But he's clearly tickled when he reads Captain Underpants' battle cry, "I am here to fight for truth, justice and all that is pre-shrunk ... time pranksters. They draw a comic strip in which ...

Captain Underpants has been flying ... a kid sitting in the school hallway drawing pictures, you never think that’s going to be a movie people will see all around the world.

That crowd seems to relate to the books' key characters -- George and Harold, two prankish fourth-graders fascinated by all things ... hall that I began drawing Captain Underpants," said Pilkey.