Dav Pilkey

About Dav Pilkey

Author and artist of the Captain Underpants series for children, which debuted in 1997. In the year 201, it was adapted into a film.

David Murray Pilkey Jr. is an American comic book artist, author and illustrator. Pilkey is best known as the author and illustrator of the Captain Underpants children's book series and Dog Man children's graphic novel series.

Born	March 4, 1966, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Writer, illustrator and cartoonist
Period	1987–present
Nationality	American
Notable works	Dragon series, Captain Underpants series, Dog Man series, Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot series, Dumb Bunnies series
Pen name	George Beard, Harold Hutchins, Sue Denim
Genre	Children's literature, comedy

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Trivia

His works included the Ricky Ricotta and Big Dog & Little Dog series.

Dav Pilkey before fame

He worked at Pizza Hut for a while, and his nametag was missing the "e" in Dave. As a pen name, he elected to use that spelling. In 1986, his piece World War Won took first place in a nationwide youth writing and drawing competition.

Achievement of Dav Pilkey

Ricky Ricotta and Big Dog & Little Dog were two of his series.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Dav Pilkey family life

Cindy, his older sister, was his childhood companion. He moved to Seattle, Washington, after marrying Sayuri Pilkey. He took a break from writing to care for his father, who was dying of a terminal disease.

Associations of Dav Pilkey

He and Jeff Kinney, the author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, became well-known for their children's books.

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