Dav Pilkey

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Dav Pilkey

Dav Pilkey (actually David Murray Pilkey Jr ; born March 4, 1966 ) is an American author and illustrator . He became known for his children's book series "Käpt'n Superslip" ( English Captain Underpants ) and The Dumb Bunnies .

biography

Dav Pilkey was born in Cleveland , Ohio . His parents were Barbara and David Pilkey Sr. He has an older sister. According to his own statements, he wanted to make others laugh as a child, but this often ended in trouble.

The unusual spelling of his name goes back to his former job at Pizza Hut , where an "e" was missing on his name tag. Even though the name was misspelled, it still sounded the same, and Pilkey kept that spelling. In February 2005 he met Sayuri, a professional musician and owner of his favorite Japanese restaurant. They married in the same year.

Life as an author

Pilkey started his career as a writer and draftsman very early on. At the age of 4 he was expelled from his first school for throwing things out of the window. In elementary school, too, his jokes often made the teachers uncomfortable. His interruptions even resulted in him having a table in the school corridor. He suffered from ADHD , dyslexia, and behavior problems. Fortunately, he loved drawing and making up stories. This was where the comic came about that would later make him known: Captain Underpants . His teacher tore up his comic, saying that Pilkey couldn't spend the rest of his life writing stupid books.

Pilkey wrote books before his breakthrough, but due to the great enthusiasm for the mention of his first comic in book presentations with children, Pilkey finally published the comic Captain Underpants . This was a great success, especially with children, not least because of its child-friendly spelling.

Pilkey is also committed to helping children read and has its own YouTube channel.

useful information

In 2012 and 2013, Captain Underpants was one of the most banned books in the United States because of the belief that the main characters in the comic were inciting children to unrest and disobedience. Pilkey stated that he was only describing his own childhood and that children had their own sense of humor that was clearly different from that of adults. In addition, his book contains neither sex nor drugs and no more violence than in cartoons for children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dav Pilkey. Retrieved January 28, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Pilkey, Dav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pilkey, David Murray junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH March 4th 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Cleveland , Ohio