The children's series "Captain Underpants" has surprisingly topped the list of the most banned books in America in 2012, beating out the much more controversial title "Fifty Shades of Grey." ...

(CNN) -- Here's what you need to know about Captain Underpants, in brief: He's a pudgy comic superhero in a red cape and white undies, who flies through the pages of a series of children's books ...

Scholastic has pulled a book by "Captain Underpants" author Dav Pilkey that the publisher says "perpetuates passive racism." "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk," published in 2010, served as a ...

Captain Underpants is back, in his skivvies and ready to save the world. Scholastic has announced two new books in the best-selling children's series by Dav Pilkey, which follows mischievous ...

On the Books: Kelly Clarkson gives up Jane Austen's ring; Banned Books Week in full swing 'Captain Underpants' returns: Creator and potty humor maestro Dav Pilkey gives us the scoop A briefs and ...

Author Dav Pilkey arrives at the premiere of 20th Century Fox's "Captain Underpants. Inset of the book cover for "The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Kun-Fu Cavemen From the Future" WireImage ...

Pilkey’s next silly book, about a police officer named ... He did credit that villainous second-grade teacher with inspiring “Captain Underpants.” One day she said the word “underwear ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The potty humor of "Captain Underpants" children's books and the mature exploration of race and family violence by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison in "The Bluest Eye" would seem to ...

It was there in the hall that I began drawing Captain Underpants. Soon I was making my own comic books about him. Q: Did your teachers encourage this pursuit? How about your parents? Pilkey ...

Banishing Captain Underpants: ... Classics such as “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “1984” were among the books removed. Despite an injunction staying parts of Senate File 496, about 2,000 ...