Dav Pilkey
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- This article is about the popular children's author. For the member of Robots in Disguise, see Sue Denim
David "Dav" Pilkey (b.March 4, 1966), is a popular children's author and artist.
Pilkey was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of four, Pilkey got kicked out of "Safety School" for "hurling objects out of the window." In elementary school, he was diagnosed as suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder. In high school, Pilkey was insulted and teased by teachers about his artwork and sense of humor. After entering a university, Pilkey's cartoon scribblings in his notebook caught the attention of a professor, who then encouraged Pilkey to illustrate children's books. Eventually, Pilkey wrote and illustrated his first children's book, World War Won, and got it published at the age of nineteen. He also created the Captain Underpants comics.
His odd nickname came from a spell of employment in a pizza parlor; the management spelt his name "Dav" on his card, and the mistake stuck. He published the Dumb Bunnies series of books under the nom de plume Sue Denim, a joke form of "pseudonym".
Pilkey wrote and illustrated the popular Captain Underpants series and The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby series. He also wrote and illustrated the Dumb Bunnies series (the humorous adventures of Momma Bunny, Baby Bunny, and Poppa Bunny), and the Dragon series. He wrote (but did not illustrate) the Ricky Ricotta series.
He married in 2005 to Sayuri.[1]
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[edit] Selected works
[edit] Dragon series
- Dragon's Halloween
- Dragon Gets By
- A Friend for Dragon
- Dragon's Fat Cat
- Dragon's Merry Christmas
[edit] Dumb Bunnies series
- The Dumb Bunnies
- The Dumb Bunnies' Easter
- Make Way for Dumb Bunnies
- The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo
[edit] Captain Underpants series
- The Adventures of Captain Underpants
- Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
- Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space (and the Subsequent Assault of the Equally Evil Lunchroom Zombie Nerds)
- Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants
- Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman
- Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy: Part One and Part Two
- Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight of the Purple Potty People
- The Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun
- The All-New Captain Underpants Extra-Crunchy Book o' Fun 2
- The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
[edit] Ricky Ricotta series
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mecha Monkeys from Mars
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic Jackrabbits from Jupiter
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs from Saturn
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Astro-Activity Book o' Fun
[edit] Big Dog & Little Dog series
- The Complete Adventures of Big Dog and Little Dog
- Big Dog and Little Dog
- Big Dog and Little Dog Going for a Walk
- Big Dog and Little Dog Getting in Trouble
- Big Dog and Little Dog Wearing Sweaters
- Big Dog and Little Dog Making a Mistake
[edit] Creature Feature series
- Dogzilla
- Kat Kong
- Birdan
[edit] Other books
- The Hallo-Wiener
- Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving
- Dog Breath!: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis
- God Bless the Gargoyles
- The Silly Gooses
- The Paperboy
- The Moonglow Roll-O-Rama
- When Cats Dream
- Julius
- World War Won
- He Loves ME
[edit] Forthcoming
- Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Re-Turn of Tippy Tinkletrousers
- The Captain Underpants Cartoon-O-Rama, Book 1: Heroes, Villains, and Super Creeps
- Super Diaper Baby 2: The Invasion of the Potty Snatchers
- FrankenFart vs. the Bionic Barf Bunnies from Diarrhea Land
[edit] Video games
- Rescue Raider 4000
- Bounce-O-Rama 2000
- Splashernator 2000
- Matchinator 4000
- Pilkeymon's Paintbox
- Dav Pilkey's Puzzles o' Plenty
[edit] External link
- Dav Pilkey's Extra Crunchy Website o' Fun (official website)
[edit] Reference
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NAME | Pilkey, David |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pilkey, Dav; Denim, Sue |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | U.S. children's author |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
DATE OF DEATH | |
PLACE OF DEATH |