It’s hard to say the name “Captain Underpants” without smiling, and the big-screen debut of the skivvies-clad superhero (the film’s subtitle is “The First Epic Movie”) maintains that ...

“Captain Underpants” also imparts a universal lesson about the distinction between laughing with someone, rather than at them, and most important, about being able to laugh at yourself.

20th Century Fox’s animated adventure Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie tells the story of a grouchy principal who turns into the underwear-clad, super-powered invention of his two least ...

The wild pranks and bathroom humor in the Captain Underpants books were just too much for some adults. In several places around the country they have been taken off library shelves and banned from ...

Why is David "Dav" Pilkey posing in a pair of giant tighty whities at a book appearance? Because he's the author and illustrator of the hugely popular "Captain Underpants" series -- also a big ...

Dav Pilkey has just released his 10th Captain Underpants book. The series, packed with potty humor and goofy illustrations, delights reluctant readers and horrifies many grown-ups. Pilkey says he ...

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie isn’t without flaws, including some pacing issues that indicate its 89-minute runtime could’ve been trimmed down further.

Underoos: How an Underwear Craze Got Its Origin Story Larry Weiss reveals how he invented the superhero-themed skivvies that swept America in the '70s, and looks at the move he claims "destroyed ...

'Captain Underpants' director David Soren discusses the animated film's wild visual aesthetic and its long journey to the screen.

Dull-witted Captain Underpants (voice of Ed Helms) finally gets his own movie with David Soren’s animated feature Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie.