey talking about his childhood experiences, recorded 2019

David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. (/ˈdeɪv/; born March 4, 1966)^[1] is an American cartoonist, author, and illustrator of children's literature. 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.